The Animal Ball

Leonora made masks for the royally attended 2013 Animal Ball in Clarence House, London, in aid of Elephant Family, featured heavily in the press, including Vanity Fair's centenary edition!

Numerous high profile designers were invited to create masks for the high profile guests, including Diane von Furstenberg, Manolo Blahnik and Matthew Williamson. Leonora was delighted to find her endangered iguana piece was chosen by model of the moment Cara Delevingne to wear to the event. Cara arrived at Clarence House wearing the little lizard with matching wire lace veil. The organisers of the event, stunning twins Ruth and Mary Powys of Elephant Family, were also sporting matching flamingo headpieces made by Leonora. 
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The Animal Ball 2016

After the success in 2013, Leonora was invited to create a range of 24 lemur-themed pieces for high profile guests at the 2016 Animal Ball. The ball was hosted by HRH Prince Charles, and Leonora was one of only 40 invited fashion houses alongside names such as Burberry, Chloe, Jimmy Choo and Philip Treacy.

The 2016 Animal Ball was the biggest conservation event in Europe, raising over £1.7m for animal conservation charities.
Leonora's feature headpiece entitled Heads and Tails was based on the ring-tailed lemur. It was shown in the Victoria and Albert Museum, the world's leading art and design museum, at the Conservation Couture exhibition in the run up to the Animal Ball 2016.

The pieces were displayed in the personal shopping department of Selfridges flagship department store on Oxford St, London.

Heads and Tails was chosen to feature on the cover image of the V&A Museum exhibition page.
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Leonora's work featuring on the V&A Museum homepage.
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Heads and Tails, as featured in the Conservation Couture exhibition in the V&A Museum



Scarves for the National Gallery of Ireland Shop 2015

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Leonora was asked to design a scarf in response to the artist Sean Scully's work, for sale during the summer exhibition at the NGI. The first print run was a sellout and other designs are now available from the gallery shop. 

It was also very exciting to have the butterfly scarf featured in the shop window alongside other Irish makers and designers.