‘I knew I had an audience. As much as it was a risk, it was quite a calculated risk’ - Irish fashion entrepreneurs Rosie Connolly and Aoife McNamara talk about building their businesses

Young fashion designers are offering quality and price – and make customers feel they are part of something great

Sean Pollock

When social media influencer turned entrepreneur Rosie Connolly Quinn’s husband Paul found himself out of work due to the Covid pandemic, the couple decided it was time to take a gamble.

Connolly and Paul had saved up for a mortgage, but as the market was unpredictable at the time, they felt it wasn’t the time to make the move. Amid the uncertainty, Connolly felt it was time to chase the dream – start her own fashion brand with her husband.