Frugal fashionistas were transported to an enchanted forest at this year’s Recycled Runway.

The event celebrated its 10th anniversary and models wowed the crowd with creative upcycled outfits while raising money for a good cause.

The St Martins Lutheran College gymnasium was transformed into a magical space with this year’s enchanted forest theme.

The initiative raises funds for homelessness service ac.care and event organiser Trudy-Anne Doyle said close to $9000 was raised this year.

“I was really happy with how it went,” Ms Doyle said.

“I thought the venue looked really good with all the work that Elzette (Le Roux) and Zena (Reiner) have done on the committee and the help from SE Marquees, they were just unbelievable.”

The judges this year were Keith Hamilton and Kellie Nobes and event co-founder Kristi Brooks was the MC.

Ms Doyle was impressed with the high-quality outfits entrants created and said she was very pleased with the number of high school entrants.

The winner of the High School category was Zoe Ashby with her model Abbey Freebairn, St Martins Lutheran College won the Battle of the Schools trophy and Dulcie Hoggan won the Novice category with her model Piper Hoggan.

Miriam Brown, who self-modelled, won the Open category, Amy Smith claimed the Experienced category with her model Lauren Smith and Deb Menzies was the People’s Choice.

Janine Norman won the ‘Unmodelled’ category and was also acknowledged for entering Recycled Runway every year since its inception.

The menu consisted of enchanted forest themed food and people enjoyed green ‘Firefly’ cocktails with maraschino cherries donated by She’s Apples along with wine donated by Patrick of Coonawarra.

Ms Doyle said SE Marquees provided various décor and helped set up and pack up the event and Jason from Subculture Audio provided the lighting and a smoke machine.

ac.care Marketing and Communications Manager Jason Wallace praised Recycled Runway event organisers, participants and attendees for delivering an event that helped ac.care increase its impact supporting vulnerable people in Mount Gambier.

“Community events and fundraisers, especially Recycled Runway, really help us do more to help people when they need it most and provides us with that extra capacity to make a difference,” Mr Wallace said.

“Recycled Runway is an amazing event and it’s a pleasure be involved and see the innovative focus on encouraging people to share creativity, develop skills and reduce impact on the environment through the reuse of second-hand garments, which is fantastic.”

Mr Wallace said the event grew each year and continued to be enhanced thanks to the dedication and innovation of organisers to ensure the success of the fundraiser.

“Sadly we are seeing more people in need of support in Mount Gambier due to the housing crisis pushing families, couples and individuals to the brink of homelessness and are thankful to have such a supportive and generous community contributing funds and other donations to increase our impact,” he said.