Look: Dubai students make gown from garbage, go international

Look: Dubai students make gown from garbage, go international

The Grade 8 students from the Swiss International School Dubai (SISD) have secured a place at the Junk Kouture World Finals in London to present their unique dress design, ‘Candylicious’

The dress taking shape (right) and the final product. (left) — Supplied photos

Published: Sat 10 Jun 2023, 6:00 AM

Three Dubai students, who crafted a fashionable dress out of sweet wrappers, have qualified for the finals of a prestigious international recycling competition.

The Grade 8 students from the Swiss International School Dubai (SISD) have secured a place at the Junk Kouture World Finals in London to present their unique dress design, ‘Candylicious.’

Violette, Sacha, and Mia — all aged between 13 and 14 — began working on this project as part of an after-school activity.

Made out of sweet wrappers — most of which the trio collected during trick or treating at Halloween — as well as pasta packaging, chip bags, food labels and popsicle sticks, the dress is colourful and chic. “We went through several fashion magazines and browsed through red carpet looks before settling on this design,” said Sascha.

A portion of the food packaging the girls collected. — Supplied photo

The students wanted to make the dress as colourful as possible to make a