
Deirdre McQuillan
Fashion Editor at Irish Times
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Irish Times Fashion Editor, freelance feature writer and author
Articles
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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