ON FEBRUARY 24, 2025, OVER 300 INTERNATIONAL GUESTS & INDUSTRY LEADERS GATHERED ON THE ABU DHABI OCEANFRONT FOR A LANDMARK EVENING CELEBRATING IRISH INNOVATION, CREATIVITY & DESIGN. CO-HOSTED BY THE ALISON MILTON, IRISH AMBASSADOR TO THE UAE, & ASHLEY MCDONNELL, FOUNDER OF TECH POWERED LUXURY, THE EVENT BROUGHT TOGETHER 16 OF IRELAND’S MOST CELEBRATED DESIGNERS, FIVE ESTEEMED PANELISTS, A 20+ PERSON CREATIVE TEAM & A POWERHOUSE PERFORMANCE FROM IRELAND’S OWN POP SENSATION LYRA.
THE NIGHT FEATURED A LIVE PODCAST DISCUSSION WITH GLOBAL FASHION, BEAUTY, AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS, EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF HERITAGE AND THE FUTURE OF DESIGN. GUESTS WERE TREATED TO A SHOW-STOPPING RUNWAY OF OVER 40 LOOKS FROM TIMELESS IRISH LINENS & TWEED TO SCULPTURAL, CONVERSATION PIECES BY HEINTZ, WHOSE BOLD, 1/1 PIECES STOOD OUT AS A DEFINING MOMENT OF THE SHOW.
WITH THE UAE AS ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING MARKETS FOR LUXURY, LIVE FROM ABU DHABI WAS MORE THAN AN EVENT, IT WAS A PLATFORM FOR EMERGING DESIGNERS TO SHINE ON THE GLOBAL STAGE, CEMENTING THE COUNTRY’S REPUTATION AS A HUB FOR WORLD-CLASS DESIGN, CRAFTSMANSHIP & INNOVATION & MARKING A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR HEINTZ’S INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE.
