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At least she had the sense to not put the tape directly on her skin.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! *cries in a corner*
I just got over my desire for hostess snack food. I am going for a run
So THAT’S how they made T’Pring’s dress!
My sister does this to make cheap mannequins for sewing… duct tape yourself (over a tshirt or plastic), then cut it carefully up the back to get out of it, tape the seam together, then stuff it – voila cheap mannequin!
The picture is horrible though!
I’m glad someone pointed out what it really was before I could!
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This is actually a step that this girl is taking to NOT be poorly dressed!
Kudos to her for making the effort to make clothes that actually fit (presumably so she WON’T be ending up on this blog
I’ve known people who do this too to make a dress form for sewing. I’m betting this is just one photo is a series illustrating how to make one from start to finish.
My friend and I made one of these as well. Not for wearing outside- just a homemade dressmaker’s dummy, exactly your size.
Me too! It works great!
It works well for making a custom bodice or corset pattern.
She is probably making a homemade dressmaker’s dummy. There is a process that involves an old t-shirt, duct tape, and a bunch of that expanding foam. You put the t-shirt on, cover it in duct tape, cut the whole thing up the back, tape it closed and fill it with expanding foam.
Exactly! On a side note what about filling it with fabric scraps rather than expanding foam? I’d think that foam would alter the shape.
This exactly. It’s totally not a fail.
I thought it was on her skin… O.o This is gonna hurt SO much to rip off…
there’s a layer of clear plastic (probably a cut up trash bag) below the tape
(or saran wrap)
Redneck armor…Comic Con, here I come!
You just gave the larpers some ideas! Just don’t go giving them tips on how to make swords out of duct tape and cardboard that don’t get all floppy on them.
Oh, the Larpers though of duct tape armor YEARS ago…this would be nothing new to them.
real boys use Rattan… with duct tape.
Duct tape showing is expressly forbidden on the Crown Tourney list field.
Dude! Which kingdom? We just had Crown Tourney here in An Tir.
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA
Redneck armor…good one…LOL
I feel obligated to point out that this is not something she’s actually wearing. She’s making a duct tape dress form. You wrap yourself in duct tape like so, then cut it off and stuff it. Viola, you have a replica of your body for draping and fitting clothes.
This woman isn’t ‘dressed,’ it is a duct tape body form for making custom clothing.
how do you know i one made a dress out of caution tape and clear packing tape
because this is a common tutorial posted on crafting forums for those who want their own custom dress forms so they can make clothes to fit their bodies….do some research.
So many people have already posted that its from a tutorial if we have all seen the same tutorial, why is there a need to question it?
That’s also a very viable technique for pattern-making, especially if you don’t have a dress form. You just cut the duct tape off when you’re done wrapping the appropriate parts for your garment and cut it so it lays flat for use as a pattern. I guess she’s trying to make a catsuit though :/
good idea! i am sick of my dress form collecting dust. Cutting it apart would be much more worthwhile.
I did this a few years ago for a halloween costume (to make it, not worn AS). Cut it off, laid it flat, ended up with an awesome, form-fitted bodice. Not a catsuit.
She’s just making a dress form…geez
this…is actually from a tutorial on how to make your own dressmaking dummy….
she could of put some plywood underneath to smooth out the bumps…lol
I think she’s making a duct tape dress form: http://lydialark.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-duct-tape-mannequin.html
Spanx or a corset would have totally made this dress work! Without, it’s just sad…
The truth is, she’s making a dress dummy. Make a copy of your body with duct tape, cut it off, then stuff it. You have a dummy for making clothing.
Looks pretty funny in the process though…..
maybe she wanted to do a body casting? o_o
It’s a duct-tape dummy – a way of making a dressmaker’s dummy on the cheap.
she was probably just making a DIY seamstresses mannequin
AS good as duct tape is, it could not contain her.
This very well might be the making of a dress form for sewing clothing. You wrap the person, then cut the wrap up the back to remove the form, tape the cut closed, coat the inside with papier mache to stiffen it, then hang it on a stand. Given that commercial dress forms cost hundreds of dollars and can rarely be tweaked to reflect the real measurements of a real person, this is a good solution.
