Lost Fashion…

I am delighted to bring my Lost Fashion History of Merrion Square tour  to The Friends of the National Gallery. Thanks for joining. To my readers who may have seen this before and wondered what this is all about, I will be doing this tour again very soon so stay tuned to my Facebook page.

Friends of The National Gallery, let me guide you on the tour of Merrion Square here are some images which illustrate the people and places I will talk about on this tour, its always good to see visually how things looked and to see the style of the people in question. So, come with me on a journey around Merrion Square’s most beautiful and illustrious houses and find out more about the stylish residents who changed the face of fashion, in numerous ways, not just in Dublin but on the world stage.

NUMBER 45 MERRION SQUARE – 1790s

LEINSTER HOUSE – 1780s +

 “They will follow me wherever I go.” Duke of Leinster

THE MERRION HOTEL 1800s

“Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any. ” Duke of Wellington

NUMBER 1- THE WILDE RESIDENCE- 1890s

“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.” Oscar Wilde

HOLLES STREET HOSPITAL

NUMBER 71- SYBIL CONNOLLY- THE HOUSE THAT LINEN BUILT

“Women should show their curves, not their joints.”

NUMBER 56- LOUISE KENNEDY

NUMBER 27 UMIT KUTLUK