Nineteen students at Bermuda High School are to take part in a project designing clothes using recycled or found material.The project, modelled on the highly-watched Project Runway TV series with model Heidi Klum, will see the seven teams each making two creations from at least 50 percent recycled or found materials.Each team, made up of last least two students and not more than five, will have a mentor, most of whom are former students at the school who now work in fashion stores in Bermuda.On Wednesday, the teams were drawn with their mentors who can advise them but not participate in the making of the creations.“We were looking for a unique and different fundraising opportunity and also an opportunity to have our students interacting with alumni from the school,” said event organiser Jennifer Burland Adams. “We wanted something that would be interesting and different and we decided to come up with a project runway style competition where they have eight weeks to come up with two designs and they have to be 50 percent recycled or found.“We have five pillars at the school and one of them is a pillar of environment and so the leader of the environmental pillar, Antoinette Webb, we worked together on this and decided we wanted to have an environmental piece to the fashion show, so that it wasn’t just fashion with glitz and glamour but something with a bit more substance to it.”The project is made possible through the cooperation of various retail stores who will also display the designs.“We know the retail sector is going through a downturn right now so we’re really grateful to them for lending out their employees and for them coming on board and being excited about this project,” said Mrs Burland Adams.“What’s really exciting for the girls is they will get to see their designs go down the runway, the girls will be judged and asked questions about how they came up with their designs, the environmental part of their design and the design themselves will be showcased in all of the mentor’s stores so that the public can see them.“We have certainly seen lots of fashion shows put on by different organisations but nothing with this kind of a twist where it is competition and we are pairing people up with the community and you also have the environment. It brings a lot of things together.”The students will have eight weeks to complete their designs. If not completed then they will be judged on what they send down the runway.Patterns may not be used and all final designs must be created independently. Accessories to go with the creations do not have to be made.Students participating will be involved in various functions leading up to the eco-Runway event on March 23 at the school.“We opened it up to all of our Year 11 and IB 1 and IB 2 students the last year at Bermuda High School and pitched the idea to them and invited them to form teams,” explained Mrs Burland Adams.“They picked their own teams and team captains. They will have to pick their own models and work as a team for the designs and work with their mentors. It’s a great study for them in both leadership and teamwork.”Mentors (in bold), competing stores and team members are:Sinead Scott (CC Boutique) Leslie Campbell, Chante Pitcher.Tara Burgess (Cecile’s) Phoebe Barboza, Ava Braddock, Katie Arnfield, Sophie Fraser-Smith, Livia Schonenberg.Tony Thompson (Gibbons Company) Xine Peets, Dominique Rawlins.Jenia Thompson (Lovit) Krystal Moniz, Anugraha Chandrasekaran.Heather MacDonald (Atelerie) Khianda Pearman, Ariel Kaplen.Delight Morris (Orange Bay Company) Karissa Burrows, Senecia Smith, Abilgail Christie-Veitch, Keesha Miller.Jacqui Myrie (AS Cooper) Constance Campbell, Megan Bower.