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Of Interest: Dublin Maker Open Call for Fashion Show

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This year, Dublin Maker will have an Open Fashion Show. Whether you’ve crafted an elaborate outfit or made a cute patch on your jeans, you are invited to enter.

On the day, fill out a card with some information about your make. The cards will be given to the emcee, who will call designers/makers up one by one.

There will be four slots:

  • Saturday, the 22nd of August at 12:45 and 14:45, and
  • Sunday, the 23rd of August at 11:15 and 14:30

Sign up for whichever ones work best for you. Please arrive a few minutes early to fill out your card if you are entering.

Where: Leopardstown Racecourse, Foxrock, Dublin 18, D18 C9V6

If you’re not ready to participate, come along to support the makers and get inspired for next year!

Sign up in advance with Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/open-fashion-show-dublin-maker-tickets-1996822790720

The event will be accessible to people with limited mobility, but if you have questions, you can also check the Dublin Maker’s Accessibility Guide: https://dublinmaker.ie/accessibility-at-dublin-maker-festival/

Or reach out on their contact page: https://dublinmaker.ie/contact/

For more information or to reserve your free tickets, visit the Dublin Maker website: https://dublinmaker.ie/

Their Instagram: @dublinmaker

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Of Interest: ReStyle Ireland – Galway Sustainable Fashion Expo – Open Call

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Restyle Ireland is hosting an Open Call for all designers, makers, artists, educators, and changemakers.

Are you helping people rethink fashion through creativity, repair, reuse or traditional skills?

They’re looking for:

  • Designers
  • Artists
  • Craftspeople & Makers
  • Social Entrepreneurs
  • Workshop Facilitators & Instructors
  • Traditional Skills Practitioners
  • & More

Whether you’d like to run a workshop, give a demonstration, exhibit your work, or share your skills, they are interested in hearing from you.

Join in creating an event that celebrates circular fashion, creativity, and real alternatives to fast fashion and throwaway culture.

A recap of Restyle Dublin that was on the 4th of July, in Dún Laoghaire, can be seen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dah6JBxIxsl/

Expression of Interest forms can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1heSqgZDxHKwLtc2pE1XfW4lxikg_LQZ_fdSnO2S93D4

Their @restyle.ireland @theenvforum

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Of Interest: Rethinking Textile Waste Symposium and Exhibitions- Haslach an der Mühl, Austria

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This year, the Textile Culture Haslach‘s summer symposium is centred around the theme “Rethinking Textile Waste.” It explores current issues surrounding overproduction and recycling, questions our approach to fast fashion and production waste, and highlights ideas that view waste as a valuable resource. Several exhibitions and evening events will shed light on different aspects of this broad topic.

When: the 20th -31st of July, 2026

Where: Textile Culture Haslach,, Stahlmühle 4, 4170 Haslach an der Mühl, AUSTRIA

For more information, visit https://www.textilkurse.at/sommersymposium/

Instagram @textileszentrumhaslach


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Of Interest: ReStyle Dublin – This Saturday in Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin

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ReStyle Dublin will take place across Dún Laoghaire this Saturday, the 4th of July, bringing together a full day of creativity, sustainability, fashion, and community.

Guild member Sandra Reynolds is one of the Makers and will be offering two embroidery workshops to upcycle wearables.

Throughout the day there are:

  • Workshops
  • Live demonstrations
  • A repair café
  • Swap shops
  • A fashion show
  • Talks, stalls, exhibitions, and much more!

The organisers ask that attendees bring clothes in need of repair, clothes to upcycle or alter, and clothes to swap or donate.

More information and free tickets can be found here – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/restyle-dublin-a-sustainable-fashion-expo-free-event-tickets-1991909161924

Their Instagram @restyle.ireland @rediscoveryctr @sandystitchedup


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Of Interest: Restyle Dublin Sustainable Fashion Expo – 4th of July

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Promotional poster for Ireland's Sustainable Fashion Expo, featuring event details including date, location, and activities such as workshops, demonstrations, and a fashion show.

Save the Date: On the 4th of July, ReStyle Dublin will take place across Dún Laoghaire, bringing together a full day of creativity, sustainability, fashion, and community.

This will be a free public event, with a selection of individual workshops and activities available through ticket booking.

Expect a day of:

  • Workshops
  • Live demonstrations
  • A repair café
  • Swap shops
  • A fashion show
  • Talks, stalls, exhibitions, and much more!

Their Instagram @restyle.ireland @rediscoveryctr

More information about their mission on the Environmental Forum website – https://environmentalforum.ie/restyle-ireland/

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Of Interest: Panel Discussion – The Future of Irish Wool: Heritage, Sustainability & Innovation – At Bloom on Saturday

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This weekend, Irish sustainable fashion stylist and journalist, Roxanne Parker, will host two conversations about Irish textiles and fashion at the Sustainable Living Stage of Bord Bia Bloom 2026, in association with The Design and Craft Council of Ireland. Both events will explore the future of Irish textiles, heritage & endangered craft, and sustainability. 

