Having had the pleasure of checking out some of the past finalists designs on the West Coast Cooler Belfast FASHIONWEEK catwalk I now look forward to the competition every year to see what ingenious designs their entrants come up with!

The deadline for this year's Bank Of Ireland's "Junk Kouture" entrants is looming with the competition putting out it's final call out for applicants and setting the deadline for 2015 entries as Friday 7th February!

In a bid to 'spur on' the entrants from the Northern region; model, blogger and former Miss Northern Ireland Tiffany Brien teamed up with popular designer Julia Sokele to jointly design their own Junk Kouture dress entitled Achromatic! The modern, all-white design piece, which is made of recycled plastic spoons as well as damaged paper plates, was inspired by 3D shapes and contemporary art, will appear at the northern final on 9th March in the Millennium Forum in Derry.
The Bank of Ireland 'Junk Kouture' competition in association with Repak is open to all schools from across the island of Ireland and offers thousands of pounds in prize money as well as iPads and trips to red carpet events in London for the winners.

So why not get those creative juices flowing and see what you can come up with! Junk Kouture is an amazing competition that actively encourages it's entrants to think outside the box so why not give it a go? I for one cannot wait to see what this year's entrants come up with!! Check out www.junkkouture.com for more info!


Massive thanks to Lucy McIlwaine at CMPR for the press release and all relevant imagery!

For any fashion blogger there is nothing we love more than getting up close and personal with our passion in life: fashion! For me there is no better opportunity for that than West Coast Cooler Belfast FASHIONWEEK! Twice a year fashionista's come together to celebrate our mutual love for all things stylish and during FASHIONWEEK we litterally eat, drink and sleep fashion! From choosing what to wear to the shows, to catching up with all my friends who are equally as obsessed with fashion as I am it's an amazing experience attending FASHIONWEEK and I'm very proud to say I've been attending from the very beginning!

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So it's the first month of 2015 and one of the most common New Year's resolutions is to get fit, exercise more and generally try to lead a healthier lifestyle! Well what if you could do that AND help an extremely worthwhile cause while you're at it?