Reworking Tradition: Inside Fintan Mulholland’s Knitwear Practice

Knitwear designer Fintan Mulholland

In an age of fast fashion and fleeting trends, Fintan Mulholland’s work offers something slower, more tactile, more thoughtful. The County Monaghan born knitwear designer creates sculptural garments and accessories that feel both grounded in heritage and tuned into the future. As he prepares to release his Autumn/Winter '25 collection, we caught up with him to talk about creative intuition, the significance of Irish-made fashion, and the various forms of media that inspire each of his pieces. 

Tell us a bit about yourself and your brand. 

I'm Finn Mulholland, I'm a knitwear designer from County Monaghan. I make a range of knitted garments and accessories.

How did you discover knitting? 

I started off from a young age, I suppose I was very interested in creating and making. It wasn't really until I started my undergraduate in textiles that I found knitting.

From Fintan’s collection “Epoch II”

What is your creative process? 

The process is quite organic and intuitive that I'm working directly on the body. I knit, unravel, reconfigure, knit it again. It's a journey of discovery really.

What inspires your work? 

Probably accumulation of different experiences, music, architecture, Blade Runner, Aphex Twin, sci fi movies, the form around the body and how I work.

From Fintan’s collection “Degradation”

What does made in Ireland mean to you? 

There's such a legacy here of heritage and craft as well as such a diverse range of designers and makers that need a platform to have that international presence. I believe that having something like that is vital.

Are you working on a new collection everyone should know about?

A current collection I'm working on is my Autumn/Winter ’25 collection which will be available on my website and through select retailers. It should be available by the end of August.

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View more of Fintan’s work here on his web sight