Charlene having a swinging time in her group’s outfit. Photo Brian McDaid
Charlene Rodriguezis from Lifford, Co. Donegal is a student at the Royal and Prior in Raphoe and she just loves talking fashion and….thrash!
She is pictured in a dress her school completed for the Trash ‘n’ Fashion competition.
The name of my group’s outfit is called “Minimal” as they wanted to create an outfit with a monochrome colour scheme and geometrical design.
Charlene and her team mates Mitchell Goudie, Odhran Shiels say they were fascinated by origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, and used this as inspiration for the dress.
The bottom half of the outfit was created by folding used paper (from worksheets to exam paper) into diamond structures and sewing them together.
The top half was created using both recycled cardboard and paper in 3d triangular structures.
“I really enjoyed my experience with Trash “n” Fashion as it helped build up my confidence in public performance and seeing what beautiful creations can be made from something that would be seen as garbage,” said Charlene.
This years Trash ‘N’ Fashion show take place on the 19th of May in the Mount Errigal Hotel in Letterkenny.
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