Denim shrug and cuffs, £50; denim mini dress, £50, Trashed Couture
IT’S Liverpool’s Year of the Environment, a fact which hasn’t slipped by unnoticed by the city’s on-trend fashionistas. Or FACT. As part of its Climate for Change exhibition, the gallery and cinema is showcasing some of the city’s best sustainable fashion lines in a catwalk show.
Left: Vintage black dress with peach frill, £45, Raiders Vintage. Right: Little black dress with buttons, £38, by Sticking With You
Designers like Sara Li-Chou, with her Trashed Couture label, have reworked clothes into super stylish pieces, proving eco-chic isn’t all about vegan sandals and rainbow sweaters.
Rubbish it ain’t!
Left: Denim basque, £30; pencil skirt with vintage frill, £40, Trashed Couture. Right: Yellow and white dress with vintage frill, £50
* THE Climate for Change fashion show, introduced by Project Catwalk winner, Kirsty Doyle, takes place on May 30, at 7pm and 8pm, at Gallery 1, FACT, 88, Wood Street, Liverpool.
Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance. To book seats email fashion@fact.co.uk, stating your name and number of tickets required.
Custom-made newspaper skirt, by The Fabric Reclaimer
Fashion Notes
Model: Roisin Dougherty, at Impact Models, www.impactmodelsagency.co.uk
Photographer: James Maloney
Hair and make-up: Nicola Smith at Peaches & Cream, 61, Garston Old Road, Liverpool. Tel: 0151 494 3535
Venue: FACT, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool. Tel 0151 707 4450
Stockists: Trashed Couture is sold at Resurrection, 25, Bold Street. Tel: 0151 709 2676 Sticking With You is sold at Landbaby, Bluecoat Courtyard and last Sunday of every month – at Retro Sundays at Leaf Cafe, Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool. 11-5pm. Raiders Vintage, 38, Renshaw Street, Liverpool. Tel: 01517 092929 The Fabric Reclaimer, emaill: mail@thesignmakerliverpool.com
