Dennis Lawless’s ‘Babydoll knitted dress’ was inspired by a creation he made with his granny when he was 10 NCAD student Dennis Lawless with model Olan wearing his 'Babydoll knitted dress'. Photo: Leon Farrell/Photocall There is no better way to mark yourself out as something special in the fashion world than to scoop two student bursary awards in as many weeks. NCAD fashion design student Dennis Lawless, from Edenderry, Co Offaly, is this year’s winner of the Brown Thomas Arnotts ‘Designer to Watch’ bursary award The 23-year-old is a final-year fashion design student in the National College of Art and Design (NCAD).
The keenly contested award was made based on the strength of his collection titled “In the Closet” and he receives a €4,000 bursary, mentorship and an invite to show in the annual Create event in the Grafton Street store in July. It was a pinch-me moment yesterday when Dennis heard the news because only 14 days earlier, he scooped the River Island NCAD student bursary, which is worth €3,500 with a paid internship with the fashion group at its London HQ. Angela O’Kelly, head of design for body and environment at NCAD, confirmed this was the first time a student had won both of the bursaries for final-year fashion students.
Posing for photographs with model Olan wearing his “Babydoll knitted dress” in navy, white and mustard, Dennis said he was “incredibly honoured” to hear the news of his latest win. He explained the background to the.
