Tales From My Wardrobe, a style series that explores the wardrobes of THE GLOSS community, is a love letter to the pieces we reach for again and again, the hard-earned investment purchases that make us smile with each wear and the items that supercede mere ‘clothing’ to carry memories and foster emotional connection.
In this instalment, we speak to fashion designer and artist Sara O’Neill. O’Neill’s distinctive designs are at once whimsical and rock and roll influenced (in fact, The Edge wore a custom Éadach by Sara O’Neill leather jacket during U2’s residency at The Sphere in Las Vegas in 2023). Inspired by Irish folklore, O’Neill’s label Éadach has been worn at the Oscars, the BAFTAs and first launched in Brown Thomas’ Irish design initiative Create in 2016. O’Neill’s personal style is equally as eclectic; her wardrobe is inspired by fashion activists such as Katharine Hamnett, her formative years spent on Belfast’s punk scene, and has a healthy pinch of her own designs. She admits she often finds herself wearing seven or eight pieces from her own collection on any given day. “Shirt, trousers, kimono, bomber jacket, skinny scarf, large scarf. Then the extra bits I get made up just for myself … phone cover, silk covered diary, notepad. I often look like my collections have thrown up on me,” she laughs. See inside O’Neill’s bohemian wardrobe below.
