Three weeks before Gráinne Seoige’s picture-perfect wedding to South African Leon Jordaan in Co Kildare in December 2019, his father Gert passed away. It was ultimately Leon’s suggestion that the couple leave sunny South Africa to move back to Ireland. We never know what’s happening and then two months later we were shutting down because of Covid. She said that living in South Africa gave her the space and room to develop the company, in which she creates bespoke pieces at her own pace. “You never know what’s around the corner; you never know what opportunity is going to come knocking,” she said.

Source: Irish Independent March 06, 2021 02:26 UTC