High school student uses 80 spins of duct tape to make a “fashion valuable” prom dress.

A high school student from South Dakota made hers out of duct tape and received a school fellowship with it, despite the fact that some girls dream of finding the perfect prom gown.

Victoria Schoenherr, like some senior high school seniors, looked for fellowships online to help pay for college. She found out about Duck Tape’s Stuck at Prom award competition and provided the details to her father. The next day, she had floats of duct tape waiting to be made into an award-worthy gown,.

Schoenherr’s dress, which took over 160 hours and 80 rolls of Duck tape, was a runner-up in the contest and won the” Runway Worthy” award. Her gown was deemed the “most fashion-forward” by the courts.

High schooler Victoria Schoenherr won a scholarship contest by designing and creating a dress... — Victoria Schoenherr, a high school student, created a gown out of duct tape, winning a scholarship challenge. It took over 160 days and 80 spins of Duck company tape. ( Source: Victoria Schoenherr, KOTA via CNN)

In making her gown, the high schooler was inspired by the 18th century Flemish renaissance style, Barbie and Tim Burton,. She wanted the dress to be both attractive and as big as possible, so large it was n’t “fit through door structures”.

” I think I made a 10-by-5-foot section because I had to create all this material. I pleated it and tried to make a skirt out of that, and it did n’t work. I made an entirely different set of sleeves, and it did n’t work. Therefore, only a lot of destroying and figuring it out”, Schoenherr said.

She worked through her graduation, creating costumes for a generation of” Men and Figurines,” and even by light during a storm to transform the piece into what it is. She claims that seeing her dress on TikTok and hearing other people’s good comments made it all worthwhile.

” A lot of people seem to really like it, which makes me so happy”, Schoenherr said.

This is n’t Schoenherr’s first time designing, as she has done costume design for multiple staged productions and her own wardrobe, and she says it definitely wo n’t be her last.

” I’m very project-based. I say I’m like a boundary dog. If I do n’t have a project to do, I start to eat furniture, like’ I need to do something. ‘ But, I can completely see myself doing a great, ridiculous project at some point again”, she said.

Schoenherr intends to study at the University of Northern Colorado. As a runner-up in the contest, she won a$ 1, 000 scholarship and earned an extra$ 1, 000 scholarship for her” Runway Worthy” title.