Designer Donna Walsh graduated at Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education in association with Manchester Metropolitan University having achieved a BSc Fashion Management. She has had her designs featured in 2 fashion shows in the Waterfront Hall, Belfast and was one of twenty finalists in the Paul Costelloe Millennium Competition and her design was produced and presented at his Belfast Show.

Donna also won the Design Directorate award for most innovative design and was awarded a trip to Florence, Italy to attend the Pitti Filati Fabric Show and visit the many designer shops.