A community fashion show with a difference has raised £1,000.

The so-called Trashion event featured recycled and adapted clothing and materials to create new outfits which hit the catwalk in the Bedford Hotel on October 30 to raise funds for Tavistock Lions.

Some clothes comprised old crisp bags, CDs, newspapers and bin bags, to show how creative designers could be, while reducing landfill rubbish.

Penny Blackmore, of Tavistock Scrapstore, organised the show: “The fashion show was a huge success. People enjoyed what we were trying to achieve in a positive way and were truly shocked by the figures we produced showing the wastage going to landfill. We have been asked to make it an annual event.”

Penny thanked Kirsty Laurence and her team at Tavistock College for the students designs made of re-imagined trash.

Tavistock Scrapstore charity fashion show with preloved clothing - included this smart couple's outfits.
Tavistock Scrapstore charity fashion show with preloved clothing - included this smart couple's outfits. Picture by Jack Tuckwell. (Tavistock Scrapstore)
Tavistock Scrapstore charity fashion show with preloved clothing - included this dramatic, theatrical costume.
This dramatic, theatrical costume was inspired by Midsummer Night’s Dream Picture by Jack Tuckwell. (Tavistock Scrapstore)
Tavistock Scrapstore charity fashion show with preloved clothing - included this eye-catching pleated dress.
An eye-catching pleated newspaper dress. Picture by Jack Tuckwell. (Tavistock Scrapstore)
Tavistock Scrapstore charity fashion show with preloved clothing - included this colourful outfit by Tavistock College students.
Tavistock College students contributed this colourful outfit, made from imaginatively repurposing recycled fabrics. Picture by Jack Tuckwell. (Tavistock Scrapstore)
Tavistock Scrapstore charity fashion show with preloved clothing - included this wedding outfit.
There was even a wedding outfit on the catwalk. Picture by Jack Tuckwell. (Tavistock Scrapstore)