Changing careers in order to follow a passion for fashion is becoming increasingly popular. And the good news for any of you considering a move is the success rate is good, but it takes a lot of dedication, and having a real point of difference is what gives you that edge when you are taking on established retailers.
Jenny McCarthy had her first job by the age of 11, in the newsagent across the road from her house in Ballinteer, south Dublin. “I told them I was 12,” she laughs now, describing herself to this day as a workaholic. “I used to get a pound an hour. I had to hand five pounds of that money up to my mother every week my father was really strict about that.”