Just by reading the title of the article, readers might say that we are kidding to suggest such kind of project, when creating and making whole new women or mens dress shirts out of gum wrappers sounds impossible to do and most especially, to wear. Indeed, these recycled materials are very fragile and will easily break and tear out. However, knowing the right things to do to make the output durable is worth the time and the effort to be able to come up with eco-friendly garments. So we would say, why not try making your own? With a piece of cloth shaped in dress shirts and many many many gum wrappers, among other materials needed, you’ll be able to create an eco-friendly garment.
Perhaps you have heard about the creative teenager from Garner, Iowa. Kimberly Rasmuson created an eco-friendly prom dress for herself and a vest for her prom partner (her boyfriend)out of Wrigley’s “5 Gum” bubble gum wrappers. They have collected these wrappers for a long time . At first, they counted these gum wrappers but when they reached 200, they stopped because they couldn’t keep track of the number anymore. Indeed, it took a lot of gum wrappers to make the vest and the dress. Elizabeth first got the idea of gum wrapper-made clothes when she heard about a dress made entirely of duct tape by someone, so this inspired her to create her own eco-friendly clothes.
How did the Iowa-grown teenager, in her creativity, make the gown from gum wrappers durable? According to Elizabeth, she just covered the dress and the vest with a top coat of vinyl to make it stronger and prevent it from tearing out. She finished it with the vinyl, of course
Having this kind of materials for unique and eco-friendly custom dress shirts are not really that weak as long as you know how to put them together and what to add to it to make it stronger and last longer in your closet. If a high school student can make her own gown out of gum wrappers, why can’t you? Perhaps start with mens dress shirts.
