![paper-dress-on-dress-form.jpg Paper dress on dress form](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-huP0ibBDnO0/VohP2gPTZPI/AAAAAAABfsY/2DDgICk40bo/paper-dress-on-dress-form.jpg?imgmax=800)
Today’s post is a really fun one. In the spirit of those Fashion Design Reality Shows (a genre I ADORE) I wanted to make my own haute couture piece of fashion; A Kim Six original. And with Awards Show season right around the corner, I was inspired to create my own high fashion red carpet dress, since why not? Right?
Now I personally won’t be walking the red carpet anytime soon, but I was thinking something a little more “crafty” like this sequin adorned dress form I recently saw in a store. This would be the perfect table top decoration for a appetizer table at a Red Carpet party! (And there is no need to squeeze into one myself!)
![Table-Top-dress-form-with-gown.jpg Table Top dress form with gown](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H7mPCKjqnPs/VohQS0XRL8I/AAAAAAABftQ/JUWh5PKtoAE/Table-Top-dress-form-with-gown.jpg?imgmax=800)
Now if you watch Fashion Design Competition Shows at all, you know they have ‘unconventional materials’ challenges every season. Where, instead of using fabric, they use things that you would never associate with high fashion. And this is exactly what I did:
![red-carpet-worthy-paper-towel-dress.jpg Red carpet worthy paper towel dress](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gd-6cxLKzMY/VohQLKPQFsI/AAAAAAABftA/nSoCygPhM9I/red-carpet-worthy-paper-towel-dress.jpg?imgmax=800)
I have ALWAYS said I would never ever write a post about either feminine hygiene products or toilet paper, but today I have to eat those words.. Because paper towels and toilet paper were the PERFECT materials for this project.
![White-a-line-dress-with-wrap-top.jpg White a line dress with wrap top](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HqUFPo31THM/VohQeV-QhYI/AAAAAAABfto/jEGuw5Qpymc/White-a-line-dress-with-wrap-top.jpg?imgmax=800)
That is right! This darling little A-line dress is made of nothing more than Bounty paper towels and Charmin toilet tissue. (Did you see that coming?)
![dress-made-of-paper-towels-and-toilet-paper.jpg Dress made of paper towels and toilet paper](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jb-uL0ioINU/VohPm-LciVI/AAAAAAABfr4/C55_SQrlQOM/dress-made-of-paper-towels-and-toilet-paper.jpg?imgmax=800)
![how-to-make-paper-towel-dress.jpg How to make paper towel dress](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-r6MgneI320M/VohPyhRyGsI/AAAAAAABfsQ/u5Mhrr_saZE/how-to-make-paper-towel-dress.jpg?imgmax=800)
I started by creating the skirt out of paper towels that were cut in half.
![cutting-paper-towels.jpg Cutting paper towels](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_tvvA1DZifA/VohPiyWj-kI/AAAAAAABfrw/Jy_wG4Cw7aw/cutting-paper-towels.jpg?imgmax=800)
I then curled them over and folded them down to make little “cones” which I pinned to dress form.
![rolled-paper-skirt-for-dress.jpg Rolled paper skirt for dress](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BV-WfJT3aBY/VohQPP-5pNI/AAAAAAABftI/dnkIBCtWGdY/rolled-paper-skirt-for-dress.jpg?imgmax=800)
I went all the way around the mannequin allowing every other cone to overlap the previous one.
![paper-towel-skirt.jpg Paper towel skirt](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1s1AUZUutFk/VohQCvYvPiI/AAAAAAABfsw/hVZrjdeZje4/paper-towel-skirt.jpg?imgmax=800)
That is all there was to the bottom of the dress. Nothing but bounty paper towels:
![paper-towel-dress.jpg Paper towel dress](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qnq9wnCLDwU/VohP-wUJGeI/AAAAAAABfso/Zti9C_ApR1A/paper-towel-dress.jpg?imgmax=800)
Then I started around mid-chest level and began layering the strips at an angle and pinning them to the dress form.
![haute-couture-toilet-paper-dress.jpg Haute couture toilet paper dress](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u7YNwe69xhY/VohPu7heA7I/AAAAAAABfsI/Ae-k9K0e3bU/haute-couture-toilet-paper-dress.jpg?imgmax=800)
![pinning-toilet-paper-dress.jpg Pinning toilet paper dress](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oqU5pUuuBp0/VohQG4yrEYI/AAAAAAABfs4/s2BYh8M69UA/pinning-toilet-paper-dress.jpg?imgmax=800)
![wrapping-dress.jpg Wrapping dress](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8tGRu0zzLus/VohQak4fjvI/AAAAAAABftg/laFbcloarWU/wrapping-dress.jpg?imgmax=800)
![toilet-paper-dress.jpg Toilet paper dress](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gZhW18zxX6s/VohQWqcVAAI/AAAAAAABftY/odhW-0svjT4/toilet-paper-dress.jpg?imgmax=800)
I used a little glue to secure the belt in the back. And with that, there were no more exposed pin heads. That was all there was to it!
![paper-dress.jpg Paper dress](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8ffn4gy4JbQ/VohP6upifgI/AAAAAAABfsg/JAMRI1nQb5g/paper-dress.jpg?imgmax=800)
![back-side-of-paper-white-dress.jpg Back side of paper white dress](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WxsCzLcAR2s/VohPSaxVslI/AAAAAAABfrY/-CnKYuIXupA/back-side-of-paper-white-dress.jpg?imgmax=800)
I absolute love it. (More than I thought I would.. actually.)
![charmin-and-bounty-dress.jpg Charmin and bounty dress](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_wojhJFUw0Y/VohPel9ZkaI/AAAAAAABfro/nRHMuxNWItQ/charmin-and-bounty-dress.jpg?imgmax=800)
And the funniest part is, that if you look really close, you can see the word “Bounty” stamped into the skirt.
![bounty-paper-towel.jpg Bounty paper towel](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CO0WnjduIg4/VohPaUSp3VI/AAAAAAABfrg/mX0qiwLdZxg/bounty-paper-towel.jpg?imgmax=800)
My favorite fashion instructor would be so proud! I "MADE IT WORK"!
![haute-couture-paper-dress.jpg Haute couture paper dress](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9sCyHPD0QBM/VohPq43bumI/AAAAAAABfsA/KOmCGO-u6Oo/haute-couture-paper-dress.jpg?imgmax=800)