Five designs from Tipperary taking part in Junk Kouture Dublin City Final tonight
Since early this morning, the groups have been arriving at The Helix in Dublin to prepare for the show taking place at 7pm tonight.
Five designs from Tipperary schools are preparing to take part in the Junk Kouture Dublin City Final tonight.
Since early this morning, the groups have been arriving at The Helix in Dublin to prepare for the show taking place at 7pm tonight.
The event promises a night to remember, beginning with pre-show entertainment courtesy of Junk Kouture’s event partners, including a live DJ set to set the tone for an evening of dazzling designs and unstoppable talent.
After two successful Regional Finals in March, sixty talented design teams from across the country will gather in the capital to battle it out for a place in the Junk Kouture World Final 2025.
This year’s prestigious judging panel features some of the fashion and entertainment industry’s brightest stars including Claire Garvey, renowned Irish couture designer, Mariusz Malon, fashion designer and Junk Kouture alumnus and Zeda the Architect aka Oyindamola Animashaun a visual artist, stylist, journalist and producer. Guiding audiences through the night will be presenters India Sasha and Fionnuala Moran.
The five local designs and students from Tipperary competing at the Dublin City Final are:
- Inflation Sensation by Caoimhe Dalton-Greene, Elyzah Dela Cuesta and Lucy O’Mahony from Loreto Secondary School Clonmel created from till rolls, copper wires and wrapping paper.
- No M-Alice In This Palace by Alanna Manton, Emma Hobbert and Sarah from Cashel Community School created from Old Book Pages and Used Tea Bags.
- Tears of Ice by Alina Taferner, Olive Robinson and Emily Tracey from Borrisokane Community College created from Tin Cans and Plastic Bottles.
- Chrysalis by Georgia Murphy, Leah Costello-Corry and Katie Coonan from Ursuline Secondary School created from nitrile rubber off-cuts from Hydraulic seals and Old plastic melting beads.
- Presence Pitch Player by Sinead O’Dwyer, Jessica Fogarty-Quinn and Katie Flanagan from Ursuline Secondary School created from gold all Ireland hurling final confetti.