Two award-winning Irish fashion designers will have their dresses on the red carpet at the Academy Awards later this month. And now the 52-year-old is dressing producer Nuria Blanco for the Oscars red carpet. Blanco's animated film Late Afternoon (by Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon) has been shortlisted for best short film award. She is now in remission and spoke recently of her experience on the Late Late Show. A director is not a glamour model and there is a different form of artistic expression to an A-list celebrity.”It is nine years since an Irish-based designer has had a creations adorn the Oscars red carpet.

Source: Irish Examiner February 07, 2019 14:15 UTC