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