Ireland Fashion Week is back, and it has claimed Slane Castle, Dublin City Hall, Trinity College Dublin and Mount Juliet Estate for its second run. The six-day event, from October 7 to 12, puts more than 90 designers to work in some of the island's most storied rooms.
Ireland Fashion Week returns for its second edition this fall, moving from Slane Castle in County Meath to Dublin City Hall, Trinity College Dublin, and Mount Juliet Estate in County Kilkenny. The week is built to present Ireland as a contemporary, creative and culturally confident destination, with historic buildings, celebrated cultural institutions and dramatic landscapes serving as the settings for the program.
The week opens at the iconic Slane Castle before moving to venues across Dublin, including Dublin City Hall, the RDS and the Douglas Hyde Gallery at Trinity College Dublin. It concludes at Mount Juliet Estate in County Kilkenny.
Irish designers taking part include Sinéad O'Dwyer, Paul Costelloe, Aoife McNamara, Sasha Donnellan, RASHHIIID, Brother Wolf by Pádraig Whelehn, Mná by Sarah Plunkett Chadwick and Bold Golf, alongside emerging and graduate talent from across the island.
The Dublin City Hall show will spotlight internationally respected Irish designer Sinéad O'Dwyer, whose progressive approach to inclusivity, representation and innovative pattern-cutting is helping to redefine contemporary luxury. O'Dwyer is a recipient of the Zalando Visionary Award and British Fashion Council NEWGEN support, and she was a semi-finalist for the 2025 LVMH Prize. Two of her designs are currently held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York.
The return of the event follows a successful inaugural year that welcomed more than 2,000 attendees and featured 55 designers across seven shows. The 2026 edition will expand to more than 90 designers and eight shows, bringing Irish creative talent to an even broader international audience.
A creative island in motion
The program is accompanied by a new creative campaign, "Coming Home," subtitled "An Island in Motion," photographed by internationally acclaimed Irish photographer Damian Foxe in Roundstone, Connemara.
Set against Ireland's Atlantic edge, the campaign brings Irish fashion into dialogue with the working harbor, traditional boat workshops, rugged shoreline and shifting light of Roundstone. It illustrates the close relationship between Irish creativity and place, showing how the island's landscapes, heritage and communities continue to inspire a new generation of designers and cultural figures.
"Coming Home" photoshoot by Damian Foxe, in Roundstone, Connemara, Galway.
The campaign features eight personalities drawn from Irish film, music, fashion, sport, and culture. They are actor Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, racing driver Max Hart, Irish fashion icon Celia Holman Lee, Ireland Fashion Week Model of the Year Marwa Noelle Ali, musicians Travy and Abdu Huss, known as KhakiKid, digital creator Lauren Whelan, and actor and model Ivana Miličević.
Ashley McDonnell, founder of Ireland Fashion Week, said, "Ireland has always produced exceptional creative talent, but there is now a renewed confidence in how that talent is presenting itself to the world."
"Coming Home" photoshoot by Damian Foxe, in Roundstone, Connemara, Galway.
She added that the event "was created to give Irish designers and creatives an international platform equal to the quality and ambition of their work."
Through its combination of Irish design, internationally recognized talent and remarkable locations, Ireland Fashion Week aims to present an outward-looking portrait of the island, one that is rooted in its heritage while embracing new ideas, diverse influences and global ambition.
Ireland Fashion Week 2026 runs from October 7 to 12.
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