FASHION students from South Gloucestershire and Stroud College’s art department have been working on a collaboration project with Oxfam.

The Stroud based branch donated unsellable garments to the learners to upcycle and remake into hand-crafted pieces to then be showcased as a window display.

The brief to the students was to use all recycled fabrics and nothing brought from new.

A spokeswoman for SGS said: "The project was created in response to the fashion industry producing over 100 billion new garments a year from new fibres, and the planet being unable to sustain this."

Zoey Kennedy, deputy shop manager of Oxfam' Stroud branch said: “We want to encourage more people to say no to new and yes to second hand.

"Recycling clothes with Oxfam is part of the solution to fast throwaway fashion, and we are delighted to collaborate with SGS College students to showcase their amazing upcycled outfits as part of our reuse-rewear campaign.

"Their creativity really shows how fashion can be sustainable and can help to protect our planet”.

Fashion and textiles student Carta Grant said: “We would like to thank Oxfam for giving us the garments and the opportunity to upcycle and create new innovative garments to show how sustainability can also be stylish.”

The students' garments will be on display in the window of Oxfam in Stroud until March 11.

Stroud School of Art at SGS College is celebrating its 160 year anniversary this summer with an exciting programme of exhibitions, events and activities that will honour the rich and creative history of this wonderful institution.

Staff at the college are compiling a collection of people’s experiences, stories and memories that have been inspired by Stroud School of Art.

To be part of the exhibition or the memory collection email ssoa@sgscol.ac.uk or visit facebook.com/StroudSchoolOfArt160