I had the pleasure of popping yet another pin in the Manley Map today, this time it’s Australia, Melbourne to be precise! How cool to know there will be a hip chic strutting the street of Melbourne in her Manley very soon!

We’re feeling pretty generous in Manley HQ today. We want to do something nice for our Manley Fan’s in the UK amidst all this Brexit chit chat and so, we’ve decided to make bagging a Manley that bit easier for you.

SS18, is well underway, yes as crazy as it sounds, we do plan that far ahead! The only thing I’m missing are some key fabrics. Italy is my destination of choice for beautiful, fair trade, high quality fabrics that are good enough for Manley!

Describe your closet in three words.  Packed. With. Manley.

What are your closet staples? Leather skirts, leather t-shirts and trainers. That’s me, most days.

What’s your signature piece? No matter the weather, I’m a legs out kind of a girl, so it has to be a leather skirt. In winter, I love layering chunky knits and in summer, I contrast lighter and sheer silk tops with leather skirts. It’s always a leather skirt day to me.

Fiona Ufton shone brightly on the red carpet at the Edinburgh Film Festival for the showing of Tommy’s Honour, directed by her partner, Jason Connery. Fiona sported the Manley SS17 Parker Dress in a bold and bright sunshine yellow. This lady mos certainly isn't a dress for the faint hearted and Fiona showed us exactly how to wear it!

Our stockist Só Collective is on the move. Fear not folks, they're not going far! Só Collective is relocating to a new and improved space at 55 Kildare Village. The store reopening is happening on the 15th of July so keep your eyes peeled for the new space, it’s bound to be amazing.

We get the lowdown on Creative Director at Manley, Emma Manley's fashion essentials for every season as she opens up her bright and bold wardrobe!

Taragh Loughrey Grant invite me in to chit chat on the RTE Lifestyle Show about all things Manley. I’m not going to lie, I wish we had more time. We had so much to talk about but we go through what we could in the short 30 shorts minutes. Everything in there from college days, interning at McQueen, dressing the beautiful Aoibhin Garrihy for her big day and Manley's hopes for the future. Have a listen here folks! 

Happy International Women’s Day from our very own #WomanBoss Emma Manley!

We all love a good sample sale right? Well how about one featuring 7 deadly Irish designers? Bet that's got you excited! 

Check out the beauty that is Nadine O Regan rocking Manley for her new Today FM headshot! We adore this Cori Shirt on her. Tune into her show ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ every sunday from 9-10pm.

Today is a happy/sad day. Just over two years ago, I made the leap to move from a studio in my family home, to the Guinness Enterprise Centre. I wanted to give Manley the best shot at growing at the GEC seemed like the perfect place to make that happen.We moved into Suite 63 in January 2014. At the time, our new studio seemed huge but as Manley grew, the studio was quickly running out of space for team Manley. All good things must come to an end and so our time in the GEC has too.

Really enjoyed chatting with Bryan Walshe in for a piece in today’s Sunday Business Post ‘Your Business’ Magazine.  We talk all things web and I share my tips on how to maximise your online sales through digital. I also talk about what's worked for Manley and our hopes for expanding business through digital going forward. 

Really looking forward to speaking on a panel at the The Dublin Tech Summit which is happening on the 15th and 16th of February in the Dublin Convention Centre. Myself, Jenny Heuston from Edge Only and Linda Conway will be discussing ‘Should we look forward to the end of the Traditional Fashion Seasons’ with Sive O’Brien moderating the conversation in case things get a little heated!

I returned home from London in 2010 after interning with Alexander McQueen, with a collection in my suitcase. It was to become the first ever Manley collection, I just didn’t know it yet. I was stone broke but had wonderful friends around me who came together to help me create the shoot that was featured in this article. Little did I know the shoot would get picked up by Irish press and help launch Manley.

Só Collective are treating their customers to lots of in store events this Christmas. We’re delighted to announce that Manley will be hosting one of these! You’ll find our Emma Manley in store this Saturday the 11th of December making Manley Jewellery on the spot. All you have to do is come along and with Emma, choose your prefered leather and stud colours, shapes and watch her turn them into a beautiful Manley Jewellery piece made for you!

You guys have been busy #MyManleyCup’ing since the launch of our collaboration with Insomnia Coffee. Here's just a few of our faves so far... 

It wouldn’t be Christmas without a Christmas market right? So here’s what I’m suggesting. The best of Dublin 8’s food, gifts, fashion, art, jewellry, craft, interiors and much, much more all under the one roof, with a fine mug of mulled wine in hand. Who’s in? I thought so!

Team Manley have been feeling particularly festive in the studio since May due to our, just launched, collaboration with Insomnia. From here until Christmas you’ll be drinking your gingerbread lattes and daily dose of coffee from the most fashionable coffee cup there ever was!

On this very day six years ago, SoSueMe published her first blog post on Manley, ‘Exclusive Interview With Fashion Designer Emma Manley’.