Bring Home Fashion

Bring Home Fashion is a collaboration between the British Heart Foundation and 3rd year Textiles and Fashion Design Management Students from Heriot-Watt University to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the charity.

The evolution of the BFH girl.  Illustrations by the wonderful Lana Steel

The theme running through the fashion show is upcycling.

Upcycling: "The practice of taking something that is disposable and transforming it into something of greater use and value"

All the creations on the catwalk are made from second hand garments from British Heart Foundation stores and have been customised into unique and wonderful new wares.  Inspired by fashion through the decades, groups of talented Textiles and Fashion Design students have breathed life into the second hand materials with designs influenced by the military styling of the 1940's right up to the grunge movement of the 1990's.  The collections feature splashes of colour, modern military underwear as outerwerar and all garments are unique, one off pieces.

I was sent over some fashion illustrations of the designs you may see on the night.  They are truly wonderful, i do love fashion illustration so to see a sneak preview of the show in the form of pencil on paper is the ultimate tease taster for what lies ahead on the night.  Final designs are of course, a secret until the grand unveiling on February 24th.

LEFT: Sleeveless jacket dress by Eleisha Connon
RIGHT: Jacket with stay ups by Kirsty McKelvie and Alison McDougal 

With a philosophical approach of "one man's trash is another mans treasure" the students aim to show us that hidden gems and high fashion exist beyond the threshold of the charity shop door and can be easily achieved with a little imagination and a bit of style savvy.

Illustration and design by Tiina Kosonen

Tickets are priced at £12 for the BRING HOME FASHION show at Telford College, Edinburgh on Thursday 24th February.  Doors open at 7.30pm.   All proceeds go towards British Heart Foundation and their charity targets.

Tickets are available from British Heart Foundation on South Clerk Street, Edinburgh or from Edinburgh's Telford College Beauty Dept.

You can also find out more info at the Bring Home Fashion facebook page www.facebook.com/bringhomefashion2011

See you there!! :)

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