Fashion Showcase at The g Hotel
Fashion Showcase – Headlined by some of the most exciting Irish designers & milliners
Join the g Hotel for an enticing evening of goodwill and glamour in aid of Galway Hospice, ISPCC and NBCRI on Wednesday 16th May 2012.
Designers
Una Burke, Jennifer Rothwell, Heidi Higgins, Heather Finn, Claire O’Connor, Ted Baker, Martha Lynn, Mark T. Burke, Edel Ramberg, Fiona Mangan & Carol Kennelly
Presented by Karen Koster of TV3 Xpose
http://www.heatherfinn.com/site/2012/05/15/fashion-showcase-in-the-g-hotel/
I am very excited to welcome in Spring with a new collection and photoshoot!
This colourful collection is inspired by the West of Ireland and Connemara’s shifting light, and is awash with spots and stripes of vivid hues and areas of warm, rich, luxuriant texture. Come alive again this Spring!
Available now Online and in the newly refitted Project 51, South William Street, Dublin, and from selected boutiques.
Photographer Al Higgins
Stylist Ruth Griffin
Model Tara Barden
Make-up Marina Crean
http://www.heatherfinn.com/site/2012/03/14/new-photoshoot-for-spring-summer-2012/
I have a new selection of scarves available now in my online Shop. Using vivid statement colours and Connemara inspired textures in luxuriant Italian cashmere and lambswool, there are scarves for both men and women.
Have a look at the new range here!
http://www.heatherfinn.com/site/2012/02/28/new-scarves-available-now-online/
A photo of one of my pieces was in The Irish Times to day (and on the Irish Times website) taken yesterday at The Showcase Fashion Show.
‘PRESIDENT MICHAEL D Higgins yesterday joined the Crafts Council of Ireland in urging people to seize opportunities offered by the booming craft industry. Opening Showcase 2012 – Ireland’s Creative Expo at the RDS, Mr Higgins said “post-hedge funds”people were “once again beginning to value skill and craftsmanship”. He praised the 450 exhibitors at the expo saying they combined traditional designs with “new materials, new applications” in what was “a celebration of creativity”.
Included in the exhibition are emerging and established Irish brands from Tipperary Crystal, to design-led fashion and knitwear, jewellery, gifts and interiors. Some 5,500 buyers are expected to attend the exhibition which runs until Wednesday, with orders expected to be worth in the region of €20 million. It was, the President said, “a tribute to those who refused to be defeated by the economic downturn”.’
My piece is the black dress, you can see it more clearly here.
Read the rest of the article here.
http://www.heatherfinn.com/site/2012/01/23/higgins-praises-creativity-at-craft-showcase/
Recently I was included in a feature on Irish designers on RTÉ’s Nationwide. They filmed models wearing my knits walking along the Royal Canal near my studio. Broadcast 2nd January 2012.
http://www.heatherfinn.com/site/2012/01/09/heather-finn-on-nationwide/
Sneak Peek at work from the new photoshoot for Creative Island at Showcase Ireland this January.
‘Showcase, Ireland’s Creative Expo is now the foremost place to discover unique, design-led fashion and knitwear, jewellery, craft, gift and interiors, finds you won’t unearth at any other international show.
Now in its 36th year, the show has gone back to its roots – celebrating the essence of Ireland. Inspired by our landscape and heritage 350 of the country’s leading designers, manufacturers and craftspeople pay homage to our heritage. Visit Creative Island to meet the artisans exhibiting at the show.’
http://www.heatherfinn.com/site/2012/01/02/sneak-peek-for-showcase/
Model Agneta Mukauskaite wears a pink silk and cashmere cardigan with gold crochet cuff over a turquoise cashmere and lambswool dress with a set of matching scarves by designer Heather Finn (left) at the Loft in the Powerscourt Centre, Dublin, at a fashion show that coincided with a briefing by the Council of Irish Fashion Designers yesterday. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien
DEIRDRE McQUILLAN, Fashion Editor
‘SIXTEEN IRISH fashion designers, members of the recently formed Council of Irish Fashion Designers, yesterday unveiled a small preview of their winter collections in the Loft in the Powerscourt Centre, Dublin, along with a number of forthcoming promotional fashion initiatives.
Eddie Shanahan, chairman and co-founder with designer Eilis Boyle, said the council aimed to be an authoritative voice with State agencies, retailers, the media and other industries. “We are offering a forum for people in the business to explore common problems and opportunities,” he said.
Those showing items from their winter collections ranged from knitters Lucy Downes, Heather Finn and Edmund McNulty with diverse and sophisticated approaches to yarn, to couturier Jen Kelly with his elaborate handmade silk and velvet ballgowns, award-winning Delphine Grandjouan’s bijou lace dresses and Richard Lewis’s signature jerseys. Newcomer Sinéad Doyle fused corsetry and tweed while Emma Kate Manley brought a modern urbanity to studded leather and jersey ensembles. Read More…
http://www.heatherfinn.com/site/2011/08/31/style-council-designers-in-display-of-fashion-initiative/
We had a brilliant weekend in Oranmore at the Celtic Shorefest. Great music and lots of fun with our secret Pop Up Shop. Thanks so much to everyone who came!
Liam Ó Maonlaí was the highlight of the weekend.
http://www.heatherfinn.com/site/2011/08/29/pop-up-at-oranmore-celtic-shorefest/
By Bairbre Power
Saturday Aug 27 2011
‘I love the way Irish designers fight back. They just get on with it, dealing with tough trading times by encouraging each other’s creativity and sharing wisdom and contacts…
..Case in point is quirky and affordable knitwear designer Heather Finn from Galway. Her new collection is supremely tactile, with fab pieces in 100pc cashmere and silk. Glorious to touch, Heather’s knitwear delivers welcome pops of colour. The pieces layer up brilliantly, including smart styles for the office and casual cores for weekend looks.’ Read more…
http://www.heatherfinn.com/site/2011/08/27/guaranteed-irish-cream-of-the-irish-fashion-crop/
I was delighted that my crochet dress was featured in this month’s Image Magazine (August 2011) alongside some of the very talented designers who are members of CIFD (Council of Irish Fashion Designers), concept and art-direction by Eddie Shanahan. The photo was taken by Patrick McHugh.
http://www.heatherfinn.com/site/2011/08/09/image-magazine-august-2011/
