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Idea Submission

Toyin Babs-Alli

Community based presentation of re-cycled fashion and fashion accessories.

Submitted by toyin.

Firstly, I want to inform the panel that I only came accross a flier for this yesterday and because of that have not had enough time to put together a balanced presentation like video shot and pictures. The subject of recycling is quite popular and everyone does one recycling or the other. Having worked with lots of materials in the past, fabrics, shopping bags, twigs, recyclable plastics, I discovered how huge it can be and how people need to be made aware of that fact. My idea is to get the whole comunity (I live in Newton Heath, Manchester) involved. Seek donation of everything unused and unusable for their original purposes,recruit adults and teenagers to redesign and repurpose all donated items, and employ the young men and women to model them. For these, we shall be needing sewing machines and sewing materials; paints,glitters etc. These people would be taught the rudiments of sewing a straight line on the machine, which is all they need. Those who know already will assist but everyone, male and female will design, create patterns, make stuff. Then, a community presentation of the re-fashion show will be held. Why, I want the youths of the community involved in this is because I want to help open their eyes to the beauty inherent in trash, to get them to start having a healthy opinion of themselves, that they can be beautiful to themselves and not borrow images from magazines and celebrities. It will also get them thinking about what they could do for earning. Most people have latent mad skills that need to be awakened. Other opportunities will definitely arise from this project and I believe that with the right support we can make this happen.

Amount Applied For: £5000

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