Competition 2024

2024 artwork by YFDUK Finalist Sam, Tarporley High School

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

 Which R you?

Choose a classic fashion staple garment and consider how you could REUSE OR RECYCLE to help REDUCE the implications that throwaway ‘fast fashion’ continues to have on our environment.

The environmental cost in manufacturing fast fashion from CO2 emissions, cheaper synthetic fabric production, the impact of transportation and the sheer volume of fashion filling landfill sites continues to be the fashion industry’s largest issue.

As YOUNG DESIGNERS, how can we make a difference?

Consider how you could REDUCE waste by taking a classic fashion item to reinvent into something new for the teenage consumer.

Entry Requirements: 

To enter, produce THREE pages:

Page ONE - Research your chosen classic fashion staple garment and the ways in which you could REUSE and RECYCLE

Page TWO - Explore techniques that you could introduce such as patterns and print, fabric manipulation and construction ideas

Page THREE - Produce FOUR Design Ideas that include your chosen classic fashion staple garment and link the techniques that you have explored.

Deadline for entries Monday 20th May 2024

Age Categories:

You are invited to enter the competition in one of the following Year group categories:

• Years 7 and 8

• Year 9

• Years 10 and 11

• Years 12 and 13

Please have year group and name included in the email subject and which centre you are applying to (South or Midlands/North) please only apply to the centre closest to you. You may only apply once. Please click here for more details.

FINALISTS

For the second stage of the competition, we invite all finalists to submit a 90 second video presentation in the style of a TikTok reel. This film should tell the judges and audience more about you, your fashion style and vision, and of course your fabulous textiles skills. More information about will be given once the finalists have been announced. Please click here to submit your video when you are advised to do so. 

Winners from each group will be announced in the summer term of 2024 and invited to attend the live finals competition on Saturday 8th June (North Centre) and Saturday 6th July (South Centre).

To be in with a chance of winning a great prize and have your work showcased on our website please provide the following:

1. On each of your pages include your name, school name and age category.

2. Email your entry to your centre - a jpeg file for each page - 3 jpegs ONLY 

• South Centre: yfd@kentcollege.kent.sch.uk 

• Midlands Centre: yfd@rgsw.org.uk

• Apply to one centre only (your closest centre) and include in the email subject.

• Send only THREE JPEG files, unfortunately we are unable to accept any more and it is with regret that entries with more than three files will not be considered. Unfortunately any other file type will not be considered due to formatting issues with entries including different file types.

• Please include your year group and name in the email subject.

• Ensure your name, school name and age category is visible one every page. Unfortunately we are not able to accept entries that do not include this as we will not be able to contact you. Your teacher or parent is able to submit your entry on your behalf. For data protection we will not display your full name on our website. If you would rather not have your work displayed on the website please add this in your covering email.