Miquita Oliver and Ben de Lisi Front Fashion favours
Clothes donated by Kate Winslet, Fearne Cotton and even Gordon Brown have all being cut up and customised to create a unique fashion collection called Fashion Favours.
The online wardrobe will be auctioned off to the public for charity, including an amazing dress created from Kate Winslet's 2002 Golden Globe suit.
The results have been unveiled on a ‘virtual wardrobe’ for recycled clothes at vinspired.com/fashion. Bidding is now open to the public with all proceeds donated to HIV charity Body & Soul.
Fronted by designer Ben de Lisi and T4 presenter Miquita Oliver, the Fashion Favours project aims to highlight the issues surrounding throwaway fashion and change the image of volunteering while raising money for charity.
Fashion Favour fever caught on across the country this month as young people volunteered their time to take part in regional workshops to contribute to the collection. These workshops were led by leaders in fashion recycling: TRAID, Junky Styling, Ethical Fashion Forum and Kesh in Bristol, London, Nottingham and Manchester.
Annika from Junky Styling who helped transform Kate Winslet’s suit into a dress, said: "The Fashion Favours workshop gave us a great platform to share our expertise in recycling. It’s great to see the recycled fashion message being used to do good in the community, led by young people."
The initiative is part of a new ‘Favours’ campaign to transform perceptions of volunteering and show that volunteering is as simple as doing a favour.
Petra Coveney from the volunteering website vinspired.com said: "Fashion Favours fever is catching on across the country as young people realise how easy it is to recycle and customise old clothes. They get to use their creativity, help the environment and raise cash for charity. It just shows that volunteering is as easy as doing a Favour."