Bru Boru in Cashel hosted the Green-Schools Let’s Fix Fashion catwalk event last week.
Ursuline Secondary School along with six other secondary schools were all selected based on their completion of various tasks throughout the year, such as documentary screenings, communication take-overs, upcycling projects, circular economy design thinking and organising a swap shop in the school.
The event is an initiative of An Taisce’s Green-Schools and aims to promote awareness among secondary school students of the impact of fast fashion on the planet.
Students were challenged to put together a look for less than 30 euro from a charity shop or create a new look or accessory by upcycling old or used materials.
The 2025 Green-Schools Lets Fix Fashion campaign celebrated its fourth year of the sustainable fashion campaign, extending to 5 participating schools in Kenya.
The organisers says the catwalk event in the Heritage Centre is the culmination of the hard work of the schools throughout the school year, with six schools selected to prepare looks from second-hand shops, as well as upcycled looks to wear on the runway.
Before the catwalk show, attending students engaged with presentations from fashion ambassadors, a swap shop, as well as a mend and repair station, all with the aim of educating students on the importance of reusing and reworking materials, as well as providing the skills needed to give clothes a second life.
