{"id":18921,"date":"2024-11-26T05:37:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T05:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18921"},"modified":"2024-11-26T05:37:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T05:37:17","slug":"something-old-top-award-for-recycled-bridal-gowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18921","title":{"rendered":"Something old: Top award for recycled bridal gowns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The designers used second-hand bridal gowns to create new dresses<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A project based on repurposing old bridal dresses in Glasgow has won a worldwide sustainability prize.<\/p>\n

Glasgow Kelvin College was one of two UK institutions recognised at this year’s international Green Gown awards.<\/p>\n

The honour is bestowed upon the top eco-friendly projects at colleges and universities around the world.<\/p>\n

Students at the college were tasked with unpicking old sample wedding dresses and creating their own, new designs from just the pre-loved fabric.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Designers could only use parts of the old gowns, including buttons and zips, to build their designs from scratch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jo White joined the course after recovering from a long illness<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Jo White, a 46-year-old mum of two, was one of the 16 designers working on the award-winning project.<\/p>\n

She decided to join the fashion design course after a long period of ill health.<\/p>\n

Jo previously worked as a drug rehabilitation officer, but after a life-saving liver transplant made the decision to pursue a new career.<\/p>\n

“I was very ill for a long time and I was housebound,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I needed to do something I knew I enjoyed because I was so full of anxiety from being poorly. <\/p>\n

“I liked sewing so one of my friends said I should apply for my HND and it went really well.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jo designed a modern take on bridal wear with a corset, trousers and cape<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The dresses were inspired on different themes<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Jo now studies fashion and business at university after being urged to apply by her college lecturer.<\/p>\n

“I owe so much to those women,” she added. “And I loved learning about the whole side of manufacturing.<\/p>\n

“Bridal garments have so many layers and the best way to understand how they’re made is by taking them apart.”<\/p>\n

The dresses used for the project were donated by Bijoux Bridal in Hamilton which is managed by former student Rebecca Kennedy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The designers worked on the dresses over the course of 12 weeks <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Sandra Thomson said it was important to consider the environmental impacts of fashion<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Sandra Thomson, the lecturer who ran the project, said the course focused on sustainable or “slow” fashion.<\/p>\n

Slow fashion is a more sustainable approach to clothing production which prioritises quality and the environment over speed and low costs.<\/p>\n

“There’s a lot of people out there who might not wear a second-hand wedding dress,” said Sandra.<\/p>\n

“But they would probably be quite happy if it was a new dress using fabric from second-hand dresses.<\/p>\n

“There’s still so much usable fabric in these dresses. From the 10 dresses we were given, the class made 16 new ones.<\/p>\n

“And they weren’t just customised – the gowns were totally unpicked to the fabric.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sandra said she was “very strict” and designers were only allowed to use the second-hand dresses throughout the process.<\/p>\n

But luckily the original dresses used luxurious material and were worth \u00a325,000.<\/p>\n

“It meant the students were able to use really high quality fabrics that they would never have been able to afford otherwise,” she added.<\/p>\n

“They had to be clever and cut around any marks or make-up in the fabric to make sure they used the very best parts.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kelly Carlin said the design process made the students more creative<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Kelly Carlin, 20, started studying fashion at the college after she left secondary school at 16.<\/p>\n

“Getting to examine and unpick the layers and then totally transform the dresses was amazing,” she said.<\/p>\n

“The process made us be more creative and we could run wild with our ideas which would prolong the life of these garments. <\/p>\n

“If we didn’t do that they would’ve ended up in landfill, but we got so much out of all of them.”<\/p>\n

The dresses were later displayed at an end-of-year fashion show before the college found out it had been shortlisted for the Next Generation Skills and Learning award.<\/p>\n

Lecturer Sandra said: “We went down to the UK final and I was so blown away by the other projects.<\/p>\n

“I felt as if we were the wee humble fashion project amongst all these other big projects.<\/p>\n

“But we won that – and then we went on to win the international one as well.<\/p>\n

“There wasn’t an expectation when we got there, but we were absolutely delighted since we’re quite a small department.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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