Alan Taylor II

"The main inspiration this season was the theory of the 4th dimension: if we were 4-dimensional beings looking at a 3-dimensional object, we wouldn't see the 2-dimensional view that our eyes perceive in reality. Theoretically, we would see every single side of the object simultaneously." Alan Taylor

 Exploring this notion  Alan Taylor has created whispers of other dimensions with translucent layers and dual fronted jackets.

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Alan Taylor I

I am really excited by the fresh approaches to menswear that are surfacing in this years collections. Here are some of Alan Taylor's AW 2013 collections with beautiful wool and tweeds treated to some sharp asymmetric tailoring and unusual styling such as the slash elbows.

"A friend of mine who was on my course recommend Magee Tweed to me and I just loved what they were doing and I liked the idea of working with an Irish company. They are incredible. It is a sixth generation family Mill, so much heritage but they are doing some amazingly innovative things with the tweeds. For my last collection, I used a mix that is woven using the classic tweed techniques but with an added silk yarn, so it is much lighter and much more breathable. I was blown away. It was the same again this season when the Head Designer proudly brought out the latest tweeds. They were amazing. I just had to have them."

Alan Taylor's collection has beautiful clean elegant lines and has bold diversification of the traditional male silhouette and to this end he has used and restyled the kilt.

In autumn 2012 he told ID; "I want to make an ‘Alan Taylor’ kilt – a very masculine and understated garment that, when he puts it on, the wearer is so comfortable with the idea of wearing that he completely forgets he is wearing it at all." Alan Taylor
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Tim Ryan

 

With dresses like the bunting and pinata's of Confetti System, Tim Ryan's designs are celebrations with wonderful movement and texture they look great fun to wear. Tim initially learnt how to make clothes on his mothers domestic sewing machine and design from vintage 1970's editions of vogue.

“Whether it’s Ireland, London or New York, every country has an attitude to fashion. What is in in one place is out in another, so, it is about a character that loves her clothes, whether they are in or out of fashion. And it is relevant now because the notion of acquiring new is no longer right. It is about what is beautiful, flattering and feminine. There is a joyousness about it.” Tim Ryan

Una Burke

Una Burke makes incredibly complex technical pieces of leathercraft that are free to exist as art objects but are also wearable art and garments. "I hope to encourage a new and more modern appreciation for leather craftsmanship and present the possibilities achievable through the use of this material in both the areas of art and functional design. Una Burke