78.73.2

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Designing Women_33 Designers Left to Right: Sybil Connolly (78.73.2, 89.32.7); Alix Grès (P90.20.1); Ann Lowe (2009.70.1); Carolyne Roehm (91.36.1); Anouska Hempel (2014.63.7); Pauline Trigère (79.118.1); Mary Quant (2012.27.1); Mila Schön (78.208.1); Irene Galitzine (78.46.1); Elsa Peretti (82.237.26, 93.60.9)

Designing Women_02 Original image by Bil Donovan of Mollie Parnis Livingston's Park Avenue apartment by Billy Baldwin. Grey suit (80.312.10), left, by Mollie Parnis, and two pleated linen evening ensembles by Sybil Connolly (78.73.2, 89.32.7)

Object: Evening set

Designer: Sybil Connolly (1921 - 1998)

Date: c. 1960

Medium: Irish linen

Country: Ireland

Credit Line: Gift of Vicki Cowen

Object number: 78.73.2

DescriptionEvening dress in pleated handkerchief linen used on horizontal; scoop neckline; sleeveless, matching stole

Label Text:Dublin was not a fashion epicenter. Yet the outstanding modes of Sybil Connolly, often made with Irish fabrics such as linen and tweed, attracted worldwide press and an array of internationally prominent clients. Connolly lavished great attention on the public salon and private rooms of her Georgian-era Dublin townhouse. The former was covered in hundreds of yards of the same finely pleated Irish linen she used for her couture gowns.

Exhibitions:

Designing Women: Fashion Creators and Their Interiors