You Can’t Take The Girl Out of Belfast: Emma Neill
At 27, Belfast-born creator and podcast host Emma Neill has crafted a space online that feels equal parts soft and sharp. One moment she’s talking about hard hitting topics and societal conditioning; the next she’s laughing about drinking cactus jacks in the local park as a teen. Her online presence may appear effortless, but her grounding is unmistakably Northern Irish; rooted in humour, resilience and a refusal to take herself too seriously.
Progeny & Power: Designer Tarika Kinney Weaves Her Matriarchal Lineage Into Living Garments
Belfast-born designer Tarika Kinney doesn’t just make clothes; she resurrects memory. Her graduate collection Progeny, unveiled at Glasgow School of Art is less a debut than a declaration. Across translucent knitwear, cast surfaces and fraying edges preserved like relics, Kinney constructs a personal archive of womanhood, ancestry and renewal.