This is actually a technique for making your own dress form for sewing. Given the saran wrap and the placement of the tape, I’m betting that’s what this actually is, and someone thought the photo would be funny to post online.
It’s a step in the process to to make a dressmaker’s dummy … economy style. It’s not flattering; but, then again, it’s not meant to be at this stage.
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/3659/clone-yourself-a-fitting-assistant
I don’t believe she is wearing it to replace clothes. This is a nice cheap way of making a custom dressform. Cut it off, stuff it and voila… heap and exact.
cheap*
There’s a freudian slip to hang on your homemade dress form
or just wear this & you won’t have to make anything else…lol
It’s called a duct tape dummy. A cheap way to make a dressmaker’s dummy so you can make clothes to fit you without having to try it on all the time. It is also the only way to get a dressmaker’s dummy that is actually the same body shape as you.
This is how you make a custom-sized dressmaker’s form for little money.
(One uses a dressmaker’s dummy to make clothes from scratch or to make alterations)
Probably this is a demonstration of how to make your own dressmaker’s dummy that will faithfully replicate any peculiarities of your figure such as asymmetric belly flab… Saran wrap and duct tape are the first steps, then you glue on a thin layer of papier mâché or plaster of Paris to keep it stiff, and when it’s hardened, you cut it open at the back and will hopefully get out without breaking it.
Actually, what she probably was doing was making her own dress maker’s maniquin. Though you usually put a T-Shirt on first and then cover it over with duct tape. You cut the thing off right up the back. Tape it back together, seal off the holes, stuff it with cotton batting, put a T-shirt over it, and there you go, a quick dress maker’s form.
I’m pretty sure this is a picture of a homemade tailor’s bust. I made one once… but was smart enough to not take a picture of it while it was one me.
She’s making a duct tape dress form….right? You do that by wearing an old t-shirt and wrapping your torso in tape, then cutting a seam so you can get out, taping it back up, and stuffing it — basically making a dummy that’s shaped like you.
Usually you wear pants while doing this, though. So my faith in humanity may be mistaken.
Quick side note of reality: She’s making a duct tape dress form. If you can’t or won’t buy the real dress forms, duct tape ones are a wonderful substitute, and made specifically to your body to boot.
You may now return to your regularly scheduled comments.
“Why!”
Maybe PACKING tape would have been more interesting?
Or maybe Spanx apparel is a bit to costly?
I hate to kill the spirit of the site, but that lady is not wearing that as clothing: she’s making a duct tape dummy.
I kid you not, but this is something a lot of people who sew know about. You get someone to cover you in duct tape, molding it to match your body, and then your helper cuts it up the back and pulls it off you. Then you stuff it with something and voila, a really cheap dressmaker’s dummy that is shaped exactly like you (important for getting a good fit, especially with historic garments; this is something re-enactors do frequently).
Most people put on an old t-shirt and put the duct tape on that; is is a first for a trashbag that I’ve seen.
You can also do the same on your feet (use a sock instead) and make a form for fitting cloth or knit socks and shoes.
That’s probably not an outfit, but a homemade sewing dummy. She’ll cut it off of her and fill it with foam so she can sew custom fit clothing. There’s instructions on how to do this sort of stuff on craftster.org
WHY? Just why?
That’s neither body armour nor clothing. That’s a preparation for making a a diy dressform.
Even all that tape couldn’t hold in all that flab. No wonder there is no face in the picture.
Looks like the beginning of a duct tape dress form.
Oh … I know what this is, and it’s neither a fashion choice nor armor. She’s making a dress form. There are instructions all over the Internet on making your own dress form using duckt tape (it’s usually done over a T-shirt, not foil, though) if you need one to do sewing but don’t want to spend a huge amount of money buying one.
Um.. this is a made-at-home, custom bust for crafters. Its a cheap alternative to getting a real bust made especially when it is only going to be used once to make a costume.
The duct tape keeps a person’s measurements pretty well and so it helps fitting. It helps when the seamster/ress is the one doing this for him or herself as it is absurdly hard to drape and fit a piece on oneself. The duct tape gets cut off and then taped again to make a shell then stuffed with foam, newspapers or plastic bags.
And when not in use, it is a great halloween prop.
