Old materials inspire new trend in fashion (From The Northern Echo)

Old materials inspire new trend in fashion

8:31am Thursday 10th January 2008 in

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GIVING the phrase hand-me-downs a new meaning, young fashion designers strutted the catwalk last night dressed in recycled fabrics and materials.

Make Your Mark in Fashion is a national competition, throwing down the gauntlet to young people aged 14 to 30, to design a new sustainable fashion range for existing businesses.

It was launched last night at Psyche, in Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough.

Three chosen teams will have the chance to produce a range of fashion items for the On/Off in London Fashion Week, later this year.

Clockwise, from left, are Beate Kubitz, of sustainable fashion design company Makepiece, Rachel Powell, a Middlesbroughbased ecofriendly fashion designer, Psyche owner Steve Cochrane, and Katy Tindall, of Make Your Mark