Biography
My name is Niamh Mannion. I am currently in my final (year 4) studying for my BA in fashion Design in Limerick School of Art and Design (Limerick Institute of Technology), Ireland. The fashion Department in Limerick School of Art and Design (LSAD) has been ranked as one of the top 50 fashion courses worldwide. It is the only Irish fashion course that has been ranked this highly along with colleges in New York, London, and Paris.
Throughout the last three years in college I have inherited many skills such as technical and pattern drafting, sewing and finishing, drawing and illustrating, grading, fabric manipulation, learning to create innovative and exciting designs in both mens and womenswear, machine and hand knitting, garment production, market research,, etc. When designing I combine these skills and use them to the best of my ability to get original and innovative designs. In 2012 I collaborated with two other students to design and produce an original hand and machine knitted dress. This dress was later showcased at the “Handarbeit”, in Cologne, Germany. The internationally renowned yarns spinning company ‘Schoeller Sussen” supplied our yarns and in return our piece was exhibited at their ‘Schoeller, Austermann’ stand in Cologne, March 2013. In 2013 I designed and produced an outfit inspired by former Irish designer Sybil Connolly. This outfit was later selected to be exhibited alongside Sybil Connolly’s own designs in the Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland. Earlier this year in October the piece was re-exhibited in the Hunt Museum and televised on RTE’s nationwide. Earlier this year I did a 2 and a half month fashion internship with Jean-Pierre Braganza, an aspiring womenswear fashion designer in east London. This highly increased my skills and bettered my understanding of working in a fashion house envoirment. I then did a 2 month fashion internship with outstanding womenswear designer Michael Van Der Ham, also in London. There I learned many skills in sewing, pattern drafting, textiles and production. I strive to learn and achieve and hope I will gain the most I possibly can from all of the above experiences. I have a strong interest in unisex fashion, prints, and bold, urban and sporty designs. This website aims to display the skills I have acquired and the projects I have completed to date. I hope you enjoy visiting my webpage. Niamh Mannion. |