The crème de la crème of the independent fashion retail sector in the UK and Ireland, came together to celebrate Drapers Independents Awards at the Grosvenor House London on 22 September 2022.
The shortlist was one of the strongest ever, after the sector emerges from more than two years of pandemic during which retailers, brands and individuals worked hard to keep their businesses afloat and support their local communities.
See the winners and finalists below.
Irish retail pop-up concept Re:Imagine is part of a start-up accelerator programme being delivered by Derry & Strabane District Council and the city’s Fashion and Textile Design Centre, with funding from the UK government’s Community Renewal Fund. Brands are invited to pitch for a chance to operate from prime retail…
This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner has worked in the fashion industry since he left school as a teenager and has developed and adapted his family business to remain successful in an increasingly competitive market. Sean Barron founded Flairline Fashions womenswear wholesalers in Dublin in 1970 before branching into retail…
With more than half a century in the business, the Thurles, Ireland-based independent Moran’s Menswear has consolidated from four separate retail locations in the 1970s to a 3,400 sq ft centralised superstore opened in 2019 under the ownership of Diarmuid Moran, who took over the family business in 1991. The…
The shortlist for Drapers Independents Awards, the highest accolades for retailers, brands and professionals in the independent fashion retail sector, has been announced.
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