The sustainable fashion show
Submitted by David Nieper Academy
With the effects of climate change becoming increasingly more severe, David Nieper Academy in Alfreton, in Derbyshire, has been scrutinising one of the biggest contributors – fast fashion.
Miss Bingham and Miss Topham, teachers of technology and art at David Nieper Academy, developed the idea of a Sustainable Fashion Week Challenge for Year 9 pupils.
The challenge was invented to demonstrate how something new and exciting can be created from old and unwanted materials to reduce the amount of waste produced by the fashion industry. Pupils were to use the annual fashion extravaganza, the Met Gala, as their inspiration.
Over five hundred items of materials were donated to the academy, allowing the pupils freedom to design and manufacture their fashion pieces with assistance from David Nieper machinists.
Year 9 tutor groups split up to create nine different outfits, each with a different theme.
The themes in each collection were:
- Neon Nineties
- Designer Darling
- Spectacular Sport
- Glamorous Gaming
- Sun, Sea…
