US artist’s hand-paints dress to match her abstract art, goes viral

A screen shot of Poche's video where she hand-painted a dress to match her painting at her exhibition launch.

American artist Mandy Poche, hailing from Louisiana, needed something to wear to her exhibit opening the next day. Instead of making a last-minute dash to the store, she turned to her creative skills and painted a white off-the-shoulder cocktail dress to match one of her artworks. The result has been an Internet smash sensation.

Poche lives in Ponchatoula, a town of about 8,000 people in southeastern Louisiana that is known for its annual strawberry festival, antique stores and the live alligator it keeps as a mascot. It's now being noticed for a piece of art that people from around the world have connected with - Poche's dress.