How one cute kid turned old newspapers into fashion

By Susan Denley

Feb. 13, 2013 12 AM PT

Most of the fashion world is focused on New York Fashion Week and the ingenuity of high-end designers this week.

But we found some fashion ingenuity closer to home in the person of Miss Lillie Laing, 10, who used her father’s paper shredder, glue, a ballet tutu, needle and thread to make an outfit from a Sunday print edition of the Los Angeles Times. She wore the ensemble to a school event awhile back, earning the nickname Miss L.A. Times.

Lillie started her budding fashion career by making toilet paper clothes for her Barbies, according to mom Martine Laing. This time, she wanted something she could wear herself.

This strikes me as a much better final use of the paper than bird-cage liner.

With her artistic flair, when the right time comes, Lillie could be a shoo-in to win Cheap Chic Weddings’ annual toilet paper gown competition -- if she can out-do Susan Brennan, the Michigan woman who has won for the last two years.

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Susan Denley

Susan Denley is a former contributor to the All the Rage blog, associate features editor and editor of the Image section, which covers fashion, style, beauty – and their intersection with Hollywood and California culture. Over a career spanning four newspapers and two coasts, she’s been responsible for a wide variety of features and hard news beats as a reporter, editor or department manager. Denley left The Times in 2015.

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