Fashion royalty

Victoria Beckham’s collection is coming to Cork for the first time, along with a host of other high profile labels, writes Annmarie O’Connor.

NEW YORK, London, Paris, Milan… Cork? Yes, that’s right. As the international style capitals launch Fashion Week season, Leeside celebrates its own catwalk coup with the launch of Brown Thomas’ new designer collections. Style icon Victoria Beckham’s eponymous sister line, Victoria, Victoria Beckham, joins the Cork store alongside a host of high-profile labels including Roksanda Ilincic, Mary Katrantzou, Alice + Olivia, Acne, Carven, Helmut Lang and Étoile Isabel Marant.

“It’s a new direction for the store,” says Brown Thomas fashion director Shelly Corkery, who introduced these namesto-know at the request of local style savants.