✨ The Ireland Fashion Summit
A wonderful night celebrating our amazing community, some of the best Irish brands and Tech Powered Luxury. Plus: tickets to the Paris Live Event are now on sale!
Hello Tech Powered Luxury reader!
🎙️ This week, we are thrilled to tell you all about the first edition of the Ireland Fashion Summit, exploring the why, the who and the how made this event and live Tech Powered Luxury recording a special evening to celebrate luxury, fashion, and our community in Dublin.
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👀 TL;DR
What is the Ireland Fashion Summit and what are the plans for the future.
Discover all the brands featured in the first edition of the Ireland Fashion Summit: Brow Aid, Sinead Keary, Oceanus, Rag Revolution, Moon + Mellow, Aoife McNamara, Rathbornes 1488, Ayu Cosmetics, Seoulista Beauty, premium Irish vodka istil 38, and philanthropy platform Fashion Relief.
Our Community Rewards this week are so extensive we had to spread it across the email! Not only that, the tickets for our upcoming Live Event during Paris Fashion Week in September 26th are now on sale! Hurry to get yours, all of our events have sold out in just a couple of hours!
🍀 The Ireland Fashion Summit
On September 9th we gathered an exclusive community at the Iconic Offices in St Stephen’s Green to launch the first edition of the Ireland Fashion Summit, with multiple brands showcasing their products before participating in the live recording of our Season 5 episode with Hannah Attalah, founder of Oceanus.
“I wanted to create the Ireland Fashion Summit to bring contemporary Irish design to a national stage and showcase some of the freshest, most sustainable, inclusive brands that are on the market today. Not just designers, but also platforms, such as Fashion Relief and Rag Revolution, which focus on circularity and philanthropy.
This is also an event that is going to shed light on what’s going to happen in October 2025 with the launch of Ireland Fashion Week. We’re going to have multiple summits a year, and then one big week where we really dedicate time, momentum and energy to focusing on Irish design, at the end of the International Fashion Month.
The goal is to create a community-driven network that is focused on awareness and support for Irish brands, and I hope that in the next years it can also grow into a platform, as we’ve seen with Copenhagen Fashion Week, where sustainability becomes a big topic and we have interest from international buyers, media and more.”
Ashley McDonnell
💖 The Brands Featured
Brow Aid
BROW AID is a pioneering brand dedicated to revolutionizing brow care and styling, with over 17 years of expertise from its founder, Kim, a brow master and international brow educator. Leveraging her in-depth knowledge of brow artistry, Kim has crafted a luxury line of brow products that not only style but also treat and care for your brows, empowering you to achieve perfect brows from the comfort of your home.
From precision pencils to innovative serums, each product is created to deliver exceptional results, combining luxury with cutting-edge trends and continuous improvements. You can trust the expert, as Kim is also founder of Ireland's first elite Microblading Training Academy, PhiAcademy, and she has earned numerous awards for her innovative and thoughtful approach, including multiple Image Magazine awards and recognition as the 2019 IMAGE Creative Business Woman of the Year.
Sinead Keary
Sinead Keary the Label, launched in 2020 by Personal Shopper and Designer Sinead Keary, embodies thoughtful luxury. With 12 years in luxury retail and insights from countless personal shopping clients, Sinead crafted a collection of luxury essentials to solve the dilemma of having a wardrobe full of clothes but nothing to wear.
Stay tuned for Season 5 with a special episode on Sinead Keary. In the meantime, we bring you an exclusive 20% voucher with code TPL20 to be applied on checkout at https://sineadkeary.com/
Oceanus
I really want to but I will give no spoilers on the episode you’ll watch in a couple of weeks. Hannah Attalah, the founder of Oceanus let us in on the process of choosing materials, how to work with her suppliers and how to create a brand that resonates so deeply with her community. We talked retail, collaborations, sustainability, rental and so much more. It’ll be an episode full of gems coming to you super soon!
In the meantime you can discover Oceanus here.
Rag Revolution
Rag Revolution is an innovative fashion rental platform based in Maynooth, Co. Kildare, dedicated to transforming how we shop and enjoy fashion. With a mission to revolutionize wardrobe choices, Rag Revolution offers rental clothing for all occasions across Ireland, making it easy to rent your favorite pieces and have them delivered straight to your door. Committed to accessibility and convenience, the platform allows you to enjoy fashion without the guilt, maximizing cost per wear while embracing a more sustainable approach to style.
Ireland Fashion Summit attendees and all Tech Powered Luxury readers have access to 20% off at checkout with code TECHSUM20 on https://theragrevolution.com/
Want to know more about fashion rentals? Check our post featuring another Irish fashion rental platform founded by Rachel Hennessy, Happy Days:
Moon + Mellow
Moon + Mellow is an Irish luxury sleepwear brand founded by Cliona, dedicated to transforming the daily bedtime ritual into a special experience with beautiful, ethically made sleepwear.
