Tabitha said the use of old vertical blinds came to her when brainstorming ideas for the competition surrounded by the “fallen down” material in her classroom.
She asked her teacher about them and was given the go-ahead to try it out.
“I started taking some that had fallen down and just breaking them up and seeing how the material behaved.
“The sewing machines had a big struggle to get through the material,” she said. “It’s very thick, it’s very rigid, which is not something you really want for a fabric apart from if you’re doing a corset.”
The student started breaking the fabric down into strips which brought “movement to the fabric”.
She said: “It gives a lot more movement and kind of air to it which reflects what I would want from a fabric skirt.”
However the student said the outfit really starts with the hat.
“I wanted to have this old glamour feel to it and it brings the drama.”