IT’S official. Christmas jumpers really are trashy!
Stylish students from the fashion department at Limerick College of Further Education (LCFE) have teamed up with Team Limerick Clean Up to create this season’s must have look. An innovative upcycling project taking place in the Hunt Museum this Saturday, December 6, from 12.30 to 4pm, has Christmas all sewn up.
Embarrassing or unwanted jumpers owned by the fashionable people of Limerick will be transformed into must-have Christmas jumpers with a difference. In an effort to re-use some of the estimated one million tonnes of textiles thrown away annually from domestic sources, your old, musty geansaí, will be transformed with a bit of festive make and do.
“We all love to feel festive and Christmas jumpers have become very fashionable whether you are participating in a family event or partaking in the 12 Pubs of Limerick. We are encouraging people to stand out from the crowd and create something unique for yourself or for someone else using materials that would otherwise become waste,” said organiser Noel Earlie of the JP McManus Benevolent Fund.
“All people need to do on Saturday is come along with their jumper to the Hunt Museum, choose a design with the fashion team and watch as their jumper is quickly transformed into a festive one for free. All material used to transform the jumpers will be from the recycling waste stream, except a little bit of glitter and glue,” Noel explained.
This is the second year that LCFE have been involved in the JP McManus Benevolent Fund initiative, which will go toward the Limerick City Centre Tidy Towns 2015 application. Head of Fashion at the college, Mia Satama, pointed out that fashion trends are forever changing and many items such as seasonal jumpers quite quickly become waste.
Team Limerick Clean Up will also be in the Red Door Gallery on Saturday December 13 from 12.30 to 4.00pm with Rainbow Upcycling and Newcastle West Tidy Towns.
