Louise Kennedy: Ready to wear, now and forever

LOUISE Kennedy’s clothes are never off the fashion pages, but it’s difficult to believe she’s been designing for 30 years.

Appearing in the entrance of her Belgravia boutique, flaxen-haired and sylphic in a neatly-tailored black suit, she looks as fresh as a woman whose career is beginning.

Yet here we are, a fortnight after her 30th anniversary show, where she greeted every guest at the door of Dublin’s Hugh Lane Gallery. Then, she flew to Paris to select fabrics for her next collection. Last night, she partied with perfumer, Roja Dove, who supplies her Dublin flagship, exclusively in Ireland. Now, she’s briefing a fitter on the refurbishment of this store, masterminded by Mallow-born interiors expert, Michael Mortell.