Four local designs to be showcased on televised Junk Kouture final
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‘It’s All About the Package’ made by Londiwe Ndlovu from Our Lady’s Bower Secondary School. Design is made from packaging materials from daily usage to high fashion recyclable packaging - Bubble wrap, plastic sheets, polystyrene, PLT packaging, Dkny sponge and Boohoo packaging and pearls. Pic: Ger DuffyImage 2 of 3
‘Jeaneology’ modelled by Lucy Mitchell from Moate Community School. The design is made from old denim jeans, curtain cord, beads, old pearl earring, metal zips & buttons. Pic: Ger DuffyImage 3 of 3
‘Netiquette’ made by Joyce Conway, Cora Farrell and Áine Maxwell from Moate Community School, Co. Westmeath. Design is made from clear plastic sheeting, wool, used plastic netting recycled from a garden center and plastic bags. Pic: Ger DuffyFour local teams are among the 40 qualifiers who will take part in the Junk Kouture Grand Final to be shown on RTÉ2 and the RTÉ Player at 7pm on December 9.
The designs include two each from Moate Community School and Our Lady's Bower, Athlone.
The four qualifiers from this area are: Jeaneology (Lucy Mitchell) and Netiquette (Joyce Conway, Cora Farrell and Aine Maxwell) from Moate Community School and V.I.Pea (Sarah Skelly and Shauna Jameson) and It's All About the Package (Londiwe Ndlovu) from Our Lady's Bower.
The four were among 15 local entries who taking part in the overall 35-strong regional final. The broadcast of the Junk Kouture final by RTÉ enables these talented young people to express themselves to a wider audience while embracing sustainable habits and becoming the future changemakers of our world.
In true Junk Kouture style, the 2021 finalists will have to impress a star-studded panel of judges including Roz Purcell, star of RuPaul’s Drag Race Michelle Visage, TV personality and music manager Louis Walsh, former winner and fashion designer Stephen McLaughlin alongside technical judges Head of Department of Fine Art and Education in Limerick School of Art and Design Dr Tracy Fahey and Programme Director for Fashion Design at Griffith College Jane Leavy.
On the night, the overall winner of Junk Kouture 2021 will be announced live on television as well as the five regional winners. Then it will be over to the Junk Kouture After Party on the Junk Kouture YouTube channel at 8pm, where the remainder of the awards are presented including two Glamour awards, Creative for a Cause award, Finishing Touches award, Best Performance award, the Most Unusual Material award, plus the Teacher of the Year award.
Viewers at home will also have the chance to have their say and vote for their favourites with the RTÉ 2FM Audience Award. They can vote online on RTÉ.ie from December 9 -19 with the winner announced on RTÉ 2FM on Monday, December 20.