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Ruth O'Connor

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Solidarity through sewing: craftspeople turn their hands to masks and scrubs

Experienced sewers and craftspeople nationwide are putting their considerable skills to work producing much-needed cloth masks and scrubs for those on the frontline, while also improving the lives of people living in direct provision, write Ruth O’Connor and Elaine Prendeville
  • Elaine Prendevilleand
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • May 3, 2020

'Luxury is more about values than about product‘

Fashion designer Roland Mouret tells Ruth O‘Connor about the meaning of modern luxury, his long-term relationship with clothes and why he no longer cares what Anna Wintour thinks
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • December 1, 2019

A question of taste

Ruth O’Connor meets Ganni creative director Ditte Reffstrup and founder Nicolaj Reffstrup and asks them about their approach to style
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • December 1, 2019

Innovator Liz Bacelar on the intersection of fashion and technology

Liz Bacelar, inventor of the phrase ‘fashion tech’, is redefining and exploring the many ways fashion and technology can integrate, from the space-age to the intimate – and what that will mean for the sector in 20 years
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • October 27, 2019

A close-knit company

Two childhood friends set up cult knitwear brand Electronic Sheep 21 years ago. As they hit this milestone, there is plenty to celebrate
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • October 6, 2019

Peak practice: Freya Oatway's millinery mission

With headwear having a moment, milliner Freya Oatway is determined to capitalise on the trend, writes Ruth O’Connor
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • July 7, 2019

Beauty and the banal: The Dundalk designer breaking the rules

Andrew Bell uses the latest technology to produce brilliantly engineered designs which simultaneously try to move away from the destructive nature of our disposable culture
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • June 23, 2019

The future of fashion

How will the fashion industry survive what many are calling its ‘year of reckoning’? Ruth O’Connor investigates
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • June 2, 2019

Floral tribute

Why fashion’s floral trend shows no sign of fading away
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • May 26, 2019

Look of the Irish

Ruth O’Connor selects the best of contemporary homegrown design
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • May 12, 2019

Who lives in a house like this?

Top architect Colm Doyle's Camden Street pad is a feast for the senses, combining cool charm with an enviable eye for detail, writes Ruth O'Connor
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • May 12, 2019

Only connect

Colin Harris’s exquisite furniture pieces, which draw inspiration from influences as disparate as Eileen Gray and Egon Schiele, are designed to bring ‘a feeling of joy and connection’ to those who use them, writes Ruth O’Connor
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • April 14, 2019

The fashion designer and the Fury

Fashion critic Alexander Fury is championing emerging Irish designer Stacey Wall and her textile-heavy garments inspired by social photography, writes Ruth O’Connor
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • February 24, 2019

21st-century Aran

What do fashion insiders want to wear now? The humble Aran sweater, which this year has taken on a whole new cachet. Ruth O’Connor explains why your gifting wish list ought to start with A
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • December 2, 2018

A question Of Taste

Alan Aboud has been a creative director for nearly 30 years, cultivating an aesthetic sensibility like few others. Here, he tells Ruth O’Connor about the objects, places and touchstones that move him
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • December 2, 2018

Lustre for life

Pearls are back in fashion, and Irish design house Inner Island brings a new aesthetic to this timeless gem
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • October 28, 2018

Irish fashion's fab 15

It’s been a significant year for the Irish in fashion, with breakout names making international waves as the local design scene produces daring new players. Ruth O’Connor dusts down her little black book to share the 15 names to know in the business of Irish fashion
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • September 23, 2018

Appearances unplugged

Katherine Ormerod is the author of a new book, Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life. She tells Ruth O’Connor how over-reliance on Facebook and Instagram can dangerously undermine our happiness
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • September 23, 2018

Handbags at the ready

An institution of Dublin’s 1990s and 2000s club scene, Strictly Handbag was the brainchild of one of the city’s most precocious promoters. With a one-off revival happening at the end of this month, Ruth O’Connor looks back on the heady days of the club and pays tribute to its founder Martin Thomas
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • September 9, 2018

The Devil’s in the Detail

Considered choices to enhance your home
  • Ruth O'Connor
  • April 22, 2018

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