12th Annual Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest

12th Annual Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest


We Love to bring you unique and interesting wedding ideas, decor and fashion. We often show fabulous artistry created by some really gifted designers and artist. We are always looking at wedding dresses and we have something unusual to share,gorgeous paper wedding dresses . . .

At Tavern on the Green in Central Park the 12th Annual Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest was held. It started 12 years ago by sisters Laura Gawne and Susan Bain as a marketing vehicle for their wedding website, cheap-chic-weddings.com. The event has grown and has been awarding significant
Wedding Dress Made from Toilet Paper
cash amounts to the winner and runner ups. The winning designer receives $10,000, second place gets $5,000, and the third place winner walks away with a cool $2,500. For the past six years, Charmin and Ripley’s Believe It Or Not have sponsored the Annual Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest.

For 12 years, amateur and professional wedding gown designers produce ready to wear wedding gowns out of Charmin toilet paper. Designers work hard to be chosen to display their artistry at the annual runway show in New York. Approximately 1,500 entries were received, which the sisters narrowed down to 15 to review in person.

The fashion show look likes like another, models strut the runway wearing elegant looking gowns made from toilet paper before an enthusiastic audience. “How lovely!” one onlooker was overheard saying. Susan Bain stated that "people often think the gowns are real which is quite a testament to the designers and artist."

When Bain told one onlooker the truth, the person stared at her, mouth wide open. “This woman flipped her lid,” Bain told The Washington Post on Sunday evening. “She just sat there for 10 minutes saying, ‘I can’t believe this.’”

The dresses submitted are gorgeous, intricately designed and hang gracefully from the women sporting them.

"What most don’t realize is they’re made almost entirely of toilet paper," says Bain. Contestants can use only toilet paper, glue, tape, a needle and thread to make the gown and the garment must be wearable, after all there is the runway strut.

“People always think they’re real,” Bain said. “It’s the funniest thing.”

Second Prize

Officially titled the 12th Annual Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest presented by Cheap Chic Weddings and Charmin — the crowning of this year's winner took place Thursday at the Haven Rooftop at the Sanctuary Hotel in Manhattan.

Winning Gown
It begins with approximately 1500 designers across from the country sketching out wedding dress ideas. Pictures are submitted, reviewed and 15 gowns are selected for additional review. Each year, these fragile gowns are packed up by a hopeful designers from around the country and shipped off. Surprisingly the gowns survive the journey from all over the United States to Florida, where the sisters live.

 “These things are put together like clothing. You can’t believe how strong they are,” Bain said. “They’re shipped all over the country to us, and then we ship the top 10 to New York, and they get shipped back to us, and they last.”

All of the dresses were made strictly from Charmin toilet paper, and the results were absolutely breathtaking. The designers could use needle, thread, tape, and glue to hold the gowns together.





The 10 finalists were chosen from more than 1,500 entries. Van Tran, a designer from Brooklyn, won the contest and took home the $10,000 grand prize.

Credit:The World Famous Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest Presented by Cheap Chic Weddings and Charmin


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