Trendy trio all set for Dublin

Students Amy Connon, Brittany Millar and Marcus Linton from St Louis Grammar School, Ballymena have already wowed the audience at the Northern final of the the Junk Kouture Recycled Fashion competition which was held in Londonderry.

Now they are set to take their ‘Scrap Yard Elegance’ entry to the big stage for the Dublin final of the competition which is held in association with European Recycling Platform (ERP) and Bank of Ireland UK.

The Junk Kouture competition has seen thousands of teenagers’ work submitted over the past two years, with some spectacular and awe-inspiring pieces gracing the competition’s regional and national catwalks. Junk Kouture is the leading fashion and art competition for second level school students across Ireland and has a reputation, among many, as being the most creative.

The all-Ireland competition has gone from strength to strength since launching in 2010. The competition has seen students’ work featured on the red carpet at the Royal Premiere of ‘The Hobbit’ in London, captivated audiences at pop-up ‘trashionista’ fashion shows in Victoria Square among others; been accredited from the European Week for Waste Reduction Awards with a specially commissioned trophy by Alex Attwood MLA, Minister of the Environment on the Northern Ireland Executive, and received widespread media attention.

The Grand Final is taking place in Bord-Gàis Theatre in Dublin at 4pm on 19 April; tickets are 20 euro per person. For further information, please log on to junkkouture.com or visit the Facebook page at: Facebook.com/junkkouture