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Coffee containers, banana, copper wire, and electrical wire were some of the materials Westmeath students made use of to impress the judges at the national Junk Kouture final last Friday. Two stylish projects by Athlone students and one from Moate scooped awards at the grand final of the Junk Kouture Recycled Fashion Competition 2013 at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin.

A total of 10 Westmeath projects are to take part in the sold-out grand finale of the Junk Kouture Recycled Fashion Competition 2013 at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin today, Friday April 19.

Westmeath students have swept the boards at the Western final of the Junk Kouture Recycled Fashion Competition 2013. Of the 20 amazing outfits announced as finalists, 10 were designed by Westmeath students.

It was a full house at the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone recently for the Western Regional Final of the ERP Junk Kouture Recycled Fashion Competition which saw the top 80 entries from the west take to the catwalk in their self-made creations. The competition, which is in its second year, challenges second level students to rework trash and other recycled materials into remarkable high-end couture fashion. Milliner Rachel Feeley, visual artist Ann Eingfield, dressmaker and designer Terry McGann, and head of corporate communications at ERP Ireland Yvonne Holmes judged on the night and were blown away by the standard and variety on show.