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Ireland's Latest Tiger: Dublin Fashion WeekYasmin Velloza or Yana K don't exactly sound very Irish, and they are not.
But they and other more prosaic Gaelic names starred in this week's Dublin Fashion Week, the premiere style forum in Europe's most dynamic economy.
If anything sums up just how cosmopolitan Ireland has become, it's DFW, a three-day fashion salon staged in The Fitzwilliam, one of the better smartly appointed boutique hotels that have sprung up in booming central Dublin.
While a good deal of the offer featured fairly formulaic fashion for the newly rich Irish women, DFW did highlight some designers of distinctive and individual talent.
One name to watch is Eileen Shields, a shoe designer of genuinely originality.
A 33-year-old who attended FIT in New York and designed footwear for Donna Karan, Shields is a former nominee for the Best New Line in the VH1 Fashion Awards.
Now based in Ireland, Shields' eponymous line of fashion forward, though thoroughly wearable, shoes looks certain to guarantee a bright future.
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