These days, archival navel-gazing isn’t so much optional approach as rite of passage for a designer moving into an established house – the idea being that you prove your nous and knowledge through deep dives into the unexpected recesses of a brand’s back-catalogue, unearthing forgotten treasures or hidden gems that can be revived and made relevant a second time (or third, or fourth) time round. Seán McGirr has a job that is enviable yet could prove somewhat paralysing –hellip;

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