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Two Irish designers named as recipients of prestigious British Fashion Council mentorship programme

The full 22 recipients will receive financial grants, showcasing opportunities, a mentorship programme, and training sessions

Robyn Lynch is one of two Irish designers among this year’s BFC NEWGEN recipients. Her menswear designs have a sportswear feel and draw on Irish references

Two Irish fashion designers are among the 22 recipients chosen by the The British Fashion Council (BFC) for its 2023/2024 NEWGEN mentorship and funding programme.

Dublin-born menswear designer Robyn Lynch and womenswear designer Sinéad O’Dwyer – born in Dublin and raised in Tullamore, Co Offaly – will receive financial grants, showcasing opportunities, a mentorship programme, and training sessions to assist the designers in developing their business and infrastructure skills.

Sinead O’Dwyer, the Dublin-born womenswear designer