Not just for wiping..

This is the last handmade dress in my white collection. It's made out of toilet paper, with a muslin slip I created underneath. First, I braided all the TP, and then I made the slip. I hot glued the corset of braids on, and made a larger braid for the shoulder strap. The skirt is just pieces of TP, put together to give it a flapper/fringe look. These are just the up close shots, the details :) The actual shoot with the dress is yet to come!

Point your toes

I am nearing the end of the line with my white dress shoots, but here is the most recent. Rachel Goodsir, my wonderful.. and very talented.. model, and I headed to the dance studio to play around with using a white tu-tu as a 'white dress'. Lesson learned: I should've researched more ballet terms before the photo shoot because I was throwing around things like "can you do that one super flexible thing with the leg and it goes backwards??"... I think I was a disgrace to the ballet world.

Who didn't play with paper dolls when they were little?

To begin, here is a little background. In my AP art class we are asked to select an area of concentration. Mine is white dresses. The last thing I wanted people to think the theme of my collection is Bridal, so I began branching out to other places you could see a white dress. I got this crazy idea to make my own dress.... out of paper.

I began building on a mannequin, and after a few tries and a few days the dress looked how I wanted it. It is made entirely out of paper and tissue paper, plus a silk ribbon as a belt. The back is also criss-crossed with ribbon. I also made a dozen or so origami cranes to add flavor to the shoot. Credit to my beautiful and very patient [with me and my crazy dress] model, Kelly Maxwell. Enjoy!