Tickets on Sale Tomorrow – 01 August for the 2024 Dublin City Final of Junk Kouture
Sixty National Design Teams to Showcase their Innovative Talent at the Main Hall, RDS, Dublin on October 1, 2024
Dublin, Ireland – July 31, 2024 – Ireland’s leading sustainable fashion platform for Gen-Z, Junk Kouture, is back with the much-anticipated Dublin City Final, set to take place on October 01, 2024, at the Main Hall, RDS, Dublin. After two successful Regional Finals in March, sixty design teams from across the country will return to Dublin this October to compete for one of ten coveted spots in the next Junk Kouture World Final.
Creative, innovative, and sustainability-focused students between the ages of 12-19, will take the stage to present their most thought-provoking designs, all crafted entirely from everyday junk. These young Irish visionaries, aim to dazzle and impress the esteemed Junk Kouture judging panel as they showcase months of hard work while performing in their impressive wearable designs each one with an inspiring story behind it.
Attendees can look forward to an exciting evening that begins with pre-show entertainment from Junk Kouture partners, featuring a live DJ set and followed by the main show of the best of young Irish creative talent. Marking the 14th year of Junk Kouture in Ireland, this event promises to be yet another inspiring experience for fashion, creativity and sustainability enthusiasts alike.
Tickets for the 2024 Dublin City Final are on sale from tomorrow, Thursday, 01 August, on the Junk Kouture website, with prices at €39.00 and €49.00. This family-friendly event welcomes attendees of all ages, though those under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Junk Kouture is proud to welcome DHL Express Ireland as the Official Logistics Partner and EUROSPAR as the Official Market Partner, both back for a second year to support the finalists at the Dublin City Final. Their continued partnership highlights their commitment to fostering sustainability and creativity among young designers.
Without further ado, the sixty finalists and their designs are:
| Unchained | Loreto College St. Stephen’s Green | St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin |
| Inferno Attire | Swords Community College | Swords, Dublin |
| Trains for Dayz | Piper’s Hill College | Naas, Kildare |
| Iri-de-scent | Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan | Balbriggan, Dublin |
| Batik Chic | Youthreach Navan | Navan, Meath |
| Rings of Rainbow | St. Joseph’s Mercy Secondary School | Navan, Meath |
| Bingo Babe | Scoil Mhuire Clane Community School | Clane, Kildare |
| Icarus | St. Louis High School, Rathmines | Rathmines, Dublin |
| Yours Sincerely | Donahies Community School | Dublin 13 |
| Marine Mourning | Scoil Mhuire Trim | Meath |
| The Morrigan | St. Ciarán’s Community School | Kells, Meath |
| Lir’s Child | Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan | Balbriggan, Dublin |
| Kendallture | St. Louis Secondary School, Carrickmacross | Carrickmacross, Monaghan |
| Shadows & Dreams | St. Louis Secondary School, Monaghan | Monaghan Town, Monaghan |
| Celtic Eire | Largy College | Clones, Monaghan |
| Hope is the Thing with Feathers | Bailieborough Community School | Bailieborough, Cavan |
| Rockin’ Around | St. Vincent’s Secondary School | Dundalk, Louth |
| Innocence | Monaghan Collegiate School | Corlatt, Monaghan |
| Denim Dominance | Dundalk Grammar School | Dundalk, Louth |
| No Place Like Home | Coláiste Dún an Rí | Kingscourt, Cavan |
| Stainless Style | St. Gerard’s School | Bray, Wicklow |
| Nighttime Flowers | Creagh College | Gorey, Wexford |
| Fast and Fiery | Loreto Secondary School, Wexford | Wexford |
| Natural Allure | Coláiste Bríde, Enniscorthy | Enniscorthy, Wexford |
| Achera Lilth-Heim | Kilkenny City Vocational School | Kilkenny |
| Divine Menstruation | Tullow Community School | Tullow, Carlow |
| Broken Hearts | Enniscorthy Community College | Enniscorthy, Wexford |
| Dressed Emma | Coláiste Bríde, Enniscorthy | Enniscorthy, Wexford |
| Stacks Of Attax | Presentation Secondary School, Wexford | Wexford |
| Triskele Warrioress | Gorey Community School | Gorey, Wexford |
| Don’t Bale On Me | Sacred Heart School, Tullamore | Tullamore, Offaly |
| I’m Your Venus | Coláiste Nano Nagle | Limerick |
| Following Threads | Crescent College Comprehensive SJ | Limerick |
| See Me | St. Anne’s Secondary School, Tipperary | Tipperary Town, Tipperary |
| Resplendent | Borrisokane Community College | Borrisokane, Tipperary |
| Race to the Finish | Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles | Thurles, Tipperary |
| My Birthday Suit | Presentation Secondary School, Thurles | Thurles, Tipperary |
| Vision Zero | Ursuline Secondary School, Thurles | Thurles, Tipperary |
| If Snow-White was African | Coláiste Nano Nagle | Limerick |
| Freezin’Fresian | Heywood Community School | Ballinakill, Laois |
| Alpacalypse | Moate Community School | Moate, Westmeath |
| Grief | Moate Community School | Moate, Westmeath |
| “Soother or Later” | Cnoc Mhuire Granard | Granard, Longford |
| Aquacultural | Wilson’s Hospital School | Multyfarnham, Westmeath |
| An Tarbh Dubh | Mercy Secondary School, Kilbeggan | Kilbeggan, Westmeath |
| Go with the Float | Our Lady’s Bower Secondary School | Athlone, Westmeath |
| Lady Of The Landscape | Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola | Falcarragh, Donegal |
| Pretty in Pink | Loreto Community School, Milford | Milford, Donegal |
| Mother Demented | Jesus & Mary Secondary School | Enniscrone, Sligo |
| AL Belle | Coola Post Primary School | Riverstown, Sligo |
| Queen of the Kings | Colaiste Pobail Bheanntrai | Bantry, Cork |
| Fire and Ice | Bandon Grammar School | Bandon, Cork |
| Fatal Fashion | Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí | Kerry, Tralee |
| Dairy Girls | Mercy Secondary School, Mounthawk | Tralee, Kerry |
| Magenta Monarchy | High Cross College | Tuam, Galway |
| Earthly Elegance | Youthreach Kiltimagh | Kiltimagh, Mayo |
| La Mer Bougie | Sancta Maria College, Louisburgh | Louisburgh, Mayo |
| Shear Power | Abbey Community College, Boyle | Boyle, Roscommon |
| Múirín Gréine | Coláiste Naomh Eoin, Inis Meáin | Inis Meáin, Galway |
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit junkkouture.com and keep an eye out for updates on Junk Kouture’s social media channels @junkkouture.