Charity Couture

Pick up some tips from this month’s Charity Couture Fashion Show that will be showcasing imaginative ways to recycle clothes and textiles whilst raising money for a good cause.

Head fashion honchos from Glasgow School of Art (GSA) and Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) are coming together to style and organise particular elements of the show, taking place at St Andrew's and St George's Church, George Street (opposite the Dome) on Wednesday 11 November.

All garments used in the show have been sourced from St Columba’s shops throughout Edinburgh and are an eclectic mix of old high street, new high street, home-made, vintage and designer labels.

Beca Lipscombe, MDes Fashion and Textile Coordinator at GSA, and Mal Burkinshaw, Head of Fashion at ECA, who have worked for high profile designers including Chloe and Stella McCartney, hope the event will encourage people to become active users of their clothes by exploring ways to recycle, adapt and customise what we wear, in contrast to the throwaway ethic of fast fashion.