Irish fashion designer Don O’Neill started from humble beginnings – not once, but three times in London, Paris and finally New York, where he became the toast of the fashion scene. Born in the seaside village of Ballyheigue in Kerry in the 1960s, O’Neill travelled to Dublin to pursue his career in fashion design after winning a design competition. He secured a scholarship for the Barbara Bourke College of Fashion Design in Dublin, graduating in 1987. We were told we ‘needed to remake it with extra seam allowance’.”She was in Tonga and pregnant, so if she didn’t wear it then, it wouldn’t be worn at all. After 25 years of working in New York, I was officially unemployed.

Source: The Irish Times July 31, 2020 04:07 UTC