Recyclable Fashion at Hurst Lodge

Hurst Lodge School, Ascot encourages environmental awareness through their Green Team of Form Representatives. Each academic year the pupils are set challenges to ensure the School remains eco-friendly and the pupils are aware of sustainability. The latest challenge was to produce an article of fashion from recyclable materials.  The competition was fierce between the years and entries were received from across the age ranges.  The designs were sometimes outrageous, sometimes demure but always inventive.  Old newspapers, material, carrier bags, foil, paper and numerous other materials were used in these creations.   

The whole school watched the show during assembly and the event was such a success that later in the school year Hurst Lodge intends to host a workshop for local schools to encourage creativity and environmental awareness.  Parents of the children taking part will then be invited to an evening fashion show where the work created during the day will be on display.

Winners of the fashion show were Year 11 although all entrants deserve praise for their endeavours.

Miss Smit the Principal congratulated everyone on their hard work and their ingenuity and said that she believed that this would have to become a regular occurrence in the school diary.  She was particularly fascinated by the shoes that had been created out of old bits of carpet, woven plastic bags, tin foil and old bras.