Of particular interest to felters is Saturday’s event, “The Future of Irish Wool: Heritage, Sustainability & Innovation.”

This event will open with a fashion show celebrating Irish wool and Irish woven textiles, followed by a conversation on sustainability, heritage manufacturing, farming, fashion and textile innovation.

Joining Roxanne are the following:

When: Saturday, the 30th of May at 10:30 AM

Where: Sustainable Living Stage, at Bloom

On Sunday at 11:15 AM, there will be a fashion show and a panel discussion on linen.

Opening with a fashion show celebrating Irish linen and contemporary Irish linen design, followed by a discussion on weaving, endangered craft practices, sustainability and the evolving future of Irish linen.

Joining Roxanne are the following:

More information about events is on the Bord Bia Bloom website – https://www.bordbiabloom.com/whats-on/event-schedule/

Instagram: @roxanne_parker @dccireland @irish_grown_wool_council_ @bordbiabloom


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Of Interest: Fabricademy Exhibition and Talks – Dundalk, Co Louth

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Creative Spark FabLab and Textile Academy will host the Textile Academy Bootcamp 2026 Open Exhibition at Forester’s Hall in Dundalk, Co Louth.

The exhibition is free to attend and will present work developed through the Textile Academy Bootcamp Ireland 2026 programme, which brings together fashion, technology, biodesign, and digital fabrication.

The exhibition includes projects exploring wearable technology, e-textiles, circular fashion, digital fabrication, crafts, heritage, sustainability, and more-than-human design.

When:

  • Monday 25th of May to Friday 29th of May / 11:00 AM to 3 PM for the Exhibition

A public programme will take place on Saturday, the 30th of May, beginning with a guided exhibition tour and project presentations, followed by a networking lunch and a series of artist talks.

  • Saturday 30th May / 10:00 AM to 4 PM

Where: Forester’s Hall, Market St, Townparks, Dundalk, Co Louth, A91 X9KH

For a schedule for the Saturday Talks and more details, visit the CreativeSpark Dundalk website – https://creativespark.ie/blog/posts/open-exhibition—textile-academy-bootcamp-ireland-2026

Their Instagram @fabricademy @creativesparkdundalk


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Open Call: ReStyle Ireland – 3 Regional Sustainable Fashion Events

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ReStyle Ireland is seeking creatives for its upcoming sustainable fashion events, to be held in Dublin, Galway, and Cork.

“ReStyle Ireland showcases what a truly sustainable fashion future can look like – highlighting both traditional and innovative Irish solutions to the fast-fashion crisis. Their events give attendees the chance to learn, experience, and create, while discovering real alternatives to unsustainable consumer habits.”

They are seeking the following –

– Designers
– Craftspeople
– Traditional skills practitioners
– Instructors
– Social entrepreneurs
– Artists
– Models

To apply, fill out their survey and let them know your skills and interests – https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3P97J8K?

Their Instagram: @restyle.ireland

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Of Interest: Restyle Cork – Sustainable Fashion Expo – Sunday, the 30th

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Restyle Cork will be the city’s first sustainable fashion expo, featuring Workshops, Panels, Fashion Show, Exhibitions, Demonstrations, Swap Shop, and Pop-ups.

ReStyle will be an all-day event that will incorporate the following:

  • Workshops
  • Demonstrations
  • Exhibitions
  • Clothes Swapping
  • Stalls/Vendors/Pop-Ups
  • Repair Cafe
  • Panel Discussions
  • A Fashion Show
  • Giving people the skills and inspiration they need to start being more conscious about sustainable fashion.

Bring clothes with you to repair, swap & upcycle.

When: Sunday, the 30th of November, 12 – 5 PM

Where: Cork College of FET Douglas Street Campus, Sawmill St, Ballintemple, Cork, T12 DW32

For more information and to book a place on the workshops, visit their Eventbrite page – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/restyle-cork-tickets-1932675667949?

Their Instagram @restyle.cork

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Of Interest: Vote for Sarah Dowling – uses Galway Co-op Wool- Arts Thread Competition

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Arts Thread — an international online platform that showcases emerging talent in art and design — is hosting its annual Global Creative Graduate Showcase. Among the featured designers is Ireland’s Sarah Dowling, whose innovative work highlights the potential of sustainable, homegrown materials.

Designer Sarah Dowling has created traceable, carbon-free, biodegradable garments made from felted and crocheted Galway Wool and deadstock Irish linen.

Dowling’s work emphasises slow production and the beauty of the craft within the textile history in Ireland. One standout piece, her crochet jumper (Báinín Geansaí), includes a stitch which mimics the knitted Blackberry Aran stitch. This traditional stitch is the only one which cannot be replicated by a machine. Fittingly, crochet can only be done by hand.

Support Irish wool and design by voting for Sarah Dowling’s project on the Arts Thread website – https://www.artsthread.com/events/globalcreativegraduateshowcase/vote/fashion#/project/binn1

Note: You may need to search for her name to find her page.

Her Instagram: @sarah.dowling.design

@artsthread

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