Union City High School senior Ashly Morelos loves designing clothes. Her dress, “Knight In Shining Cyber” has made it to the 2025 Junk Kouture, worldwide fashion design competition, where Ashly will be going up against students from around the globe.
The competition requires students to design and model fashions made out of recyclable materials. Ashly’s dress is made up of thousands of bottle caps and plastic. It’s called “Knight In Shining Cyber.”
It took Ashly three months to design and create the dress. She says her concept was inspired by a pop artist. Her love of fashion is an outgrowth of her creative drawing ability and was initially inspired by watching cartoons.
The Junk Kouture competition won’t take place until 2026. The location has yet to be determined, although last year’s event was held in Ireland.