Junk Kouture

*Junk Kouture*
Junk Kouture
	Junk Kouture logo
Genre	Entertainment
Created by	Troy Armour
Presented by	Sean Treacy; Órla Morris-Toolen;
Judges	Louis Walsh; Rozanna Purcell; Laura Whitmore; Mehreen Baig; Nicole McLaughlin; Soulé; Ben Barry; Emma McKee; Fabio Paris; Jean-Baptiste Andreani; Lise Pierron; Matteo Ward; Sara Maino; Haifa Beseisso; Fatema Almulla; Aleena Khan; Stephen McLaughlin; Jane Leavey; Tracy Fahey;
Country of origin	Ireland
No. of seasons	12
Original release
Network	RTÉ One / RTÉ2

Junk Kouture is a television fashion competition for post-primary school students, where participants design, create and model fashion, made from recycled items. The competition has run in Ireland, since it was founded in 2010, by Troy Armour. The annual Grand Finale has been held in the 3Arena, Dublin since 2015.

Junk Kouture launched in New York, London and Abu Dhabi in 2021, with competitions opening in September 2021 for each of these new cities.

In 2022, the first ever World Final was held at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, and saw 53 teams designs from the UAE, France, Italy, Ireland, Britain, and USA compete to be crowned World Designer of the Year 2022. Since, it has held World Finals in Grimaldi Forum, Monaco in 2023 and The Helix, Dublin in 2024.

Previous holders of the Junk Kouture Overall Winner for 2021 include 'Iconoclastic Fantastic' – created by Alicia Rostermundt from Coláiste Bríde, Enniscorthy.