WEDDING DRESSER

My Love of a big gown goes all the way back to my childhood in Dublin. My Mother was a fashion watcher, whether it was Hollywood glamour or the British Royal family Joan Shaw (a dressmaker and knitter herself) copied the runway looks and could be heard saying to my father " tell the girls that its right out of the magazines" when we bemoaned the tiresome fittings, as my Mother pinned her latest creation on us!... My Mother had an eye for drama and the last great outfit I recall her wearing was (to my Holy Communion) a wonderful black and white houndstooth swing coat with a large white straw hat, tilted at just the right angle (think Grace Kelly in "High Society")

Primary location: Chicago United States