About Us

Arles was founded by four young, aspiring entrepreneurs, Luke Evans, Oliver Dyl, Daniel Brennan and Sansao Norton as our Transition Year project. This company is to take part in a competition for TY students around the Republic of Ireland known as the Student Enterprise Program. This competition is a first chance for students to start up a ‘mini-company’ and create products that solve an issue in their or other people’s lives while getting to experience running a business. This was perfect, as the four of us had noticed a problem in today’s market and sought a way to fix it.

All four of us are very active people, competing in various sports and all having joined the gym. Due to our levels of activity, we noticed that we had to purchase more and more clothes as our’s had to be washed repeatedly after our trainings. Because of inflation and other issues in today’s world, we quite literally had to spend all our money on clothing. We thought this was unacceptable and went on the hunt for activewear at a reasonable price that met our needs. When we all came up short, we felt something needed to be done.

This was the start of Arles, pronounced ‘Are-Lay,’ a name derived from the culture rich, French coastal city with centuries of history. Yes, we are aware of the town in Laois, but the French city sounded a lot better. Our individual skillsets then came into play with each person coming together to create a brand that represented what our products are. After a long process with seemingly endless hours of work, waiting and disagreeing, we deliver you Arles, a TY ‘mini-company’ that has already stopped feeling mini.

-The Arles team.