Lou Brennan Design

Lou Brennan Design Bringing Stories to Life through my Fabrics.

At the heart of what I do is my love for traditional fabrics and methods and my desire to transport them onto cloth.These can be seen in the hand drawn sketches of the workers in the fields harvesting flax for linen,the women spinning wool,the rich patterns of the Galway shawl,all influenced by the colours of nature,the soft rambling rose,the blackberries,the ferns.This is my story.

Unfurling the printed silk with the “Róisín and Connemara Roses” inspired by the original Irish calico prints from the 1...
30/05/2026

Unfurling the printed silk with the “Róisín and Connemara Roses” inspired by the original Irish calico prints from the 18thc. Hand painted in gouache on watercolour paper - Paisley Rose and Shamrocks. Love how has styled this design with the pink jacket

I love how has styled the Antique blue ‘Meabh’ long light silk scarf for with a suit by worn by Aleks beautifully sho...
28/05/2026

I love how has styled the Antique blue ‘Meabh’ long light silk scarf for with a suit by worn by Aleks beautifully shot by . in a beautiful linen outfit by

I love this colourway on Aoife from and this design has inspired painters and photographers alike.. Paul and Grace Henr...
08/05/2026

I love this colourway on Aoife from and this design has inspired painters and photographers alike.. Paul and Grace Henry.. Sean Keating.. Yeats.. known colloquially as “the castle”

Thank you for the lovely mention by Aoife wearing the “Deinim” denim blue, indigo and ivory silk scarf/bandana. I’ve al...
07/05/2026

Thank you for the lovely mention by Aoife wearing the “Deinim” denim blue, indigo and ivory silk scarf/bandana. I’ve always been fascinated by this particular weave pattern found in the iconic Irish/Galway shawls of which I have given many illustrated talks on. The original heavy blanket style shawls were some of the last to have been woven in Paisley in the early 20th century before the looms fell quiet. They’ve been depicted in paintings by Jack B Yeats, Sean Keating, Charles Lamb, Markey Robinson and many more.

So excited to see the print that Hussein Chalayan used on his tyvek suit today. I’d won the Royal Society of Arts award...
30/04/2026

So excited to see the print that Hussein Chalayan used on his tyvek suit today. I’d won the Royal Society of Arts award for fashion fabrics and had used this print on paperised silk.

Back by popular demand.. the “Róisín - Connemara and Roses’ light silk twill printed scarf in a new length of 60cm x 180...
03/04/2026

Back by popular demand.. the “Róisín - Connemara and Roses’ light silk twill printed scarf in a new length of 60cm x 180cm. Hand drawn Irish roses and shamrocks, gouache on watercolour paper, inspired by 18th/19th century calico prints.

‘Dublin Rose’ - new longer length silk twill scarf, 60cm x 180cm. An original print of cerulean blue roses painted on ca...
03/04/2026

‘Dublin Rose’ - new longer length silk twill scarf, 60cm x 180cm. An original print of cerulean blue roses painted on canvas inspired by the oil paintings of roses by HRHA Grace Henry (1868-1953)

‘Meabh’ - Antique Blue and Delft Blue light silk twill scarf with tonal roses on a background of a finely drawn Carrickm...
03/04/2026

‘Meabh’ - Antique Blue and Delft Blue light silk twill scarf with tonal roses on a background of a finely drawn Carrickmacross Lace print.

‘Meabh’ - Antique Green and Veridian light silk twill scarf with tonal roses on a background of a finely drawn Carrickma...
03/04/2026

‘Meabh’ - Antique Green and Veridian light silk twill scarf with tonal roses on a background of a finely drawn Carrickmacross Lace print. This new longer length, 60cm x 180cm offers many options to tie the scarf in a bow or loosely wrapped around the neck. I was especially inspired by the green Dior dresses at the V and A exhibition in 2019.

New longer length ‘Meabh’ - Antique pink and rosewood light silk twill scarf with tonal roses on a background of a finel...
03/04/2026

New longer length ‘Meabh’ - Antique pink and rosewood light silk twill scarf with tonal roses on a background of a finely drawn Carrickmacross Lace print. 60cm x 180cm

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