HOW TO ENTER

HOW TO ENTER

To enter the competition, young people are challenged to explore their creative design skills to create a sustainable and re-wearable outfit using clothing from the treasure troves of charity shops, swap shops, or reused items already available at home.

Nothing should be bought new to create this outfit.

The outfit should be created by a combination of creative reuse techniques such as repairs and alterations, upcycling and repurposing, as well as more traditional skills such as sewing, knitting, crochet, macramé and embroidery.

  • 1. Register Your Interest

    Register your interest to receive updates, timelines, resources and more from the Relove Fashion Team.

    If you don’t wish to receive emails, ask your teacher to register interest for your group.

    Registration form

  • 2. Check Your Eligibility

    Has your local county council signed up?

    If they’re not on the list, pop us an email and we will get in touch with them.

    Check now

  • 3. Check the Rules

    Set yourself up for success! Check your team numbers, and where you’ll be sourcing your fabric.

    Explore the Rules

  • 4. Create Your Outfit

    Get started with your Relove Fashion journey!

    Explore our resources for support

  • 5. Document the process

    The project diary is a new addition to the Relove Fashion Competition, designed to help students document their full journey from research and design to construction and reflection.

    It replaces both the storyboard and the submission form, streamlining the process for participants.

    The Project Diary can be filled in either Digitally or Physically.

    Project Diary

  • 6. Prepare Your Submission

    Prepare your submission:

    Put together your Project Diary, Before & After Photos; and a Short Video documenting the process.

    Submission Deadline: End of January

  • 7. Submit!

    Submission form coming soon…

  • Top Tips

    📌 Document your full journey, keep all your scraps, plan before you cut, and show off your creativity.

Judging process

Entries will be marked on their outfit and project diary

Marks will be allocated for the following:

Design, Style & Creativity

Wearability

SKILLS USED

sOURCING FABRICS

Storyboard

Research

Interviews

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a brief interview to discuss their project.

The interviews are 10-15 minutes, friendly and casual, and we see it as a great opportunity to hear more from the entrants about the inspiration, design process, construction, highs and lows of creating their entry, as well as hearing about the research they undertook. 

Note: we won't be quizzing or testing anyone!