Fashion of the future
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Winners Erin Flynn, Rachel Higgins, Siobhan McDonagh, Lauren Murtagh from Ardscoil Phadraig Co. Longford with judge Aisling Duffy. PhotographiqueImage 2 of 4
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Lauren Murtagh, Erin Flynn, Siobhán McDonagh, Rachel Higgins and their Art teacher Ms.Cooney and judge Lorraine Keane.Image 4 of 4
The students chose a double denim style for their outfit.Erin Flynn, Rachel Higgins, Siobhan McDonagh, Lauren Murtagh of Ardscoil Phadraig won the prestigious award at a ceremony at the Rediscovery Centre just before the Easter holidays.
Secondary school students from around the Eastern, Midlands and Dublin region competed for the Relove Fashion awards by creating outfits using discarded textiles and reimagining them into wearable clothing.
The award-winning Relove Fashion Competition encourages students to take a deeper look at how their clothing is made. It asks competitors to use their creative design skills to create a sustainable and wearable outfit using clothing sourced from charity shops, swap shops or reuse items already available at home. This year’s competition featured 22 finalists who made outfits from materials such as curtains, bed sheets, bike tubes, discarded packaging and accessories made from coconut shells.
The overall winner was announced as Beth Brady from St Joseph’s Mercy Secondary School in neighbouring County Meath.
Beth created her outfit from old seat belts, an old bomber jacket, torn lining from the family linen basket, an old cot sheet, donated fabric and zip once destined to be used for a bridesmaid’s dress, a pair of her dad’s old jeans and scrap fabric. The top was also dyed using onion skins and her accessories were made from the shell of an eaten coconut.
The Relove Fashion Competition judges were Arran Murphy, Rediscover Fashion Programme Manager at the Rediscovery Centre; Lorraine Keane, broadcaster and founder of Fashion Relief; Aisling Duffy, sustainable fashion designer and Dr Joanne Rourke, environmental scientist from the Eastern-Midlands Region Waste Management Plan Office.
Lorraine Keane said: “I have been involved with Relove Fashion for three years now and each year I am blown away with the ingenuity of the students. This year we’ve had students who have created wearable items from seat belts, tyre tubes, curtains and left over textiles. With their beautiful creations, the students have proven yet again that sustainable fashion is accessible, creative and practical.”