Daryl K

American brand of prêt-à-porter created by Daryl Kerrigan. A native of Dublin but a New Yorker by adoption, she opened a boutique in the East Village in Manhattan together with her Irish fiancé Paul Leonard in 1991. In 1992, she designed Joe Pesci’s wardrobe for the film My Cousin Vinny. In 1997, Kerrigan launched her second line, K-189. Her clothes are inspired by the street and by punk. She often uses original materials, such as the plasticized cloth of parachutes.
&Quad;2002, September. After a year of negotiations, the designer is again in possession of her brand, buying it back from Pegasus Appareil. The two brands Daryl K and K-189 had been acquired by them (at the time the Lieber Group) in April 2000. Manufacturing had stopped just one year later, and the two boutiques in New York and Los Angeles closed. The brand would be available at Henri Bendel, sponsored by the Style Section of the New York Times, and was wanted at any cost by the director Ed Burstell, who for years had been a passionate fan of the Irish designer. In 1996, Daryl Kerrigan received the CDFA Perry Ellis Award as best woman’s fashion designer in the U.S.