She’s actually making a dress form, not making an outfit. Much cheaper than paying $200 for a commercial dress form
I think what she is doing is creating a dressmaker’s dummy – I’ve done this myself. You cut the duct tape off (in the back), stuff it, and then tape up the back. It makes a perfect model of yourself so that you can use it as a dress dummy. She must like to sew!
Looks to me like the process of making your own custom dressmaker’s mannequin. Layer on a T shirt or plastic, then wrap with duct tape. Carefully cut down the back, remove, stuff= dress form for tailoring.
While it’s funny to think this is meant as clothing, this is actually part of a process for making a home made dress form. If you search “Duct Tape Double” you will find more related pictures and info.
Sorry to spoil the fun. Feel free to ignore this in favor of funnier comments.
Might be better off in Kludges…this is one way to make a dressmaker’s model of/for oneself. But of course is a fashion faux-pas if worn in public.
Looks like she’s making a duct tape dressform. Not a fail.
Lol. This is stupid, she’s acctually just making a dress form (something used by sewers to simulate the body for the making of properly fitted clothing) It’s a common technique, and it yields a really custom form which then makes awesomely fitting clothing.
I very much doubt that she’s intending that to be a dress. It looks like one of the steps to make a duct tape dressform.
She’s probably just making one of those things you use make your own clothes.
This actually looks like the beginnings of a mold for a custom dress form (a mannequin for fitting clothes on), and considering the other-than-standard shape of this poor dear, it’s a pretty good idea. Between this and the awesome Katamari costume yesterday, I’m thinking about dropping this blog.
Actualy that’s a costumers trick. They make a bodycast out of Ducttape so they have a dummy in their shape to do clothing and costumes on.
Now, if they wore that out in public…that’d be trouble!
Actually this is how you make your own dress form on the cheap. It is for making dresses and getting your size right. It requires a lot of duct tape and plastic wrap.
She isn’t badly dressed. This is actually a technique to make a body form to make your own clothes. If you have thick clothes on underneath, the dress form will be too big.
Not to put a damper on the cringing- But in all likelihood, that is not a dress, but a personal dress /Form/.
Have a look~ http://samstermommy.blogspot.com/2009/08/duct-tape-dress-form-tutorial.html
She is making a body form for dressmaking. That gets cut off and stuffed and she can then make a custom fit dress for herself.
Not sure why exactly this person would let this photo be published, but this is an excellent way to make a personalized dress-form for sewing purposes. Wrap yourself in duct tape, cut the form off by snipping a “seam” into the back, tape the seam up, and fill carefully with expanding spray-foam. Voila, a personalized to your size dress form to fit clothing on, without the $200-$300 cost of unpersonalized “dial-a-size” dress forms sold at fabric stores.
We must have been posting at the same time lol. We even used the word voila lol. Hello fellow sewer!
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Four voila’s total. I used it too. Kinda funny
Actually, I know what this is lol. I usually don’t comment on these, but I had to chime in on this one. I’m a seamstress and believe it or not this goofy look is a trend right now lol. The duct tape is used to make a dress form or exact copy of your body to use in garment making. This will be cut up the back and then stuffed with cotton batting. Once it is stuffed and taped back together it will then be fastened to some sort of stand and voila…an exact copy of your body for dressmaking.
so, wait… are you trying to tell me this is some sort of dress form or home made tailor’s dummy?
PEOPLE! READ THE COMMENTS!
YOU ARE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING!!!!
That’s because we all posted before any of the moderated comments were approved.
I believe we all got stuck in the dismal land of moderation. When I posted, there were only 2 posts up and neither talked about dress-forms.
THAT is exactly what I was thinking!!!
EXACTLY!!!!
HAHAHA
Oh wow.
I don’t think I’ve EVER seen the same comment this many times before. It almost loops back to win. Almost.
Yes, it was the first thing that popped into my mind too.
i think its safe to assume its a cheap way to make a dress form based on the comments
I love everyone going “its a dress form, its a dress form” maybe not people! maybe shes just a freak who likes to get dressed up in duct tape and paint it the same color as her body so she can go around looking nude or something. I think a lot of people miss the point of this site some times.
Does nobody check to see if other people have commented before they write something?? I mean talk about repetitive comments!!
