Young Tipperary designer finishes out a 'whirlwind year' at Aruba Fashion Week

Ursuline fifth-year student and fashion designer Genevieve Keane is taking the world by storm with her sustainable haute couture.

She was invited to make a bespoke collection of sustainable fashion pieces to showcase at Aruba Fashion Week 2023.

She travelled to Aruba in the Caribbean over the midterm break, and her original outfits were very well received at this premier sustainable fashion exhibition.

Genevieve’s designs were inspired by Greek mythology, with one of her dresses, made from blue plastic materials found on our shores, dedicated to the goddess of the sea, Amphitrite.

This young woman is an outstanding ambassador for the Ursuline and the Junk Kouture Competition.

She won the 2022 International Junk Kouture Cultural Couture award in Abu Dhabi, modelling her original design Acantha, based on St Patrick and the coming of Christianity.

She led the creative performance section of this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin along with the patron saint himself.

It has been a whirlwind year for this talented designer who is still in school, but if the past twelve months is anything to go by there is a bright future in fashion ahead for the Ursuline’s Genevieve Keane.

Contributed to School Days in the Tipperary Star.