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

3 days 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’

4 days 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.
Jane Shortall: ‘If I feel like dancing in an outfit, I know I have chosen well’

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Deirdre McQuillan

The energy and dynamism of dancer Jane Shortall is palpable the minute you meet her. Restless, bright eyed and usually dressed in camouflage sweatpants or bright leggings and bra tops, she radiates good health. When we meet in a Dublin cafe she is evangelical about dance and its benefits. “I’m good at motivating people and helping women get their mojo back through dance,” she says.
Five fashionable women on their failsafe outfits for summer

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Deirdre McQuillan

Heather BarnesUN consultant, businesswoman and founder of Tomorrows“My summer wardrobe is in constant rotation as I am away with work quite a lot, and I don’t pack away summer clothes in the winter. You always need a good jacket in an Irish summer, and I get great wear from a block print grey trench from a Kenyan designer called Hamaji. It’s a real staple and makes an outfit in an instant. Everything is slowly made in small artisan communities, which is very much what I am interested in.
‘Forget about glamour’: Jonathan Anderson offers advice to would-be fashion designers as he receives TCD honour

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Deirdre McQuillan

Jonathan Anderson, the newly appointed creative director of Dior men’s wear in Paris, made history on Friday when he became the first fashion designer to be made an Honorary Patron of Trinity College Dublin’s University Philosophical Society. At a packed ceremony, the Irish designer was presented with the Gold Medal by the society’s treasurer Perin Winders, who outlined Anderson’s career and achievements.
‘Dress like a daffodil’: Why yellow is the trending colour for spring

3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Deirdre McQuillan

“Dress like a daffodil” was the lighthearted command of lifestyle guru and TV presenter Mariella Frostrup as she displayed her latest buy – a knitted vest in bright yellow. She was extolling the values of a colour that is fresh, vibrant and energetic, synonymous with sunshine and spring. Butter yellow has been the key shade this season, seen on the catwalks at Chanel, Loewe and Miu Miu. Jackets, dresses, trousers, sweaters and skirts in this light colour are already colonising high-street racks.
‘There is so much to do here especially in the summer when there are festivals and open-air cinemas in the Plaza España’

3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Deirdre McQuillan

“I have been living in Madrid for five years now, but time has flown,” says Lauren McNicholl, a Ballymena native who is possibly the only Irish woman tailor in Spain. She works with Jose Alonso Romero, one of the country’s most acclaimed master tailors, whose company is known for its Teba jacket originally designed for King Alfonso XIII in the 1930s.
Irish man appointed as creative director of Dior Menswear

3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Deirdre McQuillan

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Where David Beckham meets GAA: Irish fashion brand Pellador FC

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Deirdre McQuillan

Fashion has always been interested in sports but in recent decades, sports, particularly football, are influencing fashion in all sorts of creative ways. In 2016 for example, Dolce & Gabbana’s autumn-winter (AW) haute couture show featured a replica of the great Diego Maradona’s Napoli jersey. More recently, Stella McCartney in her AW 23 collection featured athletic styles, sporty jerseys and jumpsuits.
‘When I come home, I am quite Scandinavian’: The Waterford photographer who took a trip to Iceland and stayed there

1 month ago | irishtimes.com | Deirdre McQuillan

An accomplished landscape and travel photographer from Ring in Co Waterford, Sibéal Turraoin and her aunt, the musician Máire Breathnach, from Dungarvan, were the first Irish women to navigate through the Northwestern Passage to Alaska in 2010. When another sailing voyage to Greenland was thwarted due to problems with the boat, Turraoin decided to take a hiking trip to Iceland and stay for the winter.