Not so long ago, achieving the title of Miss America was about as good as it got for American girls. Not anymore. Teresa Scanlan, the reigning Miss America, and the youngest in 90 years, is ready to compete for the title she really wants. Miss Duct Tape! Scanlan heads to Ohio for the 8th Annual […]
While we’re on the subject (breast taping, what else?), apparently there is a product called called fashion tape that is designed to prevent that embarrassing ” nip slip”. Not sure exactly what this stuff is, but we’ll do some research and get back to you. This Cosmo article seems like a good place to start. […]
We’re always on the lookout for new tape uses, but this one caught us off guard. It appears that singer Katy Perry got more than she wished for when she prayed for larger breasts and ending up using gaffers tape to hide her new assets. She shared her story in Rolling Stone and you can […]
The new documentary “Blaze Foley Duct Tape Messiah” is scheduled to debut in Asbury Park, NJ on June 27. Foley, a renowned Texas songwriter earned the nickname “Duct Tape Messiah” because of his love of decorating his clothing, all the way down to his boot tips, with colored duct tape. You can learn more about […]
We’ll, not actually blinded. More like blindfolded. Professional skeptic Lawrence Leung, in one part of his new six part series on ABC, rides around Las Vegas with a man who not only is blindfolded, but also has gaffers tape holding coins over his eyes to insure that he really is “blind”. Magician and mentalist Banachek […]
Well, not literally. But Pete Warburton, an artist who uses duct tape as his medium, has created a whole show of Van Gogh reproductions styled from duct tape. Warburton’s work, currently on display at Biggyby Coffee’s Plymouth Road Cafe in Ann Arbor, MI , hopes that his Van Gogh re-creations can be a spring board […]
A very interesting story in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal about retiring trainer Gene Monahan shows how far athletic training has advanced while some things remain constant. The story, titled “The Trainer Hangs Up His Tape“, folows the career of Monahan, the Yankee’s longest tenured employee, through his career of keeping the Yanks on the field. […]
All that tape on NHL players hockey sticks apparently has more meaning than just a way to get a better grip on their weapon of choice. The Detroit Free Press reports that some players spend hours taping their sticks before a game.\ In addtion to helping the player grip the stick and the stick grip […]
Seems like Beyonce has turned to gaffers tape to prevent a wardrobe malfunction, ala Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl performance. The London Daily Mail suggests that Beyonce should have used a little more tape to hold her revealing jump suit in place during a recent Paris appearance. Apparently fashionistas have used adhesive-backed tape for years […]
When people ask me what gaffers tape is like, I usually start the description by telling them it is a cotton cloth tape made from a material similar to a pair of khaki pants. Apparently, General Pants, a clothing retailer, thinks that gaffers tape makes a great shirt too! Click here to read more about […]