For one of their final year projects, 25 students from the design school had to create beautiful garments out of bedsheets. And they came up with a fashion collection that was nothing short of original, being made entirely from bedsheets.

And they will be participating in a runway competition come March 21 to find the next fashion ingenué who is creative and versatile enough to craft a dress entirely from a single piece of bedsheet.

This fringe affair, in anticipation of the Singapore Fashion Festival, is a joint effort put together by the design school, Robinsons and Frasers Centrepoint to present the first ever "From Bedroom to Runway" fashion show.

Professor Giuseppe Spinelle, Raffles Design Institute, said: "The students had to create something 3-D using king-sized bedsheets, with the minimum amount of seamlines. And I only gave them the bedsheets after I saw their designs, which they worked on with calico (cloth) first. So they had to work the fabrics into their designs, with improvisations along the way.

"The project was to get them to think about solving design problems."

Mr Andre Lobo, Senior manager, Advertising & Promotions for Frasers Centrepoint, said: "When we spoke to Raffles Design Institute, we wanted to turn everyday items, like bedsheets, into a collection."

Students took an average of two to six weeks to come up with a concept for their dresses and produce their final piece. And they had to bear in mind to keep the original bedsheet as intact as possible, while whipping up designs that would make their garments stand out.

Using various methods to put their dresses together, these students have taken dress-making to a level of their own. Inspirations ranged from Grecian goddesses to nature, even emotions and across cultures.

Student Shannon Lee, 21, created his sassy-looking dress with corsetry details and plenty of pleats. Looking nothing like a bedsheet, his dress was a very attractive piece with a top that looked just like a corset and a skirt made of handkerchief pleats.

A few other noteworthy pieces used less of such details, but were just as stunning in their simplicity. In fact, they looked like dresses that any self-respecting fashionista would wear to a party and nothing like the square pieces of fabric you use to cover your bed.

Kee Ai Wei, 19, made her dress with a few stitches and lots of string. Her creation was a cowl-backed dress that showed off the model's back as the strings criss-crossed to create a very sexy effect.

She said: "I wanted it to be mysterious, yet sexy."

The top three finalists stand to win The Centrepoint shopping vouchers worth $2,000, $1,000 and $500 respectively.

The dresses will be judged on March 21, 1pm, at The Centrepoint. The top 12 designs will be made available for public viewing from March 22 - 27 at Robinsons' household department. The Centrepoint shoppers get to vote for their favourite design from the top 12 creations after the competition. If they vote for the winning design, they stand to win Robinsons shopping vouchers worth $500, $300 and $200 respectively

Voting closes on March 27.