On one hand, flax has been grown in Ireland, and linen woven, since ancient times: it's mentioned in the life of Saint Brigid and in early Irish legal codes. The Tudor kings tried vainly to stop ...

“Sometimes,” he says, “it takes an outsider’s eye to see beauty of Irish linen.” Back in Berlin’s Flaxmill shop, Marion Baur’s fabric has ... some of Marion's beige linen cloth ...

Linen has been enjoying something of a renaissance in the global fashion world but it took a pandemic for many Irish people to wake up to the joys of this eco-friendly indigenous fabric ...

The Armagh designer realised the translucent property of linen was ideal for recreating the ethereal look of characters of her childhood Young Irish designer ... the perfect fabric to recreate ...