A Look Back: Winter Formal 2008 (Saint Joesph's Academy)

This dress is made of Flamingo Pink duct tape, force flex trash bags, and a chrome strap. Also, my flowers are made of duct tape. This dress made a reappearance when shooting some photos with Robert Banks in the late summer of 2010. The following pictures were taken by Robert.

The "Once it hits your lips" dress and the winter formal dress
(As you can see, the strap is missing...it came off and I didn't have time to make another)

A Look Back: Winter Formal 2008 (Berea)

This is the dress I wore to 2008 Winter Formal. This dress has a lot of sentimental value because it was my first official "date" with my current boyfriend. The day I first met him, about 7 days before, I asked him to my dance and asked "Is it okay if I wear duct tape?" and he said yes to both. Little did he know what he was getting into with my duct tape addiction. I used Teal colored tape and created a white ruffle on the bottom with duct tape and the white hearts are also cut out of duct tape. Sometimes when I'm looking for consistency, I will use a die cut machine for scrapbooking. Other times, if it is a larger design, I will hand cut my details.

A Look Back: Winter Formal 2008 (St. Ignatius)

Since I just sent my little sister off on her own winter formal last night, I feel that it is appropriate to post one of my winter formal dresses. This dress was the 3rd winter formal I went to in 2008. I made it the day before the dance, as usual. I made a basic halter dress with a black waist band, and added black ruffles on the neckline and at the bottom. This dress was also worn in 2010 by the lovely Fiona at Fashion Week Cleveland at Ingenuity Fest.