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For the third year running, Alternative Fashion Week was launched by Oxfam. Actresses Clare Buckfield ('2.4 Children') and Kelly Bright ('The Upper Hand') showed that recycled fashion and can look cutting-edge by sporting mini skirts and cropped tops from everyone's favourite charity shop. Miss Fleur's collection, 'The Birthday of the Infanta' features bright girlswear in organza, silk and velvet with funky camoflague pieces. Then things started to get a bit more alternative with Mair Joint's bizarre knitwear collection featuring 'Space 1999' outfits with exaggerated cuffs, collars and waistbands contrasting perfectly with the cutesy pink ribbons in the models' hair.

Coralie Scarnato's 'Urban Legend' consists of wearable menswear pieces including silver quilted coats, extra baggy trousers worn with braces, grey suits and brogues. Surge's 'Causes To Die For Darling' injected a fun club vibe onto the catwalk with stretch cotton printed dresses and 'Peter and Jane' (from the series of kid's books) text print trousers.

Lee Simmons and Natasha Marshall opted for a more commercial collection which experiments with shapes and offers a sideways take on womenswear. Their collection includes an extra wide pinafore dress, satin edged wide parka coats in burnt orange, sideways shift dresses and sarong skirts.

But before their lush colours and cool cuts could really penetrate their way into your psyche, Jack The Rubber's collection exploded onto the catwalk. According to his press release, Jack's designs are still based on a Polish foot massager brought back from Krakow in 1991. His collection features body-hugging rubber dresses with multicoloured spots, oily cat suits for men and women, and moulded corset tops. It's all major impact stuff which had the kids in the audience looking scared.

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alternative fashion week

For the third year running, Alternative Fashion Week was launched by Oxfam. Actresses Clare Buckfield ('2.4 Children') and Kelly Bright ('The Upper Hand') showed that recycled fashion and can look cutting-edge by sporting mini skirts and cropped tops from everyone's favourite charity shop. Miss Fleur's collection, 'The Birthday of the Infanta' features bright girlswear in organza, silk and velvet with funky camoflague pieces. Then things started to get a bit more alternative with Mair Joint's bizarre knitwear collection featuring 'Space 1999' outfits with exaggerated cuffs, collars and waistbands contrasting perfectly with the cutesy pink ribbons in the models' hair.
	Coralie Scarnato's 'Urban Legend' consists of wearable menswear pieces including silver quilted coats, extra baggy trousers worn with braces, grey suits and brogues. Surge's 'Causes To Die For Darling' injected a fun club vibe onto the catwalk with stretch cotton printed dresses and 'Peter and Jane' (from the series of kid's books) text print trousers.
Lee Simmons and Natasha Marshall opted for a more commercial collection which experiments with shapes and offers a sideways take on womenswear. Their collection includes an extra wide pinafore dress, satin edged wide parka coats in burnt orange, sideways shift dresses and sarong skirts.
	But before their lush colours and cool cuts could really penetrate their way into your psyche, Jack The Rubber's collection exploded onto the catwalk. According to his press release, Jack's designs are still based on a Polish foot massager brought back from Krakow in 1991. His collection features body-hugging rubber dresses with multicoloured spots, oily cat suits for men and women, and moulded corset tops. It's all major impact stuff which had the kids in the audience looking scared.