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Fashion designer, Greta Lelyte, with the Transition Year group Aims To Greener Fashion’, from left; Sarah Fitzgerald, Muireann Moriarty, Aoife Doyle and Isabel Horgan. Photo by Dermot Crean
PRESENTATION girls showed their fashion designing skills on Friday to a former pupil who has gone on to make a name for herself in the industry.
The Transition Year Science group ‘Aims To Greener Fashion’ rolled out their focused campaign this week at the secondary school in Tralee as part of their SEAI One Good Idea project.
KFW Kerry Fashion Designer of the Year 2016, Greta Lelyte, a former pupil, came in to speak to the TY students as a group on her work in the fashion world, her designs and some information on the issue of Green fashion.
The girls have been busy researching the area of Greener fashion including the issue of air miles in relation to favourite outfits, attending an up-cycling workshop with Maria Elizabeth of the Lazy Elves on Monday, March 7, they held an up-cycling workshop for the TY class on Wednesday featuring tie-dying and beading, a swop-shop on Friday at lunch-time and a fashion display also on Friday to show students in the school some ideas re upcycling their clothes.
As part of the Love Lit dress-up day, the group presented a voucher to “Shaun the Sheep” who used a fab wool jumper and cap – natural fabric, which holds air for insulation – as the main part of her outfit.
Greta Lelyte (right) standing next to students Sharon O’Connor and Meabh Pierse wearing clothes designed by students, while other students (behind) wear clothes from the project. Photo by Dermot Crean
