12. Peter O'Brien | Fashion and Costume Designer - (Rochas, Chloe) - Dublin

Peter O’Brien, wildly talented, humble and really funny, has been a fashion insider for decades. He sat down to share his thoughts and impressions about where things are at now and what was happening back in the 1990s when we knew each other.  I am working on a documentary and doing a Master’s about my own work making television about fashion in Paris at that particular moment in time. To be honest,  I need a lot  of help remembering, clarifying and reinterpreting. In this podcast, Peter enlightens me on many questions.

Raised on a council estate, avoiding sports and always drawing ballgowns in his schoolbooks, Peter O’Brien went from dressing windows in Dublin to attending Central St Martins in London, (telling a pre-Internet fib about having finished an Irish Leaving Certificate to gain admission). In a few short years, Peter was in Paris, working at Christian Dior under Marc Bohan, followed by Givenchy, then a brief stint as a senior designer at Chloé. In 1989 he was appointed Creative Director at Rochas, where he remained for 12 years, designing women’s wear and accessories, and overseeing menswear, perfumes and licenses.

Peter returned to Ireland in 2004 where he has since been working as a freelance designer for various lines.

He is an award-winning costume designer for theatre - and he spends much of his time now teaching a new generation of costume designers in Ireland.

For more about Peter:

Instagram: @peterobriendesign

Website: https://peterobriendesign.com/

Find a video trailer for this podcast here: https://youtu.be/BWKRfZZ_GqI

To learn more about my ongoing documentary project about Paris fashion in the 80s and 90s, go to @cartondinvitation on Instagram and Tiktok

Original music for this podcast was composed by Ashley Rivera, Chloe Hsu and Myla Carlos. Find more music by Ashley at https://vithmakesmusic.carrd.co/