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Style: Why Sonya Lennon and Brendan Courtney are set on US expansion

Keen to spread the joy that is fundamental to their ever evolving brand, the fashion and design duo are promoting their to key buyers at Showcase Ireland this weekend

Sonya Lennon and Brendan Courtney are eyeing up the US market

Today may prove pivotal for many an Irish designer. It’s the opening day of Showcase Ireland, the annual three-day trade fair that places the work of Irish designers and craftspeople before an audience of international retail buyers, a powerful cohort who last year generated €25.6 million in orders for Irish goods.

The dream Showcase scenario is for your brand to be talent spotted and for a US buyer to place one of those enormous, life ...