Amie Egan is an Irish fashion designer and emerging costume designer for visual art currently based in The Complex Studios, Dublin.
Amie received her formal education at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) where she graduated in 2014 with a BDes (Hons) in Fashion Design. Since graduating she has worked in the fashion industry in fashion capitals such as Dublin, London, and New York. Her brand, AMIE EGAN, centres around handmade outerwear garments inspired by changing landscapes and weather conditions. Her collections have been showcased and sold at Brown Thomas, Fabiani Boutique, and Dunnes Stores.
In 2021, alongside her fashion design practice, she began working within a visual art context. She collaborates with a number of visual artists to create costumes and props that enhance visual art, dance, theatre, short films and music performances. Her approach is experimental while informed by an appreciation for cultural and historical sources. She draws inspiration from mythology, literature, the history of dress, and contemporary fashion to create costumes that are not only visually engaging but also rich in narrative and symbolic references. She has worked with artists such as Isadora Epstein (performance/visual artist), Frank Sweeney (filmmaker), Eimear Walshe (visual artist), and Sonia Shiel (visual artist). Her work has been shown at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), the Hugh Lane Gallery, NCAD Gallery, the Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), the Mermaid Arts Centre, the Cork Film Festival, and Club Hybrid in Austria.
The University Times, Radius Magazine - From Dublin to Venice’s Biennale: Behind the Brilliance of Irish Designer Amie Egan - Interview with Clara Potts - READ HERE
La Fashionista Anticapitalista - Costume, Performance and Transformation. Amie Egan and Isadora Epstein on their collaboration - Interview with Molly May O’Leary - READ HERE
The Irish Times - Weatherproof Irish fashion: inspired by the landscape to keep out the elements. The Offaly-based designer Amie Egan on making everything by hand and looking to the landscape - Interview with Deirdre McQuillan - READ HERE
