Create catwalk looks from a charity shop - for just €30

TV show The Great British Sewing Bee looks set to make wardrobe revamps all the rage. In a week when designers paraded expensive labels across London catwalks, we set an ‘upstyler’ a challenge — create four catwalk looks from a charity shop, with a budget of just €30.

FIVE days before my wedding I collected my dress from the designer. On my way home in the car that evening, all the way from Dublin to Cork, I had a sinking feeling in my stomach.

The dress just wasn’t right. It was beautiful, without doubt. And it was what I had asked for — a very simple ivory satin gown, with a cowl back.