RIONA TREACY
Riona Treacy is a London based luxury womenswear brand. The Designer Riona who is originally from Belfast, studied Fashion and then completed her MA in Textiles, before moving to London to work with major brands within the industry like Alexander McQueen and Mary Katrantzou. Following this, Riona set up her self-titled label in 2012, where she has since been nominated as “One to Watch” in the Irish Fashion and Innovation Awards. Textiles are at the heart of the brand, where simplistic aesthetics paired with traditional dye processes, make her pieces modern, wearable and feminine.
Her collections include women’s ready-to-wear, accessories, and bespoke commission pieces for private clients. Past collections such as ‘Lounge Disco’ and ‘The Island’ take on an asymmetric style. Her passion is to create designs for confident women who can make a bold statement with their image without the need to seek attention. Riona continuously subverts conventions with the exploration of alternative necklines and draping to create fascinating silhouettes. Riona’s extensive creativity can be highlighted in the versatility between her collections. The minimalist elegance of ‘Lounge Disco’ juxtaposed against the gothic eeriness of ‘Body meets dress’ shows a deep investigation of geometric shapes and asymmetric lines in two completely different depths.