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To make her dazzling prom ensemble, Imogen Curry labored for 109 hours crafting a 6-foot set of white wings, fashioning a dark-blue belt decked out with a ram\u2019s head, fishes and other signs of the zodiac, topping the whole creation off with a curlicue pattern of 222 handmade beads \u2014 some of them dangling from her cuffs like the fringe on a sombrero.<\/p>\n

Read more Hillsborough teen dazzles in prom outfit made of Duck Tape. She needs your vote<\/a><\/p>\n

But even more impressive: Curry built this intricate and majestic outfit entirely out of duct tape \u2014 material normally reserved for repairing a banged-up fender or patching the holes in a pair of sneakers.<\/p>\n

And for her artistry, she earned a spot as a top 10 finalist in the national Stuck at Prom contest sponsored by Duck Tape itself, for which Curry might win a $10,000 scholarship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I could wear it to prom,\u201d Curry, a rising homeschooled sophomore in Hillsborough, told The N&O last week, \u201cbecause the wings are 6 feet wide, so it might create some problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curry obviously hopes the fashion-minded public will choose her handiwork in the voting<\/a>, and were she to make the case for her own work, she would make her pitch thusly:<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at the details of my costume,\u201d she said, \u201cI had to cut each feather individually and stick it on, so that was really time-consuming. The zodiac signs in my belt, I cut them out individually with scissors. The duct tape beads, that might be a new technique.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Technically, Curry\u2019s creation qualifies as a tuxedo, which pits her work against a competitor who took inspiration from the Met Gala and designed a suit that can only be described as Michael Jackson decked out as a toreador.<\/p>\n

Curry, though, made her wing-bead suit as a tribute to flight, partially inspired by her family\u2019s interest in stargazing and partially by the motto inscribed on North Carolina\u2019s license plate.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo fly is to break free from the limits of the Earth,\u201d Curry wrote in her contest entry, \u201cand that\u2019s something that everyone wants. This suit represents dreams and ambitions that reach sky-high \u2014 improbable fantasies that can nevertheless become reality through determination and hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n

As versatile as duct tape might be \u2014 handy for waterproofing, binding prisoners or covering warts \u2014 it presents challenges for the unskilled dressmaker, being sticky.<\/p>\n

And though her wing suit may never sparkle beneath a disco ball or grace the rear seat of a stretch limousine, it deserves the nation\u2019s enthusiastic nod for encouraging us all to launch into garish greatness.<\/p>\n

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Vote for Imogen at duckbrand.com\/stuck-at-prom\/vote\/dress.<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published July 13, 2026 at 5:25 AM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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