Helen James: The business and brains of a homewares heroine

James' involvement with retail giant Dunnes is surely the stuff of independent designer dreams

Helen James, creator of Dunnes Stores’ Considered range of homewares Pic: FERGAL PHlLLIPS

The last time I met Helen James, she was sitting cross-legged on the floor of the Irish Embassy in London. We were there for a show featuring no fewer than 11 of Ireland’s leading fashion designers – Helen being one. The event, a collaboration between the Embassy and Norah ...