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Brian Dillon

Dublin lad's lockdown passion project turns into fast-growing vintage clothing business

When the city first went into full lockdown, it brought out a creative side of the city and its people that we perhaps were not paying enough attention to before.

Many started creating art, getting crafty and coming up with ideas to keep themselves occupied and, let's be real, sane under strenuous circumstances.

But for a talented few, what started as a lockdown passion project has actually turned into a successful business venture.

Oisin is one of those people, a lad from Dublin with a love for vintage clothing who made good use of his time in lockdown, coming up with Durt Co Vintage Clothing.

Oisin was one of the many vendors at The Dandelion Market at The Well on Sunday, October 24th.

He spoke to Dublin Live about how his business venture started and what it's all about.

"I actually have a full time job on top of this," he revealed.

"I started this in June 2020. It was sort of a passion project during the first lockdown.

"I've done pop ups before. I did one in UCD, one in The Workman's Club. This is my first one with other vendors. I think coming up to Christmas, everyone is going to be around Stephen's Green and this could be really cool."

Sustainable fashion is one of the fastest growing movements in the world of clothing in the past few years, with brand new vintage stores popping up around the city and online.

Oisin explains to Dublin Live why he decided to jump on board, saying: "We're trying to make vintage second hand clothes cooler, cheaper, more accessible in Ireland."

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