Louise Kennedy is an Irish fashion designer and businesswoman who, in 2013, was called the "uncrowned queen of Irish fashion".
10 Facts About Louise Kennedy
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Louise Kennedy stated that she had been very fortunate by the timing of this, as it drew a great deal of attention and media coverage with many Irish clients suddenly made aware of her work and choosing to buy from her.
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Louise Kennedy opened her flagship stores in Dublin and London in 1997, the same year in which she designed uniforms for flight staff on Aer Lingus.
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Alongside Sabina Higgins and Mary Robinson, Louise Kennedy has dressed the British Prime Ministers' wives Cherie Blair and Sarah Brown.
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In December 2014 Louise Kennedy joined a group of mainly British designers, artists and businesspeople at 10 Downing Street to mark their roles as ambassadors for David Cameron's GREAT Britain campaign, which was designed to promote the United Kingdom as a tourist destination, a place for study, or somewhere to do business.
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Louise Kennedy was named Irish Designer of the Year award in 1989 and 1990.
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Louise Kennedy won a Fashion Oscar in 1992 for the Best Irish Designer Collection and in 1994 was the first female designer to receive an award for Outstanding Achievements in Fashion from the Irish Clothing Industry.
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Louise Kennedy has been named Veuve Cliquot's Irish Businesswoman of the Year for 2003 and 2004.
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In November 2014 Louise Kennedy was awarded an honorary PhD from her former university, the Dublin Institute of Technology, in recognition of her commercial and cultural success.
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In 2010 Louise Kennedy was one of six contemporary Irish fashion designers featured on a set of Irish postage stamps issued by An Post.