Urban Aran is an Irish-based fashion and lifestyle brand, founded by Christine Murphy in 2017. The designer took the ‘less trodden path’ into the world of fashion. Working in the hospitality industry for more than 20 years, she was involved in many hotel openings, from concept to final product, which incorporated the design spectrum, fostering a love of fabric, yarn and textiles. It was in these years that Christine’s unique aesthetic and creative dream took shape. The experiences prompted her to pursue her real passion and set up her own fashion label, Urban Aran, which reimagines classic Irish knitwear for the twenty-first century. Designed to be cherished, each piece proposes a fresh balance of opposing elements—past and future, masculine and feminine, strength and softness, structure and fluidity.