A new exhibition themed around sustainable fashion has in Hampton Wick.

Located at the gallery space RuptureXIBIT on 55 high street, the installation aims to generate discussions about fast fashion culture and the potential of using 'throwaway' materials in modern design.

It was put together by artist and Save The Children charity shop manager Stephanie Correll.

A resident of Hampton Hill, Stephanie asked her local community for donations of unwanted fabrics to create the exhibition and was stunned by the response.

She transformed her second-hand materials into beautiful designs, including a colourful dress made with waste from Teddington Theatre Club .

These are presented on mannequins bought from her local Shooting Star Hospice shop, highlighting the zero-waste theme.

Also in the exhibition are scattered pieces from Stephanie's sketchbook in which she first outlined her idea for the project.

The installation will run from today (Friday 25 June) to Thursday 1 July.

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You can experience it by looking through the gallery's glass window and find more information about the work on a poster outside, plus a QR code with a link to Stephanie's Instagram where she shows the process of creating and installing the piece.

There is also an opportunity to go inside the studio next Tuesday between 5pm and 8.30pm. You can book your place HERE .

Stephanie will be hosting a smaller viewing for her family and friends tonight from 6-9pm but she is happy to chat to anyone walking past who'd like to find out more.

This is her debut exhibition and she is also keen to work with other people on future projects. You can get in touch with her via social media .

Stephanie told Nub News some more about her work, explaining the source of inspiration and what she hopes to achieve.

She said: "The idea for the installation was born from the work I do as a charity shop manager.

"When I returned back to work in April, initially we weren't allowed to put clothes on the mannequins and we had to leave the windows blank.

"I started to see more and more donations of fabrics, quilts and other textiles being given to the shop I was running and people wanted us to rag them but some of the material had so much more life within its threads and wasn't quite ready for the pile of forgotten memories.

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"I decided to try and develop some theatrical style pieces from curtains and quilts to breathe life into the windows and the feedback from customers was amazing.

"I then scribbled many pages of ideas and planning within my sketchbook, of an idea...

"Why aren't we as a society doing more to recognise what amazing fashions can be formed from secondhand materials and other materials destined for landfill?

"I hope my exhibition and installation can highlight that we are creative beings and can utilise materials from many surplus areas and make them into modern, sustainable fashion.

"We no longer need to take more from the earth but use what is already formed and just reinvent it.

'We owe it to future generations.

"This installation hopes to generate positive ideas and discussions."

RuptureXHIBIT is run by artist Kate Howe and you can find out more HERE .

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