It all started with a degree in Fashion Design and pattern making from the Grafton Academy in Dublin, so where else was I destined to live? The joys of working as a pattern making in this industry was the ability to live in different counties. In London I worked for Reiss, in Amsterdam I worked for Pepe Jeans, G- Star and Calvin Klien and finally, here, I worked at the Paris design atelier of the women’s wear lifestyle brand & Other Stories.

All photographs by Damien B Donnelly