Make it a Dress

About

Make it a Dress is a series of TikTok videos in which users dramatically reveal a dress they made from a blanket. The videos which rose to popularity in October 2019 are set to the song "Birthday" by Katy Perry.

Origin

On October 2nd, 2019, TikTok user @brycemares7 uploaded the first iteration of the series which gained over 188,500 likes and 25,200 shares in a month.

Spread

On October 23rd, TikTok user @carterchristianson uploaded a video in which they reveal their blanket dress by letting the fabric drop after it was bunched (shown below, left). The video gained over 428,500 likes and 14,700 shares in six days. On October 25th, @osieosie uploaded another version using their comforter and accumulated over 16,800 likes and 660 shares in four days (shown below, center). On October 26th @jack..johnson uploaded a video in which he falls from the weight of the blanket (shown below, right). The video garnered over 608,800 likes and 17,600 shares in two days.

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