YOUNG fashion students from New College Nottingham showed their creative sides this weekend in the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre.
For both Friday and Saturday a catwalk stage was erected in the centre, holding fashion shows all day from 11am.
Showcasing their final year designs were students Haleema Naseer, Tori Weaving and Sophie Mogridge among others, who were each required to produce five full outfits.
A range of influences, inspirations, colours and fabrics were on display for passing Nottingham shoppers.
Student designer Haleema Naseer stood out from the crowd with her brightly-coloured 'Exotic Glamour' collection, which was inspired by a trip to Birmingham's Sea Life Centre.
The 18-year-old said: "All of the colours came from underwater sea creatures. The orange came from the jellyfish and the green from the fish.
"I then created the stitching pattern myself to make it look like scales and added the lace to give the glamour element."
Fashion and trends are a huge part of life for Haleema, who knew she wanted to work in the creative industry from a young age.
"My collection is designed to show what fashion is all about. It's wild catwalk clothing", said the student from Carlton.
"I've always felt that fashion is really me and it's the thing that I've always wanted to do."
Haleema will be heading to Nottingham Trent University in September to study Fashion Design.
She said: "I'm really excited about going to university. I went to Graduate Fashion Week last year and as soon as I saw the students and their designs, I knew that I wanted that to be me."
Fellow student Tori Weaving was influenced by the centenary of World War One for her 'Protected' collection.
The 20-year-old from Gloucester's designs featured military-style jackets in structured fabrics.
"I wanted my designs to look like armour. I chose to produce jackets as I wanted the collection to stand out and be different," she said.
"I first realised I wanted to work in fashion from studying textiles at school. I've found a new passion in pattern cutting since going to NCN. It's about tailoring the clothes to the individual. I now have big dreams of opening my own tailoring business."
Bringing harem trousers and jump-suits back to the catwalk was 21-year-old student designer Sophie Mogridge.
Sophie, who lives in Forest Fields, named her collection 'Mythical Ripple' after being inspired by Greek mythology.
She said: "I looked at a lot of mosaics and fabric draping for my designs, that's why all of the materials are very soft and floaty in nude colours.
"I'll be going to UCA in Rochester soon to study fashion design. I'm really excited. You get the chance to complete a placement at London Fashion Week too which is amazing."
NCN are still looking to recruit for their fashion courses starting in September. For more information call 0115 910 0100 or go to www.ncn.ac.uk.
