INTERVIEW: SOPHIE MURPHY
Sophie Murphy is taking the scene by final year. storm as one of the most exciting designer’s Ireland has to offer right now. Her designs are a contemporary take on street wear and is very much inspired by youth culture. Sophie attended the Nike London air event in April where she has the chance to meet Skepta and have her designs developed throughout the event. Watch out for this one!
You interned with Simone Rocha in Dublin for a while. How was that experience, working for such a credible designer? Interning with Simone Rocha was such a great experience. I spent the past 3 summers there & I learnt so much. It is great to see all the different areas of work within the business and how they all come together for example production, textiles & sample rooms. I worked backstage at her London Fashion Week
Tell us about your background in fashion Show & got to go to Paris for Showrooms design? Where do/did you go to college? which was amazing. It was great to see the What course did you take? From school I went to Sallynoggin for one year where I studied a PLC in Fashion Design. At the time I did not know whether I wanted to study design or fashion industry, so I did not want to commit to a 4-year long college course. Straight away I realised how much I loved sewing though & couldn’t imagine myself ever doing anything else. Before going to Sallynoggin the only sewing I had ever done was just little things for myself. I
garments coming to life in the show after seeing the from the beginning being made. Paris Showrooms was particularly interesting for me as it was my first experience ever seeing how the Selling Showrooms work so it was amazing to see how it works for such a huge label. I gained so much knowledge from working with Simone Rocha as you are constantly surrounded by amazing people who have worked in the industry for so many years & their skills are endless.
got my first sewing machine when I was 16 What approach do you take when it but always just played around on it seeing comes to your own designs? What’s the how straight I could sew lines etc. After my most important part of the process? first year in Sallynoggin I decided to move to the Grafton Academy to study design. The Grafton focuses on the technical side of design in terms of pattern drafting which is
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something that really stood out to me. It was the best decision ever, I am currently in my
I always design for myself, I have been told so many times that it is not a good way to design but it is the only way that works for me. My brain works in a weird way & I just have to go with my own instinct on things. If it is something I wouldn’t wear, realistically I
