Junk Kouture: Youth Sustainable The World's First Sport for Creatives for Schools!

JUNK KOUTURE – 2024

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DUBLIN CITY FINAL

Ireland’s leading sustainable fashion competition for Gen-Z is back once again for the next instalment of its live events. After two successful regional finals in March, we are delighted to see sixty design teams from across the country return to Dublin this October to battle it out in a bid to win one of ten spots to the next Junk Kouture World Final.

Creative, innovative and sustainably minded students will showcase their most thought-provoking designs, crafted entirely from everyday junk, aiming to impress the Junk Kouture judging panel. Ticketholders can look forward to an evening of pre-show entertainment from our partners and live DJ set, followed by the showcase of creative design.

Tickets on sale now. A must-see event for fashion and sustainability enthusiasts alike. This is a Family friendly event. Under 16s need to be accompanied by an adult.

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A sustainable fashion competition

Junk Kouture is open to 12-19 year-olds and challenges young people to design, upcycle and create high end Kouture from recycled Junk, before showcasing their design and representing their school on stages across the world!

DISCOVER

Junk Kouture offers schools and students a creative way to become involved in active climate change initiatives, empowering them to lasting behavioural change. We are constantly evolving the educational materials available to both educators and students on issues of sustainability and circular economies to help them look beyond their Junk Kouture project and begin to apply the knowledge learned to all aspects of their lives. 

EVENTS

DUBLIN CITY FINAL 2024

Tickets now on sale for the 2024 Dublin City Final taking place in the Main Hall, RDS, Dublin on October 1st.
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2023 WORLD FINAL

A night of creativity, performance, talent and live music from special guests at the first ever Junk Kouture World Final! Look back at a celebration of young people and the circular engineers of tomorrow!
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2024/2025 PROGRAMME

Register for our 2024/25 programme and give your school the opportunity to showcase its designs on stages around the world.
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WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS A BETTER FUTURE!

Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) as our guide, we have devised an sustainability policy to constantly challenge the way we operate and to make us accountable to our students, schools, staff, partners, stakeholders, and planet.

We have committed as an organisation to focus on 6 areas of improvement

A PLATFORM FOR YOUTH ACTIVISM

EDUCATION

Junk Kouture offers a student-centric, value-driven learning experience for young people, in line with the requisite twenty-first century competencies (21CC). The process integrates formal and informal learning, to allow students to experience purposeful learning. Each Junk Kouture participant will engage their head, heart and mind to increase their understanding of:

SUSTAINABILITY  SELF - DEVELOPMENT CREATIVITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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