@ Claire – yes I read yours
I think somebody else already asked that…
That’s what happens when comments are moderated. It’s annoying…
When I commented there were no references to duct tape dress form. the approval process takes time.
She’s obviously going out of town and her boyfriend insisted on a customized love doll so he won’t get so lonely. The next step is to fill the mold with warm pudding. Oh… BABY!
warm pudding? do you speak from experience?…lol
$240 worth of pudding?
Well this is a fail. It’s not clothing, and apparently everyone but the people moderating Poorly Dressed submissions know it.
I cant understand why 90% of these posts say the same exact thing. All I hope is that this really was a DIY and no one had to suffer putting that ON her…Unfortunately I’m pretty sure someone is going to have to cut it off!
Considering how pleasant you come across with your comments, what a delight you must be in person.
I’m so pleased to see all the fellow sewers on this thread! How funny that we were all awaiting moderation at the same time!
Well, I for one HAVE worn duct tape like this, and not as a dress-making process. However, standard silver duct tape is so 2008 – it comes in so many colors now!
So, does anyone know how to make your own dressmakers dummy?
It’s from the book called “Subversive Seamster” and it’s hard as hell to get the thing wrapped up. You have to have friends you realllly trust.
I think this is a home made dr— oh, wait, somebody said that. LOL!
lol I made myself a dress form for myself the same way. fewer lumps though.
I am dying laughing at these comments!
I just scroll down and EVERY comments says the same! xD
“stfu she’s making a duct tape dummy!”
At first I thought people kept saying that because they were trying to be funny.
But I’m starting to believe they just can’t be bothered reading if anybode else noticed it’s a duct tape dummy. Lol.
At the risk of being repetitive, if you read ALL the comments you will see that there is a lag for moderation between a post being submitted and the post appearing in the discussion. It’s quite clear that a lot of people recognized the same thing at about the same time and made similar comments before anything got through the moderation/approval process.
Um am I the first to point out that because its duck tape, she probly cant breath…O_O anyone remember wat happened to ‘Sticky’ the cat?
On anouther note, yeah its weird.
I am a sewer, and I have made several for friends and myself, we call them Duct tape Dummies as others have pointed out. Anyway, I had a friend try to make her own, he sister wrapped it too tight and she actually couldn’t breathe, they had to cut it off her after only a few minutes.
I’ve done this and as long as the person wrapping you isn’t wrapping the tape too tightly you can breath relatively normally. What got me was how hot I got while getting taped up (Duct tape does not breathe!) and the fumes from the adhesive in the tape made me light headed and dizzy. I had to stop half way through and go outside to cool off and get some air. I got so hot and light headed that my ears started ringing and my vision began to narrow. I thought for sure that I was going to pass out. It was such a relief when I finally got cut out of the damn thing. In the end it was worth it. I was able to alter a pattern to fit me correctly and now I have a beautiful dress for SCA.
I BELIEVE SHE MAY INFACT BE MAKING A DRESSMAKERS DU-
lol jk
I know what this is! She’s making a dressmaker’s dummy- seriously! I’ve made a couple before. Akward, but fun!
actually, this is a commonly used way to make a “perfect” personalized mannequin. You year a spare old t-shirt and use saran-wrap around your neck and the bottom of the shirt. Once you get this thing off, you stuff it with bubble wrap ans use it an a mannequin for your sewing endeavors.
Wow this is a great resource.. I’m enjoying it.. good article
I wonder how many rolls it took her to make this?
Does anyone else feel like their brain is bleeding from reading the same comment 50 times?
Totally…
This is no duct tape, folks – it’s aluminum foil. Looks like somebody’s ready for the roaster. A bit early for Thanksgiving, but whatever – a DL Tryptophan coma is always a welcomed thing.
The rays!
She’s making a duct-tape-double, for sewing. They are awesome.
Well, it is great, however how about additional options we have here? Would you mind crafting one more post about these as well? Regards!
BAHAHAHA!!! My mom and I did this…shes a seamstress, and we both made ones for us, so that she would stop annoying me by making me try stuff on 50 times. It is horribly tedious, but you fill it with boat foam, and it works really well. I didn’t know anyone else did that lol!