Island Diary

The tradition of the Aran workwear sweater where island women folk knited sweaters for their fishermen husbands and family is well known. For this collection Inis Meáin challenged Lucy Downes of Sphere One, a modern knit design label, to come up with a new Aran. While the intricate cabling of traditional Aran has been often... read more

An international beacon of knitted design and simple luxury, the Inis Meáin Knitting Company sits perched near the edge of Europe, 30-miles from Ireland’s Westernmost shores and on the middling of the three Aran Islands, 4-by-2 mile Inis Meáin. A landscape of inspiring rugged beauty and age-old simplicity, Inis Meáin is an oil painting of... read more

The signature piece of our Autumn/Winter 2016 collection – The Storm Jacket – was recently featured in The Financial Times How to spend it supplement. This piece was inspired by jackets made for island weather, especially the harsh winter storms. A key feature is the extra layer of knit on the shoulders for warmth and protection... read more

We are pleased to announce our collaboration with the French Fashion Blog Bonne Gueule to launch an exclusive INIS MEÁIN Shawl collar cardigan. This style is crafted in Donegal Yarn and uses the unique Beairtíní stitch. Benoit Wojtenka and Geoffrey Bruyere of Bonne Gueule came to visit Inis Meáin for two days to learn in... read more

Our latest pub-jackets are favourites from the collection with everybody for Spring/Summer 2016. In 100% Organic Pima Cotton in BARNEYS and in 100% Linen in MATCHES FASHION and Damien Foxe selected Linen Military Khaki for his photoshoot for the Financial Times. Our Donegal Linen T Shirt was also a huge favourite. See BARNEYS photo Barneys... read more

We are proud to announce that we have been featured in Robb Report’s just-released February 2016 #RRBucketList issue. Click here to read the article. In case you didn’t know Robb Report magazine is described as the definitive authority on connoisseurship for ultra-affluent consumers… read more

Photos from the AW16 show in the Fuji Building Harajuku, Tokyo where clients from Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya and Tokyo visited. read more

Some of our current womenswear features in the recent Christmas issue of the Financial Times — How to spend it — supplement. With stunning photography and styling by Damian Foxe. The striking imagery felt particularly appropriate to the island landscape and reminded us of the red petticoats worn, in the not so distant past, by... read more

Pics from Pitti Uomo – June 2015 Matthew David Evans of DOHERTY, EVANS AND STOTT from Manchester among the Workwear, Walls and Wildflowers and fishing nets read more

INIS MEÁIN kicked off the AW 2015/16 season as usual participating in “the world’s most important platform for men’s clothing” – the 87th edition of Pitti Uomo in Firenze on January 13th to 16th where attendance was up by 15%. Top International buyers from all over the world attended and an “…excellent start to the... read more