15 Rolls
17 Hours
My Duck Tape outfit was inspired by my love for pizza and the 80's! My grandma and I spent around 17 hours working on the suit! Thankfully because of the pattern, it was like putting up wallpaper! I was 100% the best dressed at prom, but the best part by far was getting to spend time with my grandma!
7 Rolls
100 Hours
I spent the first 15 years of my life living in Asia, and I wanted to create a dress that embodies both the beauty of the Asian cultures I love as well as my unique experience of growing up overseas.
13 Rolls
50 Hours
My outfit was inspired by my love of nature and the book, The Secret Garden. I wanted to create a dress that felt magical, overgrown, and whimsical, almost like stepping into a hidden garden straight from a fairy tale. To bring that idea to life, I designed and created the dress using duck tape, a handmade circle skirt base, flowers, duck tape vines, and fairy lights. I also created matching accessories, including the shoes, earrings, and a clutch, all out of duck tape, to complete the look. I hope you LOVE the finished product as much as I do.
8 Rolls
14 Hours
I am a student at IDEA, a project-based school, and when I first joined, there was a girl who was also making a dress out of tape but sadly never submitted it. That was my first introduction to the school and duct tape dress competition, I have been following it ever since. It is now my third year at IDEA, and I got the chance to make any product I’d like, so I finally went all in and made this beautiful duct tape dress. The dress itself was designed to be an elegant black-and-white piece, with the black resembling bat wings and giving it a winter vampire feel. That concept then shifted to a more avian fae aesthetic when I incorporated the wings, which were from a prior project that I revamped, fixed, and adjusted to better match the theme. I love the wings and am so happy I got to work on them again and include them in my design. This is a project I’m more than happy to share with others. It took me a while to build the confidence to start making the dress, and even during the process, I struggled at first because I didn’t know where to begin. I had only ever made props and reused old clothes for cosplay—never created something I could actually wear. Starting this was definitely a bit scary, but once I got into it, I found my rhythm. There were still moments when I doubted whether what I was doing was good enough, and I worried I might ruin it or that it wouldn’t turn out well. But I was determined to finish it. I am quite proud what it turned into and will definitely inspire me to keep making more projects. So here is the final result: the end product of many days of work in my basement and a very cold photoshoot (thanks to my wonderful sister, Jacinda M).
17 Rolls
140 Hours
My dress was inspired by the Old Hollywood era of dresses, hats, and jewelry. I love costume design from this era, as well as Old Hollywood red-carpet looks. My dress is red as a nod to the red carpet and because some of my favorite dresses in cinema history are red. For the front of my dress, I used Duck brand chrome tape in a dramatic design that catches the light, resembling flashes of photography seen on the red carpet. I also dotted the bottom of each skirt with chrome tape to mimic a film strip wrapping around the dress. For the back, I used chrome tape to highlight cascading, shining stars. My accessories were chosen to recreate the Old Hollywood aesthetic, including ruby and diamond jewelry, a vintage birdcage hat, and a movie clapper–shaped purse. I enjoyed every step of the creative process and am proud of how my vision was transformed into a finished design that tells a story and pays homage to Old Hollywood.
14 Rolls
31 Hours
Last year I made a duct tape dress, so this year I wanted to try a suit. My Tuxedo was inspired off my favorite music genre psychedelic 60s garage rock. The sound of psychedelic rock is fun, mysterious and, hypnotic. I wanted to portray this feeling through my tuxedo. All of the swirls are supposed to give you the same feeling as you would get while listen to psychedelic rock.
16 Rolls
6 Hours
The inspiration for the suit came from a few reference tuxedos found on the internet along with some Halloween costumes. We based the actual form of the suits were based off real clothes found around the house.
22 Rolls
30 Hours
Since I was a child, I always felt like a wilted, ugly flower. The flower you would never choose if you had a choice. I felt like I was made to be thrown away and discarded without a second thought because of my chronic illness, causing chronic pain, and I've never been the brightest in the room. So as soon as I heard about this project, it inspired me. I decided it was finally my time to be the pretty flower. The flower that is chosen.
5 Rolls
20 Hours
I wanted to create my ideal prom dress with a soft, whimsical feel inspired by fairies and mermaids. I was drawn to the idea of something ethereal and nature-like, with delicate flowers and flowing details. The combination of silver and pink (my favorite color combination) was meant to reflect a dreamy, almost magical look while still feeling elegant and unique.
22 Rolls
78 Hours
My dress is inspired by the Japanese art of Kintsugi, a process where broken pottery is mended to create something new and beautiful. Originally, the dress was meant to be inspired by the classic blue and white porcelain tea sets, but after a small mistake resulted in having to salvage the scraps and go back to the drawing board, I turned it into the Kintsugi-inspired dress you see today. The dress features entirely hand-cut designs and over fifty Duck Tape flowers!