2ND YEAR FASHION - COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL MUSEUM COLLINS BARRACKS DUBLIN

2nd  YEAR  STUDENTS  VISITED  THE  NATIONAL  MUSEUM  FOR  A  TOUR  OF THE  SOLDIERS  AND  CHIEFS  EXHIBITION. THIS  WAS  FOLLOWED  BY   A  WORKSHOP  WHERE  GARMENTS  AND  ARTEFACTS  WERE  HANDLED AND  EXAMINED  IN  DETAIL.

STUDENTS  WERE   ALLOCATED  A  THEME TO  RESEARCH 

THEME  1    THE  WILD  GEESE   MEN  WHO  LEFT  IRELAND  TO  JOIN  ARMIES  IN  OTHER  COUNTRIES SUCH AS FRANCE
THEME  2    FIRST  WORLD  WAR     SOLDIERS ON THE  FRONT  LINE  WERE  OFTEN  POORLY  EQUIPPED.     
THEME  3    SECOND  WORLD  WAR    WAR  HAS  BECOME  MORE  MECHANISED  AND  TECHNICAL.    
THEME  4    DEFENSE  FORCES    CURRENT  DAY  PEACEKEEPING. THE  FUTURE  OF  UNIFORM. TECHNOLOGY, PROTECTION, CHEMICAL WARFARE.   

THE  12  SELECTED  GARMENTS  WILL  GO  ON  DISPLAY  IN  COLLINS  BARRACKS   IN  MAY  AND  WILL  RUN  UNTIL  THE  END  OF  AUGUST.

THE  WORK  WILL  ALSO  BE  EXHIBITED  IN  THE  HUNT  MUSEUM  IN  NOVEMBER AS  PART  OF  DESIGN  WEEK  AND  LIMERICK  CITY  OF  CULTURE.

 

 Exhibition  of  work  in  the  LSAD  Foyer

 Work  inspired  by  World  War  1

 Work  inspired  by  World  War  2

 Work  inspired  by  the  Defense  Forces

Work  inspired  by  The  Wild  Geese

LSAD Fashion Graduates Celebrated at Presidental State Visit

As  part  of  the  Presidental  State  visit  to  the  U.K, Sabina  Higgins travelled to the Irish embassy where she met with a number of Irish fashion designers, including Louise Kennedy, Simone Rocha and Paul Costelloe. Other guests included  LSAD  graduates  Joanne  Hynes, Una Burke, Danielle  Romerill  and  Sorcha O Raghallaigh.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/state-visits/sabina-offers-support-to-fashion-designers-making-way-in-world-30172692.html

Golden Egg Fashion Innovation Awards

Final  year  students  Jordan  Edmonds-Moore, Olga  Profutkina  and  Ruth  Doyle  will  be representing  LSAD  at  the  Golden  Egg  Awards  which  will  be  taking  place  in  Galway  on  17th  April. Nicole  Jackson  is  also  through  to t he  finals  of  the  Persil  awards.

http://www.goldenegg.ie/events/

Limerick  Leader  April  12

L.S.A.D. KNITWEAR EXHIBITING IN GERMANY

2^nd year students from the Fashion Dept. and 1^st year students from the new Fashion Knitwear & Textiles BA course have joined forces to design and make a collection of garments  for  the  German yarn  company ‘Schoeller Sussen GmbH’. The full collection of ten pieces were on exhibit on the ‘Schoeller, Austermann’ stand at the Handarbeit fair in Cologne, Germany on March 22/23/24^th 2014.

In addition to this element, Austermann have introduced ‘LANDLUST’ (publishers of hand knitting patterns in Germany) to the project and four students have designed and produced hand knitting instructions for this company.

The pieces were made with a combination of hand knitting & machine knitting techniques, using a selection of yarns from the ‘Austermann’ hand knitting range.

The subsequent photo shoot was student led, with the students choosing models, styling hair and makeup.

Photography by Robert Corrigan. LSAD (thank you Bob)

 

                                        Elizabeth Emery, Siobhan O’Dea                       

 Ailbhe Conboy

Aoife Eustace, Kim Fulton, Anne Nolan               

Gillian Lee, Deirbhil Nic Giolla, Louise Buckley

Mara Kuvika

Meagan Harley, Ailbhe Conboy                         

Kate Spillane

 Marie Jones

Helen McCormack

Helen McCormack, Sarah Fanning, Eva Haran         

 

Danielle Romeril featured in Image Magazine

LSAD  Graduate  Danielle  Romeril  is  featured  as  the  Designer  in  Focus  in  the  March  issue  of  Image  Magazine. Danielle  who  is  based  in  Dublin  has  recently  been  awarded  the  Topshop  sponsored  NEWGEN  prize  which  enabled  her  to  show  her  latest  collection  at  London  Fashion  Week.  Previous  recipients  of  NEWGEN  sponsorship  include  JW  Anderson, Simone  Rocha, Peter  Pilotto  and  Mary  Katrantzou. The  Danielle  Romeril  label  is  now  stocked  in  10  countries  including  Japan, China, Bahrain, the  UK  and  USA. Danielle  previously  worked  with Sharon  Wachob  in  Paris, who  will  be  a  guest  judge  at   the  Graduate  Fashion  Show  in  May.

Ruth Doyle Wins 'One to Watch' at Kerry Fashion Week

Congratulations  to  LSAD  4th  Year  Fashion Student  Ruth  Doyle  who  has  won  the  KFW One to Watch, sponsored by Lancome Paris. Ruth  is  currently  working  on  her  final  year  collection  which  will  be  part  of  the   LSAD  Graduate  Fashion  Show  which  will  be  taking  place  in  the  Milk  Market  in May.

The  Winning  Collection

http://kerryfashionweek.com/?p=1892

Soldiers and Chiefs Exhibition - Collins Barracks Dublin

2nd  Year  LSAD  Fashion  students  are  embarking  on  a  new  and  exciting  project  with  The  National  Museum - Collins  Barracks. The  brief  is  to  design  and  manufacture  piece  of  clothing  in  response  the  the  Soldiers  and  Chiefs  exhibition  which  is  ongoing  at  the  Museum. A  selection  of   finished  pieces  will  be  then  exhibited  as  part  of  the  exhibition  in  Dublin  over  the  Summer  months.As  an extension  of  this, the students  work  will  then  be  shown  in  the  Hunt  Museum  as  part  of  Design  Week  in  November.

The  project  kick-started  with  a  visit  to  Collins  Barracks  last  week, where  the  students  and  staff   were  guided  through  the  exhibition  by  the  curator, Lar  Joye  and  by  military  expert  Glenn  Thompson. This  was  followed  by  a  handling  session  where  students  had  the  opportunity  to  see  garments  up  close, which  was  led  by  Edith  Andrees. A  huge  thank  you  to  everyone  at  the  museum, particularily  Helen  Beaumont  and  Mary  Greene  from  the  Education and Outreach Department  for  making  the  day  so  informative  and  inspiring. 

Curator  of  Soldiers  and  Chiefs  Lar  Joye  presenting  to  students

Military  Uniform  expert  Glenn  Thompson 

Students  getting  to  grips  with  the  Handling  Collection

Students  had  time  to  focus  and  record  specific  areas  of  interest

Some  more  of  the  exhibition....