Plastic the surprising material of the year at London Fashion Week

Though the Irish presence is low at this year’s London Design Fair, it is still a go-to event, says Carol O’Callaghan who takes a close look at its surprising ‘material of the year’ — plastic

There's a scant Irish presence among the exhibitors at the London Design Festival this week, even at the Shoreditch-based London Design Fair, which has usually had a strong Irish contingent, since its inception 11 years ago.