There are some people fortunate enough to be able to make a bin bag look good.
Mum Lisa Barnes is one of them. The 38-year-old from Newcastle was reassured by a best friend that she could rock up in a bin bag and still look gorgeous. So she did.
Not one to shy away from a challenge Lisa decided to take up best friend Michelle’s words of encouragement and turn up in a bin liner on a night out to her best mate’s house.
The crafty fashionista rummaged through her kitchen and found some bin liners from Poundland and she was set.
Within ten minutes, she was ready to go in a flattering v-neck front panel which we think looks pretty good for any night out, to be honest.
Her son Michael thought so too and he even tried it on.
‘Michelle’s face when she saw it on Saturday was brilliant, she couldn’t believe it,’ gushed Lisa after revealing the prank.
‘She started laughing and said I was crazy. I didn’t stay in the dress long as it was hot and sticking to me because I was sweating.
‘After a few minutes I told her “I need to get upstairs and get out of this”.’
Inspiration for the ‘trashy’ dress came from a four-hour shopping trip to look for outfits to the races.
Weighed down by armfuls of dresses, full-time mum Lisa pointed Michelle in the direction of the changing rooms and ordered her to try them on.
Self-conscious of her figure, cervical cancer survivor Michelle joked ‘it’s alright for you, being so slim you could put a bloody bin bag on and look gorgeous’.
The throwaway comment planted the idea in Lisa’s mind and when she got home she rummaged through her kitchen drawers and dug out a roll of Poundshop wheelie bin liners.
‘I told her not to be stupid and encouraged her to try lots of different dresses and styles.
‘I shared a snap of me in it on Facebook. I wasn’t expecting anyone to really like it, it was just for a bit of fun, but everyone loved it.’
Lisa, who says she can’t sew to save her life, said it was pretty simple to create and was impressed with the results.
‘I was pleased with how it turned out, it’s done pretty well considering it’s a bin liner.
‘My son thought I was crazy wearing a bin bag dress. I told him it was just to go to Michelle’s house in and he said “you’re not leaving the house in a bin bag mam”.’
Michael could be seen in the video, parading around his mum’s dress before Michelle walks in to see the creation.
In the footage, he can be heard saying: ‘Oh, the figure on me. I’ve got my belt on, I’m going to rock up to prom like this I think. Lovely.’
The second half of the clip shows Michelle walking into the room as she reacts to the hilarious joke.
In the video Michelle can be heard saying: ‘I knew you were up to something you little sod, it’s hilarious, turn around.’
Who knew a bin bag could serve looks?
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