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[[File:Carol_Curtains.jpg|link=The Carol Burnett Show|right|"I saw it in the window and I just couldn't resist it."]]
[[File:Carol_Curtains.jpg|link=The Carol Burnett Show|frame|"I saw it in the window and I just couldn't resist it."]]




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If played for comedy, expect to see the exact silhouette of the outfit in the still-hanging curtains - and possibly only enough for a one-dimensional version. [[Bellisario's Maxim|Do not try to work out how that's possible]].
If played for comedy, expect to see the exact silhouette of the outfit in the still-hanging curtains - and possibly only enough for a one-dimensional version. [[Bellisario's Maxim|Do not try to work out how that's possible]].


A [[Sub Trope]] of [[Improvised Clothes]]. See also [[Bankruptcy Barrel]].
A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Improvised Clothes]]. See also [[Bankruptcy Barrel]].


== [[Media Watchdog|By order of the]] [[Casey and Andy (Webcomic)|Pun Police]], jokes about [[Double Entendre|"whether the carpet matches the drapes"]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Will Not Be Tolerated]]. ==
== [[Media Watchdog|By order of the]] [[Casey and Andy (Webcomic)|Pun Police]], jokes about [[Double Entendre|"whether the carpet matches the drapes"]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Will Not Be Tolerated]]. ==
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* Maria in ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' makes play clothing for the Von Trapp children from the curtains. When she's called on it, she points out that the curtains were being replaced, anyways; she just used the ''old'' ones, so the fabric didn't go to waste. This fails to mollify Captain Von Trapp, whose main concern is that people would think he was too cheap to buy his children proper clothes or too ineffectual to teach his children proper dress standards.
* Maria in ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' makes play clothing for the Von Trapp children from the curtains. When she's called on it, she points out that the curtains were being replaced, anyways; she just used the ''old'' ones, so the fabric didn't go to waste. This fails to mollify Captain Von Trapp, whose main concern is that people would think he was too cheap to buy his children proper clothes or too ineffectual to teach his children proper dress standards.
* Giselle from ''[[Enchanted]]'' makes a dress from Robert's curtains, and later one from his daughter's bedding. She leaves the curtains in place, and the holes can be seen throughout the rest of the movie. Robert is, understandably, furious.
* Giselle from ''[[Enchanted]]'' makes a dress from Robert's curtains, and later one from his daughter's bedding. She leaves the curtains in place, and the holes can be seen throughout the rest of the movie. Robert is, understandably, furious.
* In ''[[A Knights Tale]]'', when Jocelyn's maid asks Roland what Will's tunic for the banquet following his first tournament will look like (when Will, being a commoner posing as a nobleman, doesn't own a tunic) Roland describes the tent behind her. He then later makes the tunic himself using fabric from the tent.
* In ''[[A Knight's Tale]]'', when Jocelyn's maid asks Roland what Will's tunic for the banquet following his first tournament will look like (when Will, being a commoner posing as a nobleman, doesn't own a tunic) Roland describes the tent behind her. He then later makes the tunic himself using fabric from the tent.
* In ''[[Lust In The Dust]]'', Big Ed removes the piano blanket to create a new dress for Divine.
* In ''[[Lust In The Dust]]'', Big Ed removes the piano blanket to create a new dress for Divine.
* In [[Preston Sturges]]' ''[[The Palm Beach Story]]'', Claudette Colbert's character has her clothes stolen from her overnight berth on a train. She fashions an outfit from her pajama top, a bath towel, and an oversized rug.
* In [[Preston Sturges]]' ''[[The Palm Beach Story]]'', Claudette Colbert's character has her clothes stolen from her overnight berth on a train. She fashions an outfit from her pajama top, a bath towel, and an oversized rug.
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=== [[Real Life]]: ===
=== [[Real Life]]: ===
* In real life, it was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Franziska_von_Trapp Maria Franziska von Trapp], one of the Von Trapp children whose story inspired ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', who made clothes from curtains, [http://greensburgdailynews.com/local/x212457544/North-Alive-With-The-Sound-Of-Music according to her sister, Rosemarie von Trapp.]
* In real life, it was [[wikipedia:Maria Franziska von Trapp|Maria Franziska von Trapp]], one of the Von Trapp children whose story inspired ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', who made clothes from curtains, [http://greensburgdailynews.com/local/x212457544/North-Alive-With-The-Sound-Of-Music according to her sister, Rosemarie von Trapp.]
* Beatrice Jackman, a Danish secret agent in World War II, had a [http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44644153/ns/today-today_people/t/dress-made-nazi-flag-reveals-owners-past-spy/ stunning red dress made from a stolen Nazi flag].
* Beatrice Jackman, a Danish secret agent in World War II, had a [http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44644153/ns/today-today_people/t/dress-made-nazi-flag-reveals-owners-past-spy/ stunning red dress made from a stolen Nazi flag].
* Major Claude Hensinger, a WWII pilot who bailed out of his B-29 after an engine fire, kept warm overnight using his parachute and was rescued in the morning. His fiance, Ruth, had his [http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/costume/object.cfm?recordnumber=834994 life-saving parachute made into her wedding dress], patterned after a dress in ''Gone With the Wind''. Ruth Hensinger's dress, which was also been worn by her daughter and daughter-in-law for their weddings, was donated to the National Museum of American History.
* Major Claude Hensinger, a WWII pilot who bailed out of his B-29 after an engine fire, kept warm overnight using his parachute and was rescued in the morning. His fiance, Ruth, had his [http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/costume/object.cfm?recordnumber=834994 life-saving parachute made into her wedding dress], patterned after a dress in ''Gone With the Wind''. Ruth Hensinger's dress, which was also been worn by her daughter and daughter-in-law for their weddings, was donated to the National Museum of American History.
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** A variant occurred in ''[[Project Runway]]'', when the designers had to use items purchased at a grocery store. At least two contestants used shower curtains.
** A variant occurred in ''[[Project Runway]]'', when the designers had to use items purchased at a grocery store. At least two contestants used shower curtains.
* In ''[[Ru Pauls Drag Race|RuPaul's Drag Race]]'', the first episode of Season 2 sees the contestants make their runway outfits out of curtains, in reference to Scarlett O'Hara.
* In ''[[Ru Pauls Drag Race|RuPaul's Drag Race]]'', the first episode of Season 2 sees the contestants make their runway outfits out of curtains, in reference to Scarlett O'Hara.
* Technically, you can make ''anything'' into a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarong sarong], as long as it's a big enough piece of fabric, other than a [[Modesty Towel|towel]] - that's just silly.
* Technically, you can make ''anything'' into a [[wikipedia:Sarong|sarong]], as long as it's a big enough piece of fabric, other than a [[Modesty Towel|towel]] - that's just silly.
* This [http://www.stylemepretty.com/2010/05/26/south-carolina-wedding-by-ooh-events/ South Carolina bride] made her own wedding dress from [http://www.anthropologie.com Anthropologie] shower curtains for her 2009 wedding.
* This [http://www.stylemepretty.com/2010/05/26/south-carolina-wedding-by-ooh-events/ South Carolina bride] made her own wedding dress from [http://www.anthropologie.com Anthropologie] shower curtains for her 2009 wedding.


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[[Category:Costume Tropes]]
[[Category:Costume Tropes]]
[[Category:Curtain Clothing]]
[[Category:Curtain Clothing]]
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