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‘Conversation with Designers’ brings top Irish fashion designers to Hunt Museum this May 11
Conversation with Designers at the Hunt Museum Gallery from May 11 to raise additional funds for the preservation of the Sybil Connolly Archive. Pictured above is Sybil Connolly with one of her designs.
Conversation with Designers at the Hunt Museum Gallery from Thursday, May 11 to raise additional funds for the restoration and preservation of the Sybil Connolly Archive at the museum
The Council of Irish Fashion Designers in association with the Hunt Museum and Anthology Magazine will host ‘Conversations with Designers’ at the Hunt Museum Gallery from 6pm on Thursday, May 11, 2023 to raise additional funds for the restoration and preservation of the Sybil Connolly Archive at the museum. This follows on from the very successful Stitch in Time which has allowed us to commence the restoration with a professional conservator.
The inaugural event will feature designers Amy Anderson (Kindred of Ireland), Helen Hayes, Hazel Green, Carolyn O’Sullivan (Not Another White Dress) and Anthology editor Edel Cassidy in conversation with Eddie Shanahan on matters of design, craftsmanship, the business of fashion and the legacy of Ireland’s legendary designer Sybil Connolly.
The event will also include an informal fashion show featuring work by the four designers as reflections of the work of Sybil, and a number of her costumes will be on display throughout the museum for the afternoon prior to the event. Ticket price includes tours of this wonderful haute couture with experts.
The event will give a unique perspective on the importance of Sybil Connolly and the Archive as well as insight into the backstories of four innovative Irish designers and how they research and create their collections.
There will be opportunities for audience engagement during the Conversation and also to meet three other Limerick based members of the Council of Irish Fashion Designers – Ejay Griffin Caroline Mitchell and Linda Wilson.
The Hunt Museum has recently introduced a 3D digitally printed exhibit as part of the Sybil Connolly Archive to provide enhanced access for visually impaired persons.