![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/strictly-costume-boss-shares-secrets-of-helen-skeltons-recycled-gown/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_SOCIAL-MAIN-PROD-Strictly.jpg&description=Exclusive: Strictly Come Dancing costume designer Vicky Gill has shared her pride over the popular BBC dance show recycling dresses, with her saying that they 'strive for sustainability' on the productionStrictly: Craig Revel Horwood admits show 'isn't all about dancing'Strictly Come Dancing 's costume chief has told how proud she is that the show recycles dresses. The number Helen Skelton wore for her hair-raising Halloween foxtrot with Gorka Marquez last week was created for Karen Hauer when she performed an American Smooth with Greg Wise last year, in 2021. But top designer Vicky Gill, who has worked on the show since 2012, has told how it was transformed with the help of red dye. She said: "It's something that I have been doing for a long time. I hate being wasteful. "We are not only taking care of budgets, but strive for sustainability and something good for the environment". Strictly fashion designer Vicky Gill has revealed that the dress worn by Helen Skelton for Halloween week (left) had been upcycled ( Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire) She said the dress, which had been dyed red, had originally been worn by Karen Hauer (right) ( Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire) Vicky says they dyed the dress just days before Saturday night's show. "We didn't know how it was going to take, but I thought 'lets just go for it'," she says. "In the end it ticked all the boxes, helped us upcycle, and also create a broken feel for the Halloween week as I didn't want it to be a perfect dye. Everyone was a winner." In the previous series, winner Rose Ayling-Ellis performed an American Smooth with Giovanni Pernice wearing a skirt from the 2019 Xmas special worn previously by Gemma Atkinson. Vicky's fashion CV includes designing for the likes of Kylie Minogue (pictured) and Girls Aloud ( Getty Images) She said that another recycled gown on Strictly was worn by Rose Ayling-Ellis (left) last year ( BBC/Guy Levy) Vicky said: "I try and be clever where I use them. In Rose's case her dress was in the closing num){kind=link}
Strictly Come Dancing costume designer Vicky Gill has shared her pride over the popular BBC dance show recycling dresses, with her saying that they ‘strive for sustainability’ on the production
Strictly Come Dancing ‘s costume chief has told how proud she is that the show recycles dresses.
The number Helen Skelton wore for her hair-raising Halloween foxtrot with Gorka Marquez last week was created for Karen Hauer when she performed an American Smooth with Greg Wise last year, in 2021.
But top designer Vicky Gill, who has worked on the show since 2012, has told how it was transformed with the help of red dye.
She said: “It’s something that I have been doing for a long time. I hate being wasteful.