Kelly Carlin, 20, started studying fashion at the college after she left secondary school at 16.
“Getting to examine and unpick the layers and then totally transform the dresses was amazing,” she said.
“The process made us be more creative and we could run wild with our ideas which would prolong the life of these garments.
“If we didn’t do that they would’ve ended up in landfill, but we got so much out of all of them.”
The dresses were later displayed at an end-of-year fashion show before the college found out it had been shortlisted for the Next Generation Skills and Learning award.
Lecturer Sandra said: “We went down to the UK final and I was so blown away by the other projects.
“I felt as if we were the wee humble fashion project amongst all these other big projects.
“But we won that – and then we went on to win the international one as well.
“There wasn’t an expectation when we got there, but we were absolutely delighted since we’re quite a small department.”
