This Girl Made A Trash Bag Prom Dress For ‘When Someone Calls You Trashy’, And The Result Will Blow You Away
Amber Scholl has become an internet phenomenon thanks to her creative and inspiring DIY fashion videos, paired with an upbeat, infectious personality. This particular video was prompted by a comment that Amber says she gets all the time: “Amber could wear a trash bag and still look bomb.”
And so she set out to prove it. Taking her viewers through the process step-by-step, from the shops to buy supplies to the actual creation of the dress, Amber manages to shock even herself with just how fabulously it came out. “Honestly I think that this is the best DIY I’ve ever done,” she chuckles to herself whilst sashying in front of the mirror in her trashy creation.
The video has already been viewed almost a million times, and Amber has uploaded it to Twitter, along with the witty caption: “When someone calls you trashy, make a dress out of trash bags and prove them fabulously correct.”
So there you go. You don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars to get a stunning gown, you just need a few trash bags and a lot of creativity! Scroll down below to see how the new “Queen of DIY” put it all together, and let us know what you think in the comments!
DIY Youtuber Amber Scholl has done her most iconic tutorial yet
That’s right, she made a dress out of trash bags
And shared the whole process in a step-by-step tutorial
First she had to shop for supplies
Aside from the trash bags, a base for the dress and some crafty materials were all she needed
Then she got busy crafting the details out of the bags
Decorating the base of the dress
With trash bag ‘roses’
Then she did the same with an old skirt she found in her closet
“Honestly I think that this is the best DIY I’ve ever done!”
Here’s the full making-of video
Here’s how people reacted
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Sorry, but the dress wasn’t made out of trash bags at all. It was embellished with trash bags.
I'd be a rich man if I had a dollar every time someone is described as a YouTube star.
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Adding to the negative comments (sorry) but she wasn't even being called trashy? The comment was literally praising how pretty she is O.o
Hmmmm, somehow being called “trashy” has never been a big concern in my life. If you’re being called trashy on such a regular basis, you may have bigger problems. Well that, and people just suck.
I don't think that that dress would be allowed in a prom... (the title says it is a prom dress)
Just because it's DIY doesn't mean it's not trashy. Prom used to be a time to get a fancy dressy dress, guys in a suit or tux, the first time we would really dress up like grown-ups. The revealing dresses, usually so sort the cheeks show, and casual dress the boys do is really disappointing. I'm not a prude... FAR from it. But it would be nice to see formal dresses for prom. Every other dance, by all means, wear whatever you want. But Prom should be formal.
eh I disagree. Current high school student and I, among others, could care less about prom. If they want to dress that way, then let them (not the revealing outfits though ... at least not in a school setting).
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Please. Go the Miss Chi Chi Devayne School of Trashbag Dressmaking before you troll for youtube views with your instagram brow fail. Hush. Shoo.
So she glued SOME trash bag decorations on a skirt and a body shaper... yes, she's the next Betsy Johnson
Any headline with "will you blow you away" in it was written by an a*****e
'Iconic tutorial'. Just as iconic as the icon living Jayden Smith. Way to go, Bored Panda
I really don't care about other people call me trashy. I won't spend so much time and energy to do such a trash bag decorated dress just to tell others they are right. whether they are right or not is none of my business.
I feel like making the effort to find existing clothes to glue plastic bags to is not the same as making a dress.
People actually watched this video til the end?? I got to 1:04 and had to stop it...this chick is F'N annoying as hellf#ck!! How fake. I thought she made the whole/complete dress out of trash bags but used a bodysuit and sheer skirt. Smh
Siiiiigh - with that comment - NO ONE was calling her "trashy". I would have considered it a high compliment. I HATE these "headlines". And that's NOT a "dress made from trash bags". Honesty - please?
....... I could use trash bags to decorate my dress if you want..... I was hoping she'd actually cover the black dress with real trash bags.
Talk about click bate. That was NOT an entire dress made from trash bags.
She's called Trashy then shows up to prom with her a*s out?
... it didn't even post my photo? Ok I mean her IMG_3576-5...d0d4ab.jpg 
This reminds me of the contest a few years back, where HS students created Prom outfits out of duct tape. It was sponsored by Duck Tape (who else?) and the winners won scholarships.
They have that contest every year... some of the designs are AMAZINGLY creative and formal. Lovely stuff.
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This was part of a Bored Panda Recycling? Absolutely nothing was recycled and in fact newly purchased plastic was used....
I remember seeing a DIY on how to make actual dresses from rubbish bags in a women's magazine back in the late 80s :P
Punks in 80es has done it already. good festival ware dont have to care :)
I guess prom dresses these days don't leave to much to the imagination.
Caroline Driver - I agree with you. It's similar to when people say something is awesome. Is it? Does it really fill you with awe? Or when something is 'genius'. It really bothers me.
