Allison has spent over 20 successful years in the film and fashion industries working as a costume designer on over 600 commercials, movies, music videos, tv series and stills. Initially based in Cape Town, Allison relocated to England in 2014, and her dual Irish/South African citizenship allows her to work in the UK, Europe and South Africa. Allison's experience of shooting in Nairobi, Tanzania and South Africa allows her to offer her international clients the benefit of access to crucial local insider knowledge.In 2023, Allison relaunched her costume hire studio, (www.wardrobeworks.co). Based in Surrey, Wardrobe Works offers the first fully online costume rental service in the UK.
In 2019, Allison launched her ethical fashion brand, Converte World. Converte works with both industrial and consumer textile and apparel waste, offering up cycling solutions to existing fashion brands, as well as creating and retailing it's own unique up cycled, ethical range.