Teenager's First World War fashion exhibit goes on display

She said: “I was looking for a deeper meaning behind what the soldiers wore.”

Ms Murad searched pubs for the thousands of tops from drinks bottles she needed for her designs.

“A lot of people have called the jackets ‘quirky’ or ‘eccentric’ — I don’t really know how to describe them,” she said. “It’s a new way of representing the old.”

The museum’s curator, Natalia Wieczorek, described the pieces as having “technical brilliance — we wanted to showcase them. I am hoping it will inspire other students to come in and look at our collection from a different perspective.”

Ms Murad, a member of Lauderdale Road Synagogue, says she hopes to work in fashion when she has finished her studies at Birmingham University.

The jackets have been insured for a total of £6,000 by the museum. They will be on display as part of its Coatee to Couture exhibition, until March 3.