For Halloween, Melissa Woods created a costume fit from print.

In need of an outfit for a Halloween party, the Salmon Arm resident set out to construct a newspaper dress inspired by the one worn by actress Emma Stone in the movie Cruella (based on the Disney character Cruella Deville).

For her fabric of choice, Woods made a stop at the Salmon Arm Observer office to pick up a few bundles of the Shuswap Market. She said she spent 12 hours over three days building what would become a newspaper skirt.

鈥淚 was planning on doing a top to go with it but I ran out of time鈥�,鈥� said Woods, who used approximately 130 sheets of paper (520 pages) for her black-and-white attire. 鈥淚t was a lot of glue and a lot of staples.鈥�

Woods said the costume was a hit at the party, and was told if there had been a contest for best costume she would have won. As for the dress鈥� functionality, sitting down in a chair wasn鈥檛 going to happen.

鈥淗e had a stool that I could sit on which was great,鈥� said Woods. 鈥淚 had a backup costume just in case but didn鈥檛 end up doing that which was good.鈥�

Woods said her newspaper dress made it through the outing and with some minor work could easily be worn again.

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