Sybil Connolly

Sybil Connolly

Sybil Connolly (b. 24 January 1921, Swansea, Wales - d. 6 May 1998, Dublin) was a British/Irish fashion designer for Brunschwig & Fils, Schumacher, Tiffany & Co., etc.

Sybil Connolly was born to a Welsh mother and an Irish father; they moved to County Waterford, where she was educated at a convent school run by the Sisters of Mercy. Her interest in fashion led her to London, aged 17, to study dressmaking with Bradley & Co.

She returned to Ireland at the outbreak of World War II and lived there for the rest of her life, making her home at # 71 Merrion Square, Dublin, where she died in 1998, aged 77.

She received an honorary doctorate from the National University of Ireland.

Bibliography

*Sybil Connolly, "Irish Hands: The Tradition of Beautiful Crafts", Hearst Books, march 1995

Links

* [http://www.huntmuseum.com/framesets_exhibitions/sybil_connolly/life.html Hunt Museum bio of Connolly]
* [http://www.celticweavechina.ie/celtic/latest/tiffany/tif2.htm Celtic Weave]
* [http://vintagepatterns.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Sybil_Connolly Sewing patterns by Sybil Connolly]


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