Umit Kutluk

Umit Kutluk was born in Turkey. He completed a degree in Textile Engineering and worked across many disciplines in the Turkish fashion industry – textiles, manufacturing, sales & distribution ­ before moving to Dublin in 2007. Following further study he graduated with an honours in fashion design from the Grafton Academy, Dublin in 2011. In the same year he won the Alfa Romeo DIT Young Designer of the Year Award and the overall prize in the Gillette Venus Fashion Design Awards to name a few.

Kutluk developed his luxurious brand Umit Kutluk in 2011. A year later he opened his salon in the relaxed grandeur of a magnificent Georgian building at 27 Merrion Square. The ethos of the brand is excellence in the art of high quality design and fine tailoring. Here, using distinctive cutting techniques and exquisite fabrics that are mixed and embellished with remarkable attention to detail,  he produces stunning seasonal, Ready To Wear, Haute Couture and Wedding Collections.

His creativity and sense of elegance marks him out as one of Ireland’s leading fashion designers.