Design aims to stub out street litter

FRANCE’S latest fashion statement has nothing to do with haute couture and a lot to do with saving the streets of the city of Paris from the scourge of cigarette butts.

Paris student Flore Garcia Bour, 22, is picking up butts by the hundred from the streets and stitching them into a dress in an effort to draw attention to the detritus degrading the streets.

The international relations graduate says she does not aim to stop smokers lighting up, just to change their behaviour.