Heritage threads, future visions

This special video series celebrates the creativity and craft of Irish female fashion designers, brought together in collaboration with the Council of Irish Fashion Designers (CIFD) and the Irish Embassy in France, as part of Paris Fashion Week.

Inspired by Brigid - the Celtic goddess and patron saint of creativity, poetry, and renewal - each film spotlights designers whose work reflects Ireland’s rich heritage and forward-looking style. From intricate textiles to bold contemporary prints, the collection captures the unique fusion of tradition and innovation that defines Irish design today.

These stories go beyond the studio, revealing the inspirations, values, and cultural connections that shape each creator’s vision. Together, they offer a window into a vibrant, evolving design landscape, rooted in history, yet unapologetically modern.

Whether you are drawn to timeless craftsmanship or daring originality, these films invite you to discover the artistry, resilience, and ingenuity of women shaping Ireland’s design future.

Meet the Irish fashion designers

Magee 1866 is a fifth-generation Irish family business with over 150 years’ experience in designing, weaving and tailoring luxurious fabrics and clothing in Donegal, specialising in Donegal tweed.

Their mill in Donegal is still the centre of their operations, and their location offers endless and ever-changing inspiration for the design team. From the rugged coastline to peaty bogs, to open skies and rolling hills, the Irish landscape offers a deep well of colour and pattern to draw from.

Éadach is a range of limited edition prints from designer and artist Sara O’Neill. Inspired by her grandmother’s stories and her native north coast, Éadach features Sara’s hand drawn pencil illustrations which reference Ireland’s darker myths and legends and history and heritage of strong women.

Printed on silk and Irish linen and hand-painted onto leather to create richly coloured contemporary prints, she crafts simple but dramatic, timeless garments.

Caroline Duffy is inspired by nature, hand-painting colourful florals on silk to create a couture collection of dresses. Sustainability-minded and made-to-order, Duffy’s designs weave together stories collected over her lifetime.

Each collector piece is designed by Duffy in Ireland, ethically printed in Italy on 100% silk and hand-made back in Ireland. Her flowing, colourful pieces are designed to catch your eye and take hold of your imagination.

Kindred of Ireland make luxury linen with heritage and heart, breathing new life into the tradition of Irish linen by creating timeless pieces with contemporary edge.

Designer Amy Anderson grew up surrounded by flaxseed meadows and listening to her grandparents’ stories of their lives at the local linen mill, transforming flax into linen. Kindred aims to protect a positive legacy, handcrafting sustainable linen pieces using slow production methods to create individual made-to-order garments with intergenerational appeal, allowing you to share them with your kin.

Urban Aran creates sophisticated, bold and considered luxury knitwear for modern lifestyles using ethically sourced natural fibres. With a distinctive design approach influenced by all forms of urban art, designer Christine Murphy takes inspiration from tags in public spaces and derelict old city walls embellished by accomplished street artists in her home of Waterford.

Urban Aran knitwear is ethically sourced, and uses luxury yarns in vibrant colours and creative 3D knitwear technology in its production.