Two models in front of painted roller shutters wearing looks from Stephanie Finney's Brown Thomas CREATE 2021 collection, including reworked white shirting and a printed jacket

Project

Brown Thomas Create

2021Award and exhibitionDublin

The Create bursary, and Into the Woods placed at the centre of the exhibition.

The Award

Details

In 2021, in her final year of fashion design at NCAD, Stephanie was named the NCAD Designer to Watch at Brown Thomas CREATE, the store's yearly showcase of new Irish design. Fashion Director Shelly Corkery chose her for the award, which came with a bursary and mentoring from the Brown Thomas team.

Her graduate collection, Easing Restrictions, looked at how the pandemic had changed the way we dress. It was her first collection, and it went on show on Level 2 of Brown Thomas on Grafton Street, in the middle of Dublin.

This happened before Fini Fini had a name. For Stephanie, it showed her the work was worth carrying on with, and the label grew out of that.

Year
2021
Award
Create bursary
Collection shown
Into the Woods
Placement
Centre of the exhibition
Photography
Leon Farell
Oversized jacket and matching cap printed with Ordnance Survey Donegal map sheets, from Stephanie Finney's 2021 Brown Thomas CREATE collection
Ordnance Survey Donegal, printed on nylon
Voluminous white shirt dress with a pleated skirt and long cord-and-toggle sleeve ties, from Stephanie Finney's 2021 Brown Thomas CREATE collection
Side view of the oversized hooded jacket printed with Donegal map sheets, with drawcord hem, from Stephanie Finney's 2021 Brown Thomas CREATE collection
Wide studio shot of an oversized black coat over a white collared shirt and wide-leg trousers, from Stephanie Finney's 2021 Brown Thomas CREATE collection
Easing Restrictions

Brown Thomas Create, 2021

Reworked white cotton shirting with an open collar and tiered pleated skirt, carrying a map-print jacket, from Stephanie Finney's 2021 Brown Thomas CREATE collection
The cap, printed to match
Oversized black coat over a striped collared shirt with ruffled cuffs and wide-leg trousers, from Stephanie Finney's 2021 Brown Thomas CREATE collection

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