Three years after embroidering the Gabriela Hearst-designed evening dress Jill Biden wore, Laura Weber is making 'thousands' of designs for Ireland's 2024 Olympians.
Three-and-a-half years is a haul for a designer to quietly toil away on one project, but now Laura Weber can finally share the details of one Olympic-level undertaking.
Her Olympics designs are meant to make the country’s competitors feel united, while still giving them a touch of personalization. Each athlete chose the county they wanted embroidered on a jacket sleeve. Anticipating the majority of Team Ireland will be together for the first time in the Olympic Village, Weber envisions them bonding by asking one another about their counties of choice. She has also included their county emblems in her designs.
After graduating from the National College of Art & Design in Dublin with a degree in embroidery, Weber just “up and moved to America” at the age of 22 looking for work. “I didn’t know what I was coming to. I didn’t have a plan — young and hopeful,” she said. For several years, Weber worked in garment center factories “to really grasp the concept of making.
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