With past collections based on Jack’s Army and her dad’s old GAA jerseys, the Malahide creative is fiercely proud of her roots. Here, she talks about how Irish dancing inspired her latest show, championing Irish heritage abroad and her big Paris ambitions
Designer Robyn Lynch talks us through her AW’24 collection
When guests arrived at Irish designer Robyn Lynch’s menswear show at London Fashion Week last month, they were greeted by old video footage of two young girls in Irish dancing regalia giving it socks at a competition in Dublin.
What Irish dancing had to do with contemporary menswear may have puzzled some of the people arriving into the venue off Oxford Street, but those who know the talented 31-year-old know she loves narrative, and context is everything.
