Lainey Keogh

Lainey Keogh was born in 1957 in Old Town, Ireland. She spent her childhood living on a farm. She later left the countryside for Dublin and studied microbiology.

Since 1984 she has been perfecting her unmistakable method of textural intervention.

She was discovered by retailer Marianne Gunn O'Connor, owner of Otokia, Dublin's leading designer, while she was knitting in the corner of Bewley's Coffee House in Dublin. She was persuaded to present a show of her knitwear. This was unveiled to great acclaim in February 1987.