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Full coverage: Gloves

“In a business as niche as mine, you don’t really want to spiral out of control overnight”

A week after Taylor Swift wore her gloves, the Irish designer Paula Rowan talks celebrity endorsements, deals with luxury department stores and the importance of the weather going in her favour.

Alice Chambers
10th Jul, 2024 - 5 min read

Paula Rowan wants to build the Jimmy Choo of luxury gloves. This is her plan to make it happen

Long seen as an old-fashioned embellishment, the statement glove has made a comeback for tony dressers. At the centre of the revival is Dubliner Paula Rowan, who talks to The Currency about selling leather online and getting her products on the hands of Hollywood A-listers.

Ruth O'Connor
27th Feb, 2023 - 9 min read
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