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Architect and TV star Dermot Bannon welcomes Marie Kelly into his own (admittedly snug) home to talk design, family values and life as an unlikely sex symbol.
“All you have is your name in this business.”
From insurance broker to style influencer, the woman behind ‘Lisa’s Lust List’ appears to have life nailed. Yet Lisa McGowan has had to overcome personal tragedy and social media trolling. Even so, it’s her online family that has inspired her next step, she tells Marie Kelly.
Pattern of success
A simple but beautiful Stem print has grown Orla Kiely’s business into a multi-million-euro lifestyle emporium. In the build-up to her first retrospective, the Irish designer talks to Marie Kelly about her career milestone.