Michael Mortell back in the folds of fashion with Dunnes Stores collection

Michael Mortell tells Carolyn Moore he was surprised how easy it was to tap back into his fashion brain after a decade in interiors.

There’s a charming clip in the RTÉ archives of Cork-born designer Michael Mortell accepting The Late Late Fashion Show’s Designer of the Year award for the third consecutive year in 1984.

“Waterford Glass are beginning to ask if we know how to spell anyone else’s name,” quips Gay Byrne, in his very Gaybo way, as Mortell gives a smile and a shrug before thanking his family and friends.