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A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Improvised Clothes]]. See also [[Bankruptcy Barrel]].
== [[Media Watchdog|By order of the]] [[Casey and Andy
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* Juugo from ''[[Naruto]]: Shippuden'' is forced to do this when {{spoiler|his new boss, Sasuke, is preparing to hunt down and kill his big brother, Itachi}}. He thinks it's kind of comfy. Oddly enough, he continues wearing it even after he starts wearing {{spoiler|an Akatsuki cloak}}, so he's now wearing one cloak over another.
* In ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'', Utena makes a dress for Anthy from a tablecloth.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'', Miya needs a yukata but doesn't have one, so she thinks of using the curtains to make a "modern" one. She ends up borrowing one of Hiro's, though.
* In ''[[Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer]]'', Hatoko wonders why Misaki's Angel Hikaru is naked. She promptly fashions a dress out of her handkerchief.
* In ''[[G Gundam]]'', after Domon {{spoiler|saves a very naked Rain from the Devil/Dark Gundam,}} he promptly throws his cape around her, which conveniently morphs into a form-fitting sexy [[Lady in Red|red dress]].
* Ohana in ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
* Scarlett O'Hara in ''[[Gone
** Parodied on ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'' (pictured), where Carol left the curtain rod in the dress.
*** According to Harvey Korman, they had to re-record the audio on that take because he was laughing so hard when she came down the stairs.
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* 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.
* The 2007 version of ''[[Hairspray]]'' has Penny wear a dress made from her bedroom curtains to the Miss Teenage Hairspray episode of ''[[Show Within a Show|The Corny Collins Show]]''. She uses the curtain rings to attach an extra piece of material to the dress.
* The 2010 ''[[Alice in Wonderland (
== [[Literature]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'', Ariel attempts to make a dress from a sail on a wrecked ship. The result is more comical than anything.
* The Grinch in the animated version of ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (
* ''[[
* On the ''[[
* A gag in ''[[
* In an episode of [[Sit Down, Shut Up]] that sees the cast dealing with a flood, normally meek Willard (now in charge) wears a cape he said Ennis made from curtains.
* It's stated that Leela once made a prom dress from carpet samples on [[Futurama]].
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* There is a [[Running Gag|long-standing joke]] among the Russian LARPG community about newbies making "elf cloaks" out of curtains. Perhaps sometime ago, they actually did.
** In Finland, the items used are likely to be sheets.
* The original ''[[Star Trek:
* Surprisingly popular among many historical costumers. Drapery/upholstery fabrics are usually wider than fabrics woven for clothing use, which means you can make a seriously [[Pimped-Out Dress]] without needing to piece the fabric together. (You can also get a set of drapes at the Goodwill for less than the cost of equivalent yardage at the fabric store.) Additionally, drapery and home decor fabrics are often available in weights, weaves, and patterns that are closer to accurate for historical time periods.
** 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
* 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.
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