The homewares designer on moving to New York in the wake of her father’s conviction, working for Donna Karan, 9/11, and the importance of creating a home no matter where you find yourself
'Texture, quality and natural materials' - Designer Helen James talks about her Considered range Sarah CadenToday at 03:30‘When I went to New York, I actually felt really Irish for the first time,” says Helen James of moving to the US shortly after graduating from NCAD in her native Dublin. “Growing up, it had always been ‘You’re English, you’re English,’ because my parents were. Then I went to America and I was Irish. I was living and working in the East Village and everyone was Irish, and all from different places, but with a thread of open-mindedness.
The homewares designer on moving to New York in the wake of her father’s conviction, working for Donna Karan, 9/11, and the importance of creating a home no matter where you find yourself
‘Texture, quality and natural materials’ – Designer Helen James talks about her Considered range
Today at 03:30
‘When I went to New York, I actually felt really Irish for the first time,” says Helen James of moving to the US shortly after graduating from NCAD in her native Dublin.
“Growing up, it had always been ‘You’re English, you’re English,’ because my parents were. Then I went to America and I was Irish. I was living and working in the East Village and everyone was Irish, and all from different places, but with a thread of open-mindedness.
