In Euro 88 the Netherlands went on to win the tournament as the Irish failed at the group stage, although a draw in 1990 ensured both teams progressed alongside England.
Indeed, Howell might be seen to be working in a tradition unrelated to clothes, alongside British artists and designers whose works draw inspiration from the land, such as David Mellor with his Sheffield steelworks, Peter Lanyon's landscape abstractions and the organic forms of Henry Moore.