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PHOTOS: Can You Guess What This Teen’s Prom Dress Is Made Out Of?

by Jada Wong | 3:52 pm, April 25th, 2012

For the past three years, 17-year-old Maura Pozek has made her own prom dresses out of unconventional products. The Reeds Spring High School senior used Doritos bags for her sophomore prom dress and soda can tabs for her junior year. This year, Pozek opted for cardboard and paper bags.

In a segment on local Missouri station KY3, Pozek explained why she started designing her own dresses:

“Freshman year, I had my mom and my aunt make my prom dress. So then I was like, ‘I can do this! I can make my own’”.

And that she did. So how did she think of using cardboard this time around?

“Last year, people were like, ‘So what are you going to do next?’ I’m like, ‘Well, cardboard! That seems like a enough good idea.’ Then I remembered cardboard doesn’t like to move.”

She was right. Pozek started creating the dress more than four months ago, but as the prom date drew closer, the original design just didn’t work. But instead of buying a traditional dress (because what fun is that?), Pozek had a brilliant idea at 4AM the day before the prom. She swapped out the bottom half the dress for brown paper bags, spray-painted them different colors, threw on some glitter, and voilà! — potential crisis averted.

In hindsight, Pozek said, “It was a horrible idea.” But she still uses a photo of herself wearing it as Facebook profile shot.

Check out Pozek’s prom dresses in the gallery:

[KY3 via NPR]



  • Anonymous

    She is so creative. How fun?!

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  • Guest

    Maura actually won a scholarship to Stephens College, which has a nationally recognized Fashion Design School. She won’t the scholarship for her pop-tab dress which was actually an unoriginal design that she copied off of someone else’s idea on the internet. She rejected the scholarship stating on her Facebook that she did not need to go to school to be a designer.

  • guest

    Maura is an idiot for turning down a schoalrship she shouldn’t have received. These “pieces” she created are trash, not beauty.

  • Antonina Reis

    She was right. Pozek started creating the dress more than four months ago,

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  • guest

    I think the dresses are very innovative and nice. I’ve seen her dresses where she originally posted them on a site called Craftster and she has always given credit to the other people she saw do the dresses first. I don’t think she has ever said (and correct me if I’m wrong) that she came up with the pop tab dress all by her self. She even said she was inspired by another dress to make the Doritos one.
    I do believe it is unfortunate that she turned down going to a fashion school, but is it possible she couldn’t get the money? I looked at the article from Stephens College, the scholarship was only $1000 and Stephens looks like it costs between $32,000 and $38,000 a year. Hopefully another school will be able to offer her more money to go and hone her craft.
    Also, one doesn’t have to go to fashion school to be a designer, plenty of people have done it. Although I believe fashion school is great and will open up endless possibilities, if she wants to go to school to be a teacher and do fashion in her spare time, more power to her!

  • Tarkmaylor1970

    LOL! Name call much? Or spell? The word is “scholarship,” a concept that’s probably foreign to you.

  • Sharrypops

    She’s brilliant and innovative – would try it myself if I had time. Yay for her creativity! (Even if she borrowed an idea, they’re beautifully constructed for her body). 

  • Love, don’t hate

    Why can’t we appreciate the creativity of these young people without finding fault? Jealousy, perhaps?

  • http://www.facebook.com/tj.irish1 Tj Irish

    Wow I am a guy and I just came across this website article. This girl is very creative. The soda can tab dress is amazing. It looks like a celeb dress. Good luck to her likely having a great career in designing…

  • http://www.facebook.com/tj.irish1 Tj Irish

    Wow as a man who came across this site. You can tell if it’s a woman posting. Ie… Maura copied the dress off the internet and it was not her idea. Typical woman negative jealous comment. The one above me calling these pieces trash. Really what snob area did you come from. Women crack me up in your jealousy negative vibes. A guy see’s an attractive girl in a cool outfit and compliments her. A woman see’s same thing and say’s. “OH SHE COPIED THAT DRESS OFF SOMEONE ELSE!” in a shrill voice. Who cares?

  • http://www.facebook.com/tj.irish1 Tj Irish

    I agree Guest. Bottom line if you have great talent. You will find your way. You would think if she pursued this area of interest. The publicity Maura is receiving will open doors for hr. I say good luck to Maura…

  • http://www.facebook.com/tj.irish1 Tj Irish

    I like the paperbag dress. That would be cool using real material as it’s very colorful.

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