Source: wakefieldtoday.co.uk

Francesca Rukin, 18, of Rayner Street, competed next to 19 other fashion students in Manchester in around one of the UK’s largest imaginative and technological skills contest.

Entrants had to tolerate a nerve-wracking few hours as their garments were modeled on the catwalk in front of a host of judges from the fashion world.

These built-in a lecturer from Manchester University, a designer from Henry Lloyd sailing Sportswear Company and a designer from Italy.

The judges also incorporated Ruth Rutter, managing director of Huddersfield-based MGD Manufacturing, who gave marks for technical skills as well as pattern-cutting, grading and garment construction.

Six heats of the contest were held throughout June and judges would meet again next month to choose 40 garments that would go forward to the competition’s grand final.

The final would be held at the Clothe show Live – the largest fashion & beauty event in the world – at the NEC in Birmingham in December, and the charming designers’ garments would be modeled in front of 5,500 people.