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Left and Main: A Short Fashion Film for Cleo Pric
kett Womenswear Director / Photography : Rosie Barrett Director of Photography : Albert Hooi Styling: Cleo Prickett Styling Assistant : Niamh O’ Malley Hair & Makeup : Kate O’ Reilly Below: Showcase 2019, Film by Perry Odgen, creative direction Paula Hughes, designer Alison Conneely Cadhla and Sadhbh O’Reilly’s profiles launch on notanothertheagency. com this season. Keep up to date through their Instagram – @notanotheragency choreographed by Barrett, while their report card from the day’s work, according to Prickett, boasts nothing but straight As. The twins are just as effusive towards their collaborators. “It was the first fashion film Rosie had ever directed, and she was absolutely amazing! The clothes and the videography were just as wonderful. Beforehand, Rosie sent us a moodboard so we knew exactly what to expect, and how best to prepare… it was yet another experience, alongside all the guidance and encouragement we’ve gotten from NotAnother, that showed us just how strong the Irish fashion community is. Here, it’s an industry built by really hard working designers, stylists, photographers… everyone that has to do with the making of a shoot. Of course, you can see that [graft] internationally as well, but it’s definitely more competitive. We haven’t done any international work yet, but you still get that vibe straight off.” This sector has long held a soft spot for dynamic duos – Mary Kate and Ashley were a likely catalyst – but it’s safe to say that, over the past few seasons, fashion twins have exploded in popularity. There’s Molly and Reese Blutstein, “It-sta Girls” hailing from Georgia whose success has compelled them to quit university. Or Ami and Aya Suzuri, Japanese musiciansturned-influencers who waft through fashion weeks in colour-popping wares, their perfectlycoiffed pink bobs in tow. The Dolan Twins (Ethan and Grayson) have most recently joined the ranks, rocking up to Virgil Abloh’s Louis Vuitton show in Paris last June. The common denominator between these duos? Their ability to work incredibly well as a team, without losing their identities in each another. The same attributes apply to Cadhla and Sadhbh, both personally and professionally: their “sarcastic but chill, laid-back” personalities may be in sync, but they retain a strong sense of individualism. College-wise, they’re paving separate paths. Cadhla wants to study business and law, while Sadhbh would like to do geography. “We’ve stuck together, obviously, our whole lives, and we’re really happy to have embarked on this journey together, to have been scouted at the same time. In the future, we wouldn’t be scared to work on separate projects, but experiencing these amazing opportunities together is much more fun, and much more calming.” Most newly emerged models could be forgiven for nursing a touch of naiveté, but it’s apparent that Cadhla and Sadhbh, on the cusp of serious domestic (and overseas) success, have their heads screwed on. “For the next year, combining modelling and college is our game plan. Because of sixth year, we couldn’t really do much industry work – we had to study, there were a lot of obstacles in our way – so over the coming 12 months, we want to continue building up our books. We did have some great offers from London agencies – we’ve put them off for this year, but we want to go over next year to [embrace] full-time modelling. Then we plan to return to college after that year off and complete our degrees, travelling abroad during the summer for modelling work.” Their fantasy gig, without question, would be a Prada campaign, citing their mum’s long-time love for Miuccia P. as a major influence: “It would only happen in a dream world, but it would be so cool to show her.” Concluding insightfully, Lawlor flags the industry’s “twin infatuation” as something much more substantial than a simple fad. Yes, the fashion domain is still thirsting after “the next ‘IT’ thing, but fashion is at a really interesting place right now. The supermodel era was great, but it was also filled with ‘goddess girls’ that most average women felt they could never amount to. Now, it’s gone the polar opposite: there is so much more room for unusual beauties, different sizes, different ethnicities. I am so happy to see it, because this means there are no boundaries on beauty and, in celebrating twins, the industry is celebrating what makes people unique. It feels like the flood gates have opened!” 21