Sybil Connolly – Ireland’s First Great Fashion Designer
The name Sybil Connolly returned to the fashion press recently when actress Gillian Anderson turned up to the annual Bafta Awards wearing a vintage 1950′s pleated handkerchief linen dress. One of the Irish designers most famous innovations – uncrushable linen – was a fashion sensation in the late 1950′s. Glamourdaze have recently unearthed a forgotten 1950′s fashion film featuring Sybil…
