Showcase Fashion 2012
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Fashion 2012 is a platform for some of the most exciting emerging and established Irish brands. It is a hand selected, carefully edited and styled collection of garments and accessories that reflect what we are loved for… textures, layers and colours that evoke our Irish landscapes, stories, love of life, history and craft. We have style, we have quality, we have creativity. Showcase Fashion 2012 presents this in a contemporary way that puts our fashion on the world stage.
Showcase Fashion 2012 features two events:
Sunday 22nd January at 6.30pm, RDS Members’ Library. Irish Fashion Runway Show produced and directed by Sonia Reynolds, featuring collections from the Irish Fashion and Clothing exhibitors at Showcase. Show takes places This is a ticketed event and space is limited. For more information, please contact the Organiser’s Office in the Main Hall
Monday 23rd January from 9.00am-10.00pm, Merrion Room, off the Balcony. A panel discussion on Challenges and Opportunities in Selling Irish Fashion at Home and Abroad
Panellists include:
- Dermott Rowan, MD and co-owner of Kiely Rowan PLC, the company that owns the fashion brands Orla Kiely and Olive & Orange. Dermott is a Board member of the Crafts Council of Ireland
- Constance Harris , fashion editor of the Sunday Independent and fashion editor of Life Magazine.
- Sonya Lennon , co-presenter of RTE’s hit prime time show ‘Off the Rails, and one of Ireland’s top fashion stylists. Sonya is a Board member of the Crafts Council of Ireland.
- Sonia Reynolds, Director SRM PR, producer and director of the inaugural runway fashion show at Showcase Fashion 20 12
This is a ticketed event and space is limited. For more information, please contact the Organiser’s Office in the Main Hall
