Pat McDonagh is the founder of Supermacs - a major Irish fast food franchiser. A former school teacher, he is now a multi-millionaire. He founded Supermacs in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland in 1978 after failing to get planning permission to build a pool hall.
PatMcDonaghÂ’s Fall/Winter 2001 collection did not deviate from the high personal standards that she has set.
As Pat says, "Designing for fall allows me the opportunity to utilize my favorite themes; Celtic tweeds, riding breeches, earthy knits - legacies of my Irish Heritage." Four people who inspired her with their style were: Mrs.
Meticulous filaments have always been a feature of PatMcDonagh's design aesthetic, and that is just one element of many that render her style timeless.
PatMcDonagh manages to touch all the bases with a concise Fall 2005 collection that solidifies her reputation as the go-to gal for exquisite noblesse.
We have get-up-and-boogie dresses in the house, ladies and gentlemen: silk chiffon in swirly blue, white and brown patterns, a dizzying dynamic that is heightened by vertiginous bias cuts.
McDonagh's wispy chiffon dresses are at their best when they have a touch of melancholy, however, like the triple-layered dresses that drop from off-white to ash in all their mawkish faded glory.