To bad that damage to the environment that was avoided by repurposing unwanted clothes instead if them ending up in landfill has been counteracted by the use BRAND NEW PLASTIC BAGS. Now you've ruined a skirt, a different piece of shapewear and tge environment.
Kudos for her quality work, but No way any daughter of mine would be going to prom in that dress. She's supposed to be going to prom Not going on as the opening act ! "Trashy" is a pun, it's an accurate description.
I have an old carnival costume idea book for kids and here is a dress made of trashbags, if she can norwegian she can borrow it XD Zhde6rC.jpg 
Seriously if this is the best you can do take up another hobby. All you did with the trash bags was make flowers out of them. I remember doing the same thing in second grade art class when I was six. And the skirt was so see through I would be amazed if was seen as appropriate prom attire. It was so sleazy and see through. If this is what you usually wear then no wonder people called you "trashy".
Sorry, but the dress wasn’t made out of trash bags at all. It was embellished with trash bags.
I'd be a rich man if I had a dollar every time someone is described as a YouTube star.
Load More Replies... Adding to the negative comments (sorry) but she wasn't even being called trashy? The comment was literally praising how pretty she is O.o
Hmmmm, somehow being called “trashy” has never been a big concern in my life. If you’re being called trashy on such a regular basis, you may have bigger problems. Well that, and people just suck.
I don't think that that dress would be allowed in a prom... (the title says it is a prom dress)
Just because it's DIY doesn't mean it's not trashy. Prom used to be a time to get a fancy dressy dress, guys in a suit or tux, the first time we would really dress up like grown-ups. The revealing dresses, usually so sort the cheeks show, and casual dress the boys do is really disappointing. I'm not a prude... FAR from it. But it would be nice to see formal dresses for prom. Every other dance, by all means, wear whatever you want. But Prom should be formal.
eh I disagree. Current high school student and I, among others, could care less about prom. If they want to dress that way, then let them (not the revealing outfits though ... at least not in a school setting).
Load More Replies... Please. Go the Miss Chi Chi Devayne School of Trashbag Dressmaking before you troll for youtube views with your instagram brow fail. Hush. Shoo.
So she glued SOME trash bag decorations on a skirt and a body shaper... yes, she's the next Betsy Johnson
Any headline with "will you blow you away" in it was written by an a*****e
'Iconic tutorial'. Just as iconic as the icon living Jayden Smith. Way to go, Bored Panda
I really don't care about other people call me trashy. I won't spend so much time and energy to do such a trash bag decorated dress just to tell others they are right. whether they are right or not is none of my business.
I feel like making the effort to find existing clothes to glue plastic bags to is not the same as making a dress.
People actually watched this video til the end?? I got to 1:04 and had to stop it...this chick is F'N annoying as hellf#ck!! How fake. I thought she made the whole/complete dress out of trash bags but used a bodysuit and sheer skirt. Smh
Siiiiigh - with that comment - NO ONE was calling her "trashy". I would have considered it a high compliment. I HATE these "headlines". And that's NOT a "dress made from trash bags". Honesty - please?
....... I could use trash bags to decorate my dress if you want..... I was hoping she'd actually cover the black dress with real trash bags.
Talk about click bate. That was NOT an entire dress made from trash bags.
She's called Trashy then shows up to prom with her a*s out?
... it didn't even post my photo? Ok I mean her IMG_3576-5...d0d4ab.jpg
This reminds me of the contest a few years back, where HS students created Prom outfits out of duct tape. It was sponsored by Duck Tape (who else?) and the winners won scholarships.
They have that contest every year... some of the designs are AMAZINGLY creative and formal. Lovely stuff.
Load More Replies... This was part of a Bored Panda Recycling? Absolutely nothing was recycled and in fact newly purchased plastic was used....
I remember seeing a DIY on how to make actual dresses from rubbish bags in a women's magazine back in the late 80s :P
Punks in 80es has done it already. good festival ware dont have to care :)
I guess prom dresses these days don't leave to much to the imagination.
Caroline Driver - I agree with you. It's similar to when people say something is awesome. Is it? Does it really fill you with awe? Or when something is 'genius'. It really bothers me.
To bad that damage to the environment that was avoided by repurposing unwanted clothes instead if them ending up in landfill has been counteracted by the use BRAND NEW PLASTIC BAGS. Now you've ruined a skirt, a different piece of shapewear and tge environment.
Kudos for her quality work, but No way any daughter of mine would be going to prom in that dress. She's supposed to be going to prom Not going on as the opening act ! "Trashy" is a pun, it's an accurate description.
I have an old carnival costume idea book for kids and here is a dress made of trashbags, if she can norwegian she can borrow it XD Zhde6rC.jpg
Seriously if this is the best you can do take up another hobby. All you did with the trash bags was make flowers out of them. I remember doing the same thing in second grade art class when I was six. And the skirt was so see through I would be amazed if was seen as appropriate prom attire. It was so sleazy and see through. If this is what you usually wear then no wonder people called you "trashy".
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