As one of the fastest growing names in Irish Millinery, Fiona Mangan is turning heads with her visually captivating headwear. Since setting up her Millinery label in 2010, she has been shortlisted for three prestigious fashion Awards: The 2011 Fashion Innovation Awards, The 2011 Kerry Fashion Awards and the 2011 ‘I Do’ Wedding Service Awards.
Fiona has a degree in Architecture from DIT Bolton Street Dublin and practised as an Architect for 10 years. With the downturn in the construction industry, she switched her design focus to her lifelong passion, Fashion. For the most part, Fiona is self trained although she completed some dress design and millinery tuition. Combining this with her background in Architecture, she creates headwear that is unequivocally unique and iconic.
Fiona is driven by her innate raw talent and creates beautiful bespoke hats and headwear. Her style is edgy with a distinctly fresh and contemporary quality. Unique textures and textiles are incorporated into Fiona's designs. Using traditional millinery techniques along with both traditional and unconventional materials she creates truly original and a one-off creations.
Her appreciation of form, proportion, composition and structure comes from her career as an architect. Her work is also influenced by the vintage and retro eras, clean cut sculpture and classic forms.
Fiona's headwear reflects the modern woman - the delicate, ethereal female, that is still edgy, strong and unyielding.
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