Edel Macbride Email & Phone Number

Ballybofey, County Donegal

Fashion and design business with a high emphasis on skilled craftsmanship, knitwear expertise.Sustainable and indigenous studio - workshop production.Creative founder of the Knitfield brand to establish a business in quality, inspirational and strong content workshops for crafters and culturally curious tourists. Bringing new fashion thinking and styling.

Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland

An elected role, one of 8 on a board of 12 (includes 4 ministerial appointees). The DCCI is formed by grass roots member organisations and individual businesses and craft makers & designers. Its activities which include Showcase Ireland, Irish Design Week, educational programmes (including degree courses) and exhibition support’s are managed by an.

31-33 Shipquay St, Derry, Northern Ireland

I'm available for mentoring in fashion business start up and development. Expert courses in knitting & crochet skills available. Textile tourism product development experience.

RTE 1 Television

Glencolmcille

Handloom knit product design for sustainable Donegal label with authentic mid market collections in Irish wool. One of the few genuine remaining Irish knitwear producers, family owned and operated by three generations of the McNellis family.

Ireland, UK, Europe, Asia

Knitwear consultancy particularly with Shima Seiki digital knitting in Ireland, the UK, also projects in Lithuania, Serbia and India

Knitwear Designer and pattern writer for hand knits and hand looms for ladies and men's collections. liaison with design team. specification liaison with factories. production on handknits.

Copley Plaza, Boston, MA

Internship at the Copley Plaza branch of Neiman Marcus in the fashion accessories department ( DEBI programme with Boston College Business School) Featured article in the Boston Globe on St Patrick's day about Irish knitwear business and entrepreneurship.

Kilcar, Donegal

Creative strategy and knitwear design with pattern writing and styling brief for Irish yarn spinner with international customer base.

Fashion/Apparel Design

Fashion Design in the era of course founder and head Pam Mc Carthy. Driven to make it the best in Ireland and now in the top 50 fashion.

Entrepreneurial And Small Business Operations

Activities and Societies: DEBI development of entrepreneurs in Boston for IrelandA selected group of 16 Irish entrepreneurs (from North.

Business

Graduate Attachment Programme (GAP) for business start ups based at the Jordanstown campus.

Foundation Art

Inspired one year certificate in visual education. Rewarding year of introduction modules in fine art painting, life drawing, ceramics.

Education record

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