5 Irish Designers You Need to Know (Part 2)
At EKO, we’re passionate about uplifting creative voices with purpose. This week, we’re highlighting five Irish designers whose work combines bold aesthetics and distinct personal vision. Each is redefining the future of fashion right here in Ireland.
1. Róisín Pierce | @roisinpierce:
Róisín Pierce is a womenswear designer based in Dublin, known for her all-white collections handcrafted from silks, veils, and intricate Irish crochet. Her work merges intergenerational craft with contemporary techniques, using zero-waste processes and delicate textures to explore themes of femininity, resistance, and Irish history. Every piece is sculpted by hand, often in collaboration with her mother, in a fabric-first approach that places emotion at the centre. With collections shown at Paris Fashion Week and awards from Chanel and LVMH, Róisín is redefining fashion as a poetic act of liberation.
2. Colin Horgan | @colinhorgan:
Colin Horgan is an Irish designer blending futuristic tailoring with raw emotional power. Raised in rural Kerry and trained at the Royal College of Art, he crafts hyper-sculptural womenswear defined by sharp silhouettes, harness straps and obsessive topstitching. Inspired by subculture, video games and queer identity, his work explores strength and transformation, worn by icons like Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa and Ashnikko. Now based back in Ireland, Colin is turning his roots into a launchpad for bold innovation, from sensory runway films to scent-based design.
3. Seán McGirr:
Seán McGirr is an Irish designer and the current Creative Director of Alexander McQueen. Born in Dublin and trained at Central Saint Martins, McGirr brings raw emotion, youth culture and storytelling to one of fashion’s most iconic houses. His debut at McQueen reawakened the brand’s rebellious DNA with sculptural tailoring, banshee headdresses and “rough glamour”. Inspired by London’s queer underground, Celtic folklore and his own working-class roots, McGirr designs with sharp instinct and soft humor, balancing heritage with disruption, and beauty with defiance.
4. Oran O’Reilly | @oranaurelio:
Oran O’Reilly is a Dublin-based designer blurring the line between costume and fashion. A graduate of IADT, Oran has already dressed artists like Chappell Roan, CMAT, Kate Nash and The Last Dinner Party with his theatrical, tongue-in-cheek designs. Inspired by old Hollywood, drag, pop culture and his own lived experience as a type 1 diabetic, his pieces are bold, campy and rooted in storytelling. With a self-taught approach and a passion for building characters through fabric, Oran’s work is a love letter to queerness, community and creative freedom.
5. Rachel Maguire | @rashhiiid:
Rachel Maguire is a Dublin-based designer and founder of Rashhiiid, the faux fur label handmade in Ireland and worn by stars like Doja Cat and Megan Fox. Known for her bold, campy aesthetic and signature statement hats, Rachel fuses pop culture with ethical craftsmanship to create wearable pieces of joy. A graduate of the Grafton Academy, she was the first to complete her collections entirely from repurposed materials. Her brand champions local production, individuality and self-expression, building a community around fashion that’s expressive, inclusive, and defiantly original.
This is just the beginning. Ireland is full of visionaries redefining what it means to create with intention. Let us know who else we should feature next.
