The assignment was to create garments out of sustainable fabrics and designed using merino wool and the theme of this year’s competition was the natural elements earth, water, fire and air.

Ms Burch said it was “a really good material” for sustainable fashion” because it “is a renewable fibre”.

“I didn’t really know before researching but it’s in a lot of athletics material, so active wear,” she said.

“I looked at different types of ways you can make patterns within the knitted materials.

“You can actually make denim effects, too, so I experimented with that.”

In an article for UAL, external she said she had chosen the element of water so she worked with “deep blues and golds”.

She added that she had focused her silhouettes and design on the hippie movement of the late 1960s.