Kids these days aren’t just making wallets out of duct tape — they’re crafting three-piece suits and ball gowns from the stuff.
Josie Authers and Jessica Ong, both 17, have created entire ensembles out of duct tape to earn spots as finalists in the Duck Brand's 24th annual Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest.Kids these days aren’t just making wallets out of duct tape — they’re crafting three-piece suits and ball gowns from the stuff.
“Throughout high school, I kind of became known as the girl who would knit in class,” the Manhattan student added, noting that she wanted to incorporate her hobby into the design.The recently graduated high school student and avid knitter created her own duct tape yarn by hand in order to knit the ensemble’s cerulean sweater vest, which she said took multiple attempts to perfect.
“I’ve always had an interest in things like arts and crafts, which led me to explore other unconventional scholarships like the Stuck at Prom competition,” Ong, whose interest in fashion was first piqued during the COVID-19 pandemic when she began reselling clothes on e-comm site Depop, told The Post.“I’m also a first-generation student, and with how expensive higher education is nowadays, I knew that I needed to enter into some type of scholarship.
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