You Did It! Congratulations!
This girl didn't have to flex this hard.... She won a $10,000 scholarship from Duck Brand for creating a beautiful, colorful folklorico-style prom dress completely out of duct tape... and made matching earrings, hair ornaments, and a purse out of it too. The dress took 163 hours of work and weighs 20 pounds.
“I was inspired by the folklorico-styled dresses that stem from both indigenous and Spanish practices. The dresses are decorated with ribbon, flowers, and include a full flowy skirt,” Leon said in her submission to the contest. “So I created a ruffled, off-the-shoulder, colorful folklorico flower gown. The gown is heavily detailed with flowers, Duck Tape lace, and ribboning to create the folkloric design.”
This article about it includes a photo showing a close-up of the floral design on a part of the dress.
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Jon Stewart put out a comedy clip about our recent plague of billionaires going to space. I think it's a little too long in certain places, but the casting of the billionaires is top notch. You can comment here or at the Dreamwidth crosspost.
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“I was inspired by the folklorico-styled dresses that stem from both indigenous and Spanish practices. The dresses are decorated with ribbon, flowers, and include a full flowy skirt,” Leon said in her submission to the contest. “So I created a ruffled, off-the-shoulder, colorful folklorico flower gown. The gown is heavily detailed with flowers, Duck Tape lace, and ribboning to create the folkloric design.”
This article about it includes a photo showing a close-up of the floral design on a part of the dress.
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Jon Stewart put out a comedy clip about our recent plague of billionaires going to space. I think it's a little too long in certain places, but the casting of the billionaires is top notch. You can comment here or at the Dreamwidth crosspost.
comments at Dreamwidth.