My Creative Journey......
· AWARDS:
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Winner - Best Hat Galway Races 2017
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Winner - Irish Fashion Innovation Awards Millinery Designer of the Year 2017
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Winner - Champion Hat, Punchastown Races September 2016
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Winner - River Island/Accessories Four Competition – Hat Design produced and sold in River Island Stores.·
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Second Prize - Peter Jones Ascot Competition – Hat sold in Peter Jones store, Slone Square.·
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Shortlisted - Felt Hat Competition in association with Worshipful Company of Feltmakers of London.·
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Semi-Finalist – Hat Designer of Year Competition in association with The Hat Magazine London/Paris 2007 & 2012.·
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Finalist Cavan Business Awards 2015
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Member of Council of Irish Fashion Designers and Craft & Design Council of Ireland
WORK EXPERIENCE:
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Ian Bennett – Workroom and Shop assistant – Oxo Tower, London.·
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Noel Stewart – Working in studio helping to make hats for London Fashion Week and Private Clients including Alison Goldfrapp – Chelsea London·
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Clements Ribeiro – Production assistant for two seasons London Fashion Week.
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Caroline Mitchel Knitwear - Machine Knitting garments in Caroline’s Studio – Limerick, Ireland.
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Topshop Oxford Circus – Top Level Sales Advisor/Supervisor Accessories Department.
COLLABORATIONS:
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Collaboration Cadburys Ireland – Designing and creating a Hat/Headpiece based on the Cadbury Bubbly Bar for a Sting/Ad for TV3’s Xpose.·
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Collaboration Pfizer/Bloom In The Park – Designing and creating 4 Hats/Headpieces for Pfizer, sponcers of Bloom In The Park·
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Collaboration with River Island and Accessories 4
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Collaboration with Peter Jones, Slone Square, London and Ascot
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Theatrical Millinery – The Gainsborough Hat.·
EDUCATION:
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Distinction in Millinery Design – Kensington and Chelsea College – Chelsea London·
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Millinery Design – Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design – London·
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Fashion Design – Limerick School of Art and Design - Ireland
PRESS:
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Front page The Sunday Times, Image Magazine, The Hat Magazine, The Evening Herald, U Magazine, Prudence Magazine, The Sun, The Mirror, The Irish Times, The Angelo Celt, The Sunday Independent, The Sunday Business Post, Social and Personal Magazine .·
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Interviews on TV3 Xpose, Dave Fanning RTE Radio 1, Ryan Tuberty RTE Radio 1, Bobby Kerr Newstalk.·
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Business Casestudy for National Women’s Enterprise Day 2013.·
TEACHING MILLINERY - CLASSES:
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Irish School of Millinery/The Feathered Milliner, Dublin
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Cavan VEC
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Meath VEC
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Monaghan Museum
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Clones Library