Some people will wear any old rubbish … but at least all of these high-fashion creations are for a good cause.
The eye-catching outfits all use upcycled materials including broken trampoline parts, bubble-wrap, old boots and even banana fibre.
They could be the latest haute-couture creations being paraded up and down the Paris Fashion Week catwalks.
But take a closer look...and all is not quite as it seems.
The spectacular array of outfits are all made out of upcycled materials - including broken trampolines, bubble-wrap, old boots and banana fibre.
These are some of the finalists for Junk Kouture, the world’s largest eco-fashion competition that has saved an astonishing 40,000kg of waste from landfill.
One design - called Jump For Joy - is made from old curtain, safety netting, trampoline, trampoline springs, quality street wrappers, bicycle spokes, old partially broken fairy lights and old boot.
Another dress - called Bohemian Pampas Tree - is made from pampas grass, moss and black grass. It’s described as a “living dress” because it needs daily water and light to survive.
Tree of Life is made from banana fibre, while Spiralism is made from receipts, metal wire and tape. Phantasma is made from a plastic mannequin, buttons and bubble wrap, while Jass is made from electrical wires.
Open to school pupils across the globe, Junk Kouture has recruited 100,000 teenagers to date since it launched in 2010.
All the designs, which have been created by students around the world between the ages of 13 and 18, are now going to a World Final in Abu Dhabi in January.
Three judges will choose six regional winners from the UK, USA, Ireland, France, Italy and the UAE. The overall World Sustainable Designer of the Year will then be crowned from one of those six.
Junk Kouture founder and CEO Troy Armour explained: “We are so excited to be holding our first ever World Final and are looking forward to seeing all 60 finalist design teams in person in January.
“This year’s entries have featured some truly ground-breaking designs – from a dress made entirely of electrical wires to one consisting of banana fibres – which just goes to show how imaginative young people are with their designs.
“The aim of Junk Kouture has always been to spread the word of sustainability via creativity to as big an audience as we can but also to create a competitive outlet, like a sport, for creative kids.
“By holding our global final celebrating the voices of youth, creativity and sustainability from different places around the world, this is undoubtedly our biggest statement yet.”
