Lancaster theatre costume maker Katie Duxbury is wearing one of her own spectacular designs while walking 1,000 miles for charity.
When not working as deputy wardrobe supervisor at The Dukes, Katie can be found climbing mountains, strolling along promenades and rambling through woods in her Thousand Mile Dress.
Inspired by the plight of refugees, she decided to challenge herself to walk 1,000 miles in a dress, accumulatively probably over a year.
"This idea developed while I was working on Nancy's costume for The Dukes production of Oliver Twist last summer," said Katie. "I became interested in the ageing of clothes and how many miles it would take to cause real damage, as opposed to the artificial ageing of our theatrical garments."
Like Nancy's costume, Katie's special dress is long and Victorian in style. Part of it is made up of 'scales', one of Katie's trademarks, and, for every pound donated, she will add another scale to the garment, making it heavier to walk in.
So far, Katie's walk has taken her along Blackpool promenade, through Grizedale Forest in Cumbria and up the Old Man of Coniston.
"People don't expect to see a fully-costumed person wandering around but usually it is met with interest or people smile and are slightly embarrassed, pretending not to have noticed," said Katie.
So far she has raised almost £600. Find out more at Justgiving.com.