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Deirdre McQuillan

Dublin

Fashion Editor at Irish Times

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Irish Times Fashion Editor, freelance feature writer and author

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  • From Malin to Milan: Donegal tweed gets an international twist at Dublin show

    5 days ago | irishtimes.com | Deirdre McQuillan

    Stories are embedded in what we wear; language and cloth are intricately connected. The words text and textile come from the Latin texere, to weave. Fabric and fabricate come from fabrica – something skillfully produced. The words lingerie, lining and linoleum all originate in linen. We talk of life “hanging by a thread”, being “on tenterhooks” or “spinning a yarn”. The drive to establish textiles as a fine art movement began in the 1960s and has gathered momentum all around the world.

  • Fashion’s future stars: Student designers create playful, sustainable collections

    1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Deirdre McQuillan

    What does a cake or ice-cream sweater look like? How do knitting and baking connect? The answer lies in a playful collection called The Proof is in the Pudding by Joey Fanciulli, one of the 15 NCAD fashion students who will graduate this year. Fanciulli combined a love of baking and memories of the decorative elements of making desserts with his mother and grandmother to “bake” a collection.

  • From berets to top hats, the Tallaght man who stays motivated by his passion for preserving an ancient craft

    2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Deirdre McQuillan

    Dubliner Mark Saunders from Tallaght has lived in France for 30 years having moved there with his French wife in 1995 and settling in the southwest of the country. He is known for rescuing Laulhère, the oldest and last authentic French company making berets. It has used ancestral techniques to craft its items since 1840. Having gained experience in other French headwear companies, he was hired to restructure the factory and rebuild Laulhère in 2012.

  • An Irish woman in Peru: ‘I found it easy setting up a business here’

    3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Deirdre McQuillan

    Along the narrow, cobbled streets of San Blas, the artisanal quarter of Cusco, Peru, is an atelier called Hilo, home to a slow fashion brand founded by Irishwoman Eibhlin Cassidy in 2003 in the historical centre of this ancient Inca capital high up in the Andes.

  • Finding home in the ancient Inca capital: ‘It can be chaotic, but that’s part of the appeal as well’

    3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Deirdre McQuillan

    Along the narrow, cobbled streets of San Blas, the artisanal quarter of Cusco, Peru, is an atelier called Hilo, home to a slow fashion brand founded by Irishwoman Eibhlin Cassidy in 2003 in the historical centre of this ancient Inca capital high up in the Andes.

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‘Forget about glamour’: Jonathan Anderson offers advice to would-be fashion designers as he receives TCD honour https://t.co/6GkoZFydq5

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Deirdre McQuillan: Our fashion designers make waves globally, so why don’t we value their cultural contribution here? https://t.co/ePpdMxJcTc