Skittles Wrapper Prom Dress

Craftster user Theperilouspopsicle decided to make her own prom dress out of … Skittles candy wrappers!

stats:
15 hours
101 skittle wrappers.

a very cool thing about this project is that i posted ads on craigs list for wrappers and people actually sent me quite a few!

oh and yeah, turns out i dont actually like skittles..only the red ones. and after this project i dont think i’ll ever want skittles again (i had my friends eating most of them…hey! it was like a recycling AND a feed the hungry project)

And apparently, being the Skittles girl made her into the Belle of the Ball:

Prom went really well, my dress was a total hit and tons of people stopped to talk to me and take photos. Even during afterparty when i disguised myself in a tshirt and jeans there were still people running up to talk to me/ ‘omg thats the skittles girl!’. So all in all it was a great night, and the dress was definitely a success…now i wonder what i’ll make next seeing as i want to do more unconventional material work.

Link - Thanks Candy Addict!

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May 6, 2008 at 5:32 pm by Alex
Category: Art & Craft, Fashion

16 Comments to "Skittles Wrapper Prom Dress"

bean
May 6th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Taste the rainbow?

(had to be said)
MightyCow
May 6th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
I’m sure it doesn’t hurt that she’s cute.
loxycoon
May 6th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Wasn’t this dress on Project Runway this season?
the robot child
May 6th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
oh man i like it.

Oh and MightyCow I was thinking it too. I like them artsy girls xD
Alannah
May 6th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Wow, I really hope MightyCow and The Robot Child aren’t single white men in their forties. Cause that would just be creepy.
Christophe
May 6th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
The problem with this kind of outfit is that if you eat all what was inside the wrappings, you don’t fit in it anymore
Lore
May 6th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
nice! I wonder if skittles hears about this they might give her a lifetime supply. That’s awesome. I wish I was that crafty.
Ali S.
May 6th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
@ Christophe

It’s obvious she either has a phenomenal metabolism or she saved them for later.
barryman
May 7th, 2008 at 9:36 am
or you could read what she actually had to say about it:

“oh and yeah, turns out i don’t actually like skittles..only the red ones. and after this project i don’t think i’ll ever want skittles again”
Brayden
May 7th, 2008 at 10:58 am
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what’s creepy? she’s beautiful. and she made a beautiful garbage dress and modeled it on the Internet. i’m having impure thoughts for sure.
T.BoP
May 7th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Hmm - Would be even greater if her name is Candy.
L
May 7th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
I don’t know. What do you do with that after the prom? Or for the next few hundred years, for that matter? At least silk would have eventually broken down.
Mr.Buddy
May 7th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
cool dress - now sell it on ebay…or craigslist

BuddyBabez . com
priscilla
May 7th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
I’m with loxycoon. That was a whole episode of project runway!
lauren
May 8th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
did she sew it? thats pretty incredible
BeezStudio
May 11th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Actually, her family doesn’t subscribe to cable - so she’s never seen project runway. And what to do with it after prom - it’s already scheduled for an art exhibit. Very cool!!!

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