From a window dresser in Arnotts to creator of must-have label 'Queens of Archive'

Meet the women behind the new brand adored by everyone from Amy Huberman to Holly Willoughby

Queens of Archive - left Nicola Orme, right Sarah Plunkett

The beginning of a global pandemic may not seem like the most auspicious time to launch a new fashion label, yet in March 2020, Queens of Archive burst onto the fashion scene providing the perfect antithesis to lockdown loungewear — their glamorous, vintage-inspired dresses-with-edge quickly procuring something of a cult following.

The brand is run by friends and co-founders Sarah Plunkett and Nicola Orme. Plunkett is a native of Tallaght in Dublin and is currently living in Manchester, while Orme is from Chester in England and resides in Belfast.