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Full coverage: Fashion

Born Clothing collapse triggers wave of receiver appointments across retail and property assets

Lenders, including Finance Ireland, First Citizen and Relm have moved on stores and investment properties tied to the failed fashion chain.

Ian Kehoe
14th May, 2026 - 2 min read

E-commerce giant ESW files legal action against major Korean fashion retailer 

ESW, the billion-euro Irish e-commerce firm, has filed a High Court case against K-fashion designer and retailer W Concept.

Jonathan Keane
8th May, 2026 - 2 min read

Beauty and brutality: The Irish vision behind Dior and McQueen

As New York, London, Milan and Paris launch another season of fashion weeks, the spotlight falls on two Irish designers at the summit of the industry – Jonathan Anderson at Dior and Seán McGirr at Alexander McQueen.

Anne Harris
21st Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

Orla Kiely – My memories of Paul Costelloe, a mentor and friend

The internationally regarded designer was a Saturday girl in Costelloe's Dublin shop when she first met the fast-rising fashion star, who died last weekend. For more than 40 years he helped her through good times and bad.

Alan English
29th Nov, 2025 - 5 min read

Curves and courage: Sinéad O’Brien on building a brand that empowers others

From wedding singer to body-positive blogger to founder of Ireland’s most inclusive shapewear brand, Sinéad O’Brien has built Vacious into a fast-growing business that champions confidence, comfort and curves.

Kate Demolder
6th Oct, 2025 - 7 min read

“There is a shift quietly going on in how people are shopping”

After a decade in business, Stable of Ireland co-founders Frances Duff and Sonia Reynolds reflect on evolving consumer habits and the rise of a more thoughtful approach to retail.

Rosaleen McMeel
29th Aug, 2025 - 6 min read

Fashion has three years to solve its waste crisis – but how?

As clothes banks and charity shops overflow, Ireland is preparing for extended producer responsibility textile legislation. Industry experience shows solutions are nuanced and take time and co-operation.

Laura Hayes
15th Aug, 2025 - 5 min read

Karl Lagerfeld retail business to pull shutters down on Kildare Village outlet

Directors of the Irish retail business of the late fashion designer are winding down its operations next month, according to newly filed accounts.

Jonathan Keane
6th Aug, 2025 - 2 min read

Scaling Beauty: The Irish brands expanding internationally

Each March, the population of Bologna in Italy swells by over a quarter of a million visitors who make their way to the BolognaFiere exhibition centre for Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna. Ruth O’Connor visited the show and spoke to the Irish contingent there.

Ruth O'Connor
7th Apr, 2025 - 9 min read

The art of expansion: A knitwear designer on heritage, scaling up, and the limitations of keeping it Irish

What happens when the creative reimagining of the Aran sweater goes global? Galway designer Colin Burke answers the call of the international luxury consumer.

Rosaleen McMeel
12th Mar, 2025 - 5 min read
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