We teamed up with Katriona Flynn, lecturer in fashion at TU Dublin, to ask readers to share their story of a dress that has played an important role in their lives. We were struck by the huge response, and how the physical features of the dresses played second string to the human stories around them, and the memories embedded within. Here’s a selection …
We teamed up with Katriona Flynn, lecturer in fashion at TU Dublin, to ask readers to share their story of a dress that has played an important role in their lives. We were struck by the huge response, and how the physical features of the dresses played second string to the human stories around them, and the memories embedded within.
Here’s a selection …As a child of the eighties, ‘new’ clothing items invariably meant garments worked their way through two older sisters’ wardrobes before they ‘newly’ arrived in mine. So when my Holy Communion Day rolled around, this was my opportunity to have a dress straight off the rails. Oh, the excitement! Not that my mother didn’t try to pitch my sister’s dress first. She did. I used to wonder how I won that battle standing at just six years old. But, with my own tenacious daughter to contend with, I understand more. These days I’m frequently told, ‘You mustn’t let a little thing like “little” stop you’ … Thanks, Matilda. Looking at