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    Sticky Competition: Duct-Tape Dress a Winner at Prom

    By Claudine Zap | Fashion – Mon, Aug 2, 2010 9:22 PM EDT

    By Claudine Zap

    Think of it as "Project Runway" for prom. There's a competition to create outfits. There are the votes to decide who is in and who is out. Just one catch: The designs must be made entirely out of duct tape.

    Mission very accomplished. Ray Banna and Yancy Esquivel had the winning designs that scored the most votes, earning them $3,000 each in scholarship money and $3,000 for their high school. Not bad for a bunch of DIY designs made from tape. Tape!

    The two were a dream team: While 17-year-old Esquivel handled drawing and sewing, Banna, who is 18, masterminded a Facebook campaign to gather votes.     All in all, the couple clocked 300 hours and 30 rolls of tape to create the tux and gown, complete with duct tape bow tie and purse.

    Competition was, um, sticky: The Duck® brand duct tape Stuck at Prom® Scholarship Contest requires competitors to make their prom wear entirely out of the multicolored, highly durable stuff. Who would guess that something used for household repairs could look, well, so un-tape like.


    Lots of people, apparently. Over 240 couples from 43 states and six Canadian provinces entered. Once down to the top 10 choices, it was up to voters who visited the site to decide over a five-week voting period, "American Idol" style, which designs stuck with them. Every week, the couple with the lowest number of votes got knocked out. In all, 44,000 votes were cast.

    Here's the best part. The winners attended prom at Mesquite High School in Arizona in their made-from-tape attire. Their matching his-and-her turquoise and white swirled patterns would not - and must not - have looked out of place at the high school formal.


    As you'll see in the photos of all top-10 wildly imaginative ensembles, a prom dress made of duct tape can take on inspiration from paint splatters, fairies, even rubber duckies. But all that duct tape adds up -- literally. One contestant's dress topped 50 pounds. Even Heidi Klum would agree: These designs are hardly lightweight.


    Check out the winners and all top 10 duct tape designs in our slide show.



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    840 comments

    • A Yahoo! User  •  11 months ago
      so cool i'm very young and i made 2 dresses out of magizine and duct tape
    • Clown
      Clown  •  1 year 1 month ago
      Red Green would be proud!
    • Meli
      Meli  •  1 year 1 month ago
      My 11 yr old wants a shot at thnis next yr lol
    • Bosoxinny
      Bosoxinny  •  1 year 1 month ago
      I will add, though, that although 1st place is nice, I think there were a few others more deserving of the honor. They were all pretty cool, though!
    • Bosoxinny
      Bosoxinny  •  1 year 1 month ago
      LOVE the red, white & blue!
    • Jordyn
      Jordyn  •  1 year 1 month ago
      I would most definately wear the 1st, 2nd, or last dress. But the last one looks like a rainy day dress. But you have to have a very creative mind to do this. Congratulations everyone! (I think I've found my prom dress! EEEEEEEEP!)
    • Lynnie
      Lynnie  •  1 year 2 months ago
      OMG my friend is friends with Lily Zeich!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • **Micky**
      **Micky**  •  1 year 6 months ago
      Those are awesome dresses.. I love it!!
    • Haili
      Haili  •  1 year 7 months ago
      duct tape is amazing. it would be so hard to make a dress though.... i like the umbrella one and the 2nd one, along with the first.
    • kim
      kim  •  1 year 7 months ago
      So cute and creative!
    • Denise
      Denise  •  1 year 7 months ago
      these are just too darn cute, and very nicely done!!
    • Snowsong
      Snowsong  •  1 year 9 months ago
      that is honestly amazing but what i dont understand is what would happen if they fell in the grass
    • Winter Maiden
      Winter Maiden  •  1 year 7 months ago
      photo 9 she looks like a real b!tch and he looks like the guy that trips nerds in the hall.
    • Emily
      Emily  •  1 year 9 months ago
      thats my neighbor i brought him chocolate when i found out. i love you my ray o voir
    • Vanilla Angel
      Vanilla Angel  •  1 year 7 months ago
      that is so cute!!
    • Chris
      Chris  •  1 year 9 months ago
      Pretty cool. At least its not ghetto looking. I've see some that were "WOW, are they for real & what the H E double hockey sticks were they thinking"

      Very creative.
    • SS
      SS  •  1 year 9 months ago
      Those are some pretty cute and darn cute dresses. Though I don't think I'd wear a dress completely made out of duct tape...I would think that to be uncomfortable
    • Focus
      Focus  •  1 year 9 months ago
      I love this! I wanna make some duct tape clothes!
    • 15642310
      15642310  •  1 year 9 months ago
      Lucky their H.S. let them wear these clothes. My H.S. made it mandatory for formal wear only, friend almost got in trouble for wearing a 3 stooges tie.
    • Trixxi
      Trixxi  •  1 year 9 months ago
      The first place winners are def the best looking out of them all.
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