Launched in 2019, Moon + Mellow's collections feature 100% cotton fabrics sourced from a Portuguese mill, crafted with unique exclusive prints and thoughtful details like signature cuffs, relaxed tailoring, French seams, and mother-of-pearl buttons. Each piece is designed in Ireland and manufactured in Portugal to ensure the highest quality and craftsmanship, embracing sustainability and ethical production.
Treat yourself to 25% off on full price items with code DREAMY25 at https://moonandmellow.com/
Aoife McNamara
Aoife McNamara is an Irish fashion designer focused on ethical and innovative womenswear, who plans to climb Kilimanjaro in 2025 to raise awareness on the social and environmental impacts of fast fashion. She is committed to redesigning the fashion industry to be more transparent, regenerative, and circular, with nature at the core of her decisions. Aoife's brand is the first B Corp certified fashion brand in Ireland, emphasizing sustainable practices and supply chain transparency.
Read all about her below:
Enjoy 50€ off the apparel range with code TPL50 on https://aoifemcnamara.com/
Rathbornes 1488
The world’s oldest candle company has been crafting luxury candles and fragrances in Dublin for over 500 years. Their travel candles (included in our goody bag!), are a testament to their commitment to quality and tradition. Each candle is meticulously crafted to bring a touch of Irish heritage and elegance into your home.
(I’m not gonna say because it’s saturated, but I know you thought it’s very demure)
Enter code SUMMIT20 at checkout to enjoy your discount on the Rathbornes 1488 website.
Ayu Cosmetics
AYU Cosmetics, founded by makeup artist Suzie O’Neill, is an Irish-owned brand dedicated to empowering women to enhance their natural beauty with ease. Known for its luxurious yet simple-to-use makeup brushes and cosmetics, AYU focuses on ethical practices, including vegan-friendly products, cruelty-free testing, and sustainable materials.
Seoulista Beauty
If you’ve been following Tech Powered Luxury, you know how we love Seoulista. Their hero products use medical-grade materials to deliver fast, concentrated skincare benefits, proving that natural, sustainable beauty can be powerful and efficient. The founder, Una McGurk developed innovative tools and methods that leverage cold therapy to boost circulation and collagen production for firmer, more radiant skin.
Enjoy 20% off with the code TPL20 on checkout on https://seoulistabeauty.com/
Go check the post featuring Seoulista Beauty to learn all about their founder and cryo beauty:
iStil 38
iStil38 is an Irish vodka brand dedicated to crafting a spirit that captures the essence and heritage of Ireland through a blend of traditional distillation methods and modern innovation. They provided the best drinks at the event (I had to try them - it’s research after all…) and kept everyone very happy while enjoying the rest of the showcase and in between conversations.
iStil38 shares a love for Ireland and sustainable practices that many of the brands showcased do as well - they work to minimize their ecological footprint by implementing innovative practices and partnering with local suppliers in order to preserve the natural beauty of their country for generations to come.
Fashion Relief
Lorraine Keane’s Fashion Relief is a philanthropic platform that sells second-hand clothing, shoes and accessories to support the Breast Cancer Ireland, a charity focused on raising significant funds to support pioneering breast cancer research across the country. It also aims to promote education and awareness on the importance of breast health among women of all ages, encouraging early detection and proactive health management. A beautiful and sustainable way to shop while helping others.
🛍️ The Goody Bag
Our events are anchored in some very strong pillars: great people, interesting insights, fun and informative conversations, and a very special ✨ goody bag ✨
Our goody bag includes: Sinead Keary Cashmere socks and a hair bow, Brow Aid The S.O.S and the Essential Brow Brush, Seoulista Beauty Cryo Cooling Eye Patches, Ayu Instant Under Eye Concealer and a concealer/highlighter brush, and a Rathbornes 1488 bitter orange, birch tar and balsam candle.
It was a great night to meet like-minded people and share industry knowledge. Let us know in the comments what you think of the Ireland Fashion Summit initiative, and if you’re joining us in our upcoming event in Paris later this month!
🎁 Community Rewards
What is the best way to celebrate a very successful live event?
Announcing an even more exciting one (yes, we’re all overflowing with emotions here)!
Paris Fashion Week is approaching towards the end of September and we are preparing an evening full of surprises for you, at one of the most beautiful locations in Paris. We have limited spaces so rush to get your tickets before they sell out in the link below!
Thank you for reading.
See you next week for the official launch of Season 5,