Published 18:27 IST, December 12th 2019
Pendleton teen who made a dress for his prom date lands career from it
Pendleton teen who made a prom dress from scratch for his date has recently landed a job to make a for Cinderella. He wants to be a broadway designer.
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High school junior who me a dress for his prom date because she could t afford her dream dress will be making a career out of it. Parkes Smith me national helines after pictures of first work he h ever done went viral and shot across nation.
Blue ball gown goes viral
Parker Smith is a student at Pendleton Heights High School in Pendleton, Indiana. idea to make perfect dress for his prom date came when di Rust (his date) found her perfect dress but could t afford it. She jokingly told Parker that why doesn't he only make dress for her and Parker took her words to heart. After thinking about it he decided he actually wanted to do it. Parker n spent next few months making and perfecting dress, even taking help from his grandmor. finished product was a blue ball gown that di could twirl around in during Prom.
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Landing a career
After making national helines word got around to Footlite Musicals in Indianapolis. Bob Harbin who is in charge of directing musical cinderella for company shared a mutual friend with Parker in form of one of his teachers. Smith later said that Harbin was looking for a dressmaker and Smith's teacher said that he might kw a kid.
Harbin asked Parker to create Cinderella's dress, Smith n created two dresses that were technically 2 in 1 because of dress serves as both Cinderella's peasant dress and her gown. show is scheduled to run from Thursday all way till Sunday. Smith has said that he wants to become a broway designer.
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17:57 IST, December 12th 2019