A few months ago we introduced you to the concept of the Duck tape prom, but it seems that Duck tape fashion doesn’t stop there, indeed Octane creative’s page dedicated to Duck Tape fashion would suggest that it is a bit of a phenomenon, one couple even going as far as to have a Duck tape wedding. Yes, you read it right, a Duck Tape wedding. On September 29th 2001 Joyce Lotta and Kevin Thomas walked down the aisle at Universal Studios in Los Angeles decked out entirely in Duck Tape wedding attire, accessories and decorations. Fashion designer Brian McKinney put 180 hours of labour into the wedding gown constructed almost entirely out of white Duck Tape and embellished with 600 Bavarian crystals. He also designed and made the groom’s tuxedo jacket, cummerbunds for the groomsmen, shawls for the bridal party and a stole for the pastor. Duck Tape sculptor Todd Scott created the wedding flowers and bouquets.

The creativity doesn’t stop there, though, this year cheap-chic-weddings.com rolled out its fifth annual toilet paper wedding dress competition. Granted, these creations are not made with the intention of being worn, but with a remit of constructing the dress out of toilet paper, glue and tape alone some of the entries are rather stunning. This year’s winner, Ann Kagawa Lee of Honolulu Hawaii, whose theme was Gone with the Wind and Japanese origami, has had her creation compared to Oscar De La Renta.

For something a little more wearable, but no less stunning, one has to look no further than Louise Fairburn, the ‘shepherdess bride’, who got married in a dress constructed from the fleece of her own flock. An award winning sheep breeder Fairburn was inspired by an advertisement showing a wedding dress constructed from carpet and decided that her own rare breed Lincoln Longwools were good for more than just carpet construction. The dress which Fairburn designed herself cost £1,500 and took a spinner and dressmaker 67 hours to make.

Finally, another stunning wedding dress came out of a recent wedding expo in Nanjing, China. Coming in at $1.5 million the brocade dress is decorated with 2009 peacock tail feathers and took eight handicraftsmen two months to complete, but the superstitious may want to stay away as not only are peacock feathers themselves considered unlucky, but green is traditionally an unlucky colour for a wedding.

If these dresses have tickled your fancy and you want more unique wedding inspiration you should look no further than the excellent offbeatbride.com, while everything may not be to your taste I can guarantee that those of you who are brides to be will be spoiled for choice when it comes to inspiration.