A group of girls and young women put on a fashion show to overturn the idea that International Women's Day was an event for older women.

The team wore costumes from around the world as part of last Saturday's celebration of the event at Central Hall, Alice Street.

Shabana Sarwar, a youth officer from Keighley Asian Women & Children's Centre, has helped the team through their intensive period of rehearsals. She commended the hard work they all put in to make the show a success.

She said: "None of the girls really knew each other beforehand.

"But together they decided to put on a fashion show, and now maybe want to have another one for charity.

"They have worked really hard, putting in up to 15 hours a week to make this a success.

"The show was designed to project a feeling of community cohesion. All the girls are wearing clothes from different countries."

She added the girls, who were aged from 13 to 23, wanted to be involved in the celebration to show the event was for women of any age.

She said: "The girls wanted to do this by themselves, independently of anyone else. They came in with the idea that International Women's Day was just for older generations."

The fashion show was just one part of a very successful day of events. Other performances included music and dancing from different cultures.

There were also many stalls with clothing, jewellery and food, as well as a mixture of therapies.

Chris Grayston, chairman of Keighley Powerful Whispers, said the whole day had been extremely popular.

She said: "We have had a full house all day. We were so full that we did not have enough chairs for some of the performances."

Keighley Powerful Whispers, Keighley Asian Women & Children's Centre and Keighley Voluntary Service supported the day.

Worldwide fashions from models taking part in the International Women's Day event: from left, Nazia Hanif, Miriam Conley and Eiram Hussain