The vest was made out of 5 things, garbage bags (big black kind), mod podge, "5 gum" wrappers, a tiny bit of clear tape, and gum! all the buttons are made of chewed gum wrapped and molded to real buttons, the rose and pocket square are made of gum, the pockets are functional.
I have no idea how many I used, but i had ALL of the people i knew chewing 5 gum and giving me the wrappers. I would say over 1000 wrappers at least.
Its majestic
And I think I'm going to try my hands at fashion....
In college I had a 3 Dimensional design project, make an article of clothing out of anything but cloth, you can see mine here: [link]
I plan to revisit the assignment using Starburst wrappers to make a cocktail dress,
already made a swatch and it's coming out nicely for a first attempt: [link]
I have no idea how many I used, but i had ALL of the people i knew chewing 5 gum and giving me the wrappers. I would say over 1000 wrappers at least.
oh and also, it fit me quite nicely!