Tag Archives: Central Saint Martins

Mia Jafari is a fantastic London based brand with the designer hailing from the highly esteemed Central Saint Martins. The latest collection from this designer is titled Waterlillies featuring beautiful feminine dresses, playsuits and scarves in  printed silks and georgettes. Her silk scarves and dresses have featured previously in Nylon, Vogue.com as well as a hot of fashion blogs around the world.



My favourite piece from Waterlilies collection
Always keen to learn more about designers, their practices and the talent behind the brand, the capsule knitwear range from Mia Jafari  is what we like to call Responsible Fashion. The yarn used is ethically sourced …

With three seasons already under her belt, Simone Rocha is making her mark showing her fourth official collection during London Fashion Week. The Central Saint Martins graduate is climbing through the ranks at lightening speed, with her pieces featured everywhere from a spread in i-D magazine to Lady Gaga on the cover of British Elle.

With her now signature brogue, Rocha’s collection included boxy tailoring with a masculine vibe balanced with the inclusion of lace detailing and girly peplum forms. Her mix of fabrics down the runway include knits, laces, metallic and pvc – Mixing up the classics with …

The talented Northern Irish Designer, Dean Quinn – whose Spring Summer 2012 tickled the fancy of the Barney’s buyers, returned to New York Fashion Week this week with his second collection.

Quinn, who showed a feminine, sporty luxe, all dress collection worked with colour blocking and muted nudes.

Knowing his attention to detail, these pictures won’t do the designs and their intricacy justice, so we’ll just have to wait to see them on the rails. But in the mean time, check out our favourites.

An Irish designer who gained international acclaim with a high coveted metallic over-sized bag which was featured in Vogue and a successful graduate collection from Central Saint Martins, her collections have gone from strength to strength since. Stocked high-end department stores to quirky boutiques from Brown Thomas in Dublin to s*uce in Dubai and LIFE in Saudi Arabia, Joanne Hynes is an Irish designer who is on the map.






From elegant brocade dresses to heavily embellished luxury collars, her latest collection sees a very light hearted, fun theme based on cartoonesque drawings. Depicted on …

With a passion for knit, embellishment and theatrics amongst her creations, Sorcha O’ Raghallaigh is an Irish Designer based in London who has recently been listed among Selfridges ‘Bright Young Things’ initiative. Aiming to support young designers in London, Irish Designer Simone Rocha was amongst last years list.
Born in Germany and brought up in Ireland, Sorcha O’ Raghallaigh is another talent from Limerick School of Art & Design (LSAD) and continued onto Central Saint Martins to focus her creative talent in knitwear. With a magnificent graduate collection in 2010 being spotted by Lady Gaga’s style team, the lady herself has worn …

A Central Saint Martin’s alumni, Amal Haliq is an Emirati jewellery designer who has been creating stunning pieces using beautiful materials and stunning gem stones for a number of years. With a previous career in Human Resources, Amal followed her long time love of jewellery.

18kt Gold Ring with Azrumalchite and Blue Sapphire Stones

Irish Born or Irish bred, these designers are showing the variety of amazing talent that we have to offer. With a cross-section of iconic Irish designers to upcoming talent hailing from fashion colleges like LSAD and NCAD, genuine talent sails from these shores.
From Irish designers to Irish brands, we are showing at many of the major international fashion weeks including New York Fashion Week and London Fashion Week, below offers a sneak preview of Spring Summer 2012
NEW YORK FASHION WEEK 
Dean Quinn
Spring Summer 2012 was his debut season at New York Fashion Week. The fashion scene welcomes Irish-born Central Saint Martins graduate, Dean Quinn. Dean …