'It was amazingly cool that I was going to live abroad'
20.05.12
, Because Irish people have always emigrated, regardless of the economic circumstances. Ireland is small, and opportunities in certain industries will always be limited due to its geographic location and population size.
I knew from the very beginning of my degree in fashion design that I would probably have to emigrate, because the industry is so small in Ireland. After my graduation, I spent a year travelling and a year working in the Dell factory in Limerick to save some money, before I left Ireland for an internship with Gaspard Yurkievich, a fashion designer in Paris. It was 2006 then, the middle of the boom.
I worked for seven months for that company without pay. It was a really exciting introduction to the fashion industry, working in one of the most fashion-forward cities in the world, and participating in Paris fashion week from the inside.
When that internship came to an end, it took a while to find paid employment. I worked for free for a website and then for another designer, but I wasn’t happy in the job.
Source: Irish Times