Hosts Katriona Flynn and Dee Duffy know how important clothes are to us and why we hold treasured memories of our favourite items “It’s not just about fashion, it’s about memories and storytelling. Sometimes fashion can be quite isolating, like a private members club almost.” Graphic: Getty Fashion and luxury goods lecturer Katriona Flynn, and consumption studies lecturer Dr Dee Duffy Desert Island Dress is hosted by Katriona Flynn and Dr Dee Duffy "When I moved to London, a friend introduced me to Desert Island Discs ,” Katriona Flynn says, referring to the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 programme in which guests are asked which musical tracks they’d take with them if they were stranded on an island.
“Often, when people would talk about their favourite songs they’d link in garments they were wearing at the time. Garments seem to be a big part of that memory register.” It sparked the idea of doing a similar programme based solely around clothing — a project which stuck with Flynn after she moved back to Ireland and became a lecturer in fashion and luxury goods at TU Dublin.
“I had been thinking of the ‘Desert Island Dress’ project for quite some time. At the end of 2022, my mam passed away and I read the book Faith, Hope And Carnage . It’s an interview series between Nick Cave and Sean O’Hagan the music journalist.
Grief, hope and creativity is a big part of the book. After reading that I thought, ‘It’s time’.” She teamed up with a colleague, the .
