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'''Sybil Connolly''' (b. [[24 January]] [[1921]], [[Swansea]], [[Wales]] - d. [[6 May]] [[1998]], [[Dublin]]) was a British |
'''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. |
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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. |
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. |
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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 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. |
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She received an honorary doctorate from the [[National University of Ireland]]. |
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Revision as of 17:43, 26 July 2007
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.