How the brief was fulfilled

I work under a zero waste policy within my studio. Any piece of material that come into the studio, leaves as either a garment or accessory. With this in mind the idea of ‘scrap babies’ was born. These friendly creatures that double up as bags, are made from all the leftover scrap fabric from various Chapters (collections) and then stuffed with micro-scrap and loose threads to give them their shape. I wanted to inspire people to go back to having a connection with our clothing. I found that by personifying something, it gives us a reason to look after it and appreciate it. By simply putting ears and a face on a handbag, I found that customers looked after it with such care. I therefore ask people to extend that level of care to all their garments, to inspire mending and repairing garments rather than buying
new.

Company information
Treating the body as an exhibition space, Ríon Hannora designs each garment to be a walking piece of art. Creating an experience for both the garment and the wearer. With love for both natural fabrics and neon colours, the juxtaposition between natural and unnatural is a common theme throughout her work. With wide influences from amateur graffiti, club culture and the Baroque Era, her creations often find themselves in the grey area in between fine art and fashion.

After working with many fashion brands throughout the years, including Charles Jeffrey and YSL, Hannora began trading under her own name during the Covid-19 pandemic and has been growing ever since. Winning both the Future Makers and RDS craft award in 2023, Ríon now works from her studio in Dublin, creating her collections that she calls ‘Chapters’.

As a slow-fashion enthusiast, each ‘Chapter’ tells a different section of the same story.

Collection / Design
“Chapter 3′. (October 2023) For Dublin Pride, I collaborated with Dublin Modular, a group of DJ’s and event organisers, on throwing a Pride celebration event. I draped raw cotton canvas on the walls of the event and scattered spray paint cans around and invited the public to make marks on the canvas. This is then the fabric I used to create Chapter 3. This collection is solely based around the idea of community and the myth of originality. This was a statement around how everything we make, comes from inspiration in some shape or form. Most of my inspiration comes from my direct surroundings, so getting the public to take part in the creation of this chapter was a direct link to that.

The idea of making new pieces for every Chapter is something I am trying to escape from. Older deconstructed garments feature heavily in newer collection campaigns.