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Cork’s thriving style scene goes far beyond the high street chain stores that line St Patrick’s Street and Opera Lane. In its narrow side streets and market arcades, you’ll find a host of flourishing independent fashion retailers that cater to Cork’s sartorially minded citizens.
Another finalist in last year’s Irish Times Best Shops Competition, Olori can be found on Oliver Plunkett Street (one of the city’s primary retail areas and winner of a Great Street Award from London’s Academy of Urbanism). Run by two sisters, Olori has earned its place among Ireland’s foremost independent fashion boutiques by relentlessly focusing on quality. The collections here blend Irish designers like Roisin Linnane with global brands such as Cacharel, as well as international up-and-comers like 88&Half. Look out for pieces by Hungarian brand Nanushka – founder Sandra Sandor is finally getting the recognition she deserves.
Olori, 131 Oliver Plunkett St, Cork, Ireland, +353 21 424 8932
Olori | © Naomi Kamat / Courtesy of Olori
Having opened their original Cork boutique in 2002, the owners of Fran & Jane now have sister stores in Dublin and Tipperary. Until relatively recently, the business had its own brand, but now it concentrates exclusively on retail, bringing chic labels from across the world to the women of Cork. It’s one of a select few Cork fashion stores to stock Freddy Jeans – the Italian brand’s stretchy jeans and sportswear with a patented ‘bum shaping technology’ frequently sells out across the country – and the brand portfolio also includes Parisian line Tara Jarmon plus Ireland’s own Caroline Kilkenny.
Fran & Jane, 22 Oliver Plunkett St, Cork, Ireland, +353 21 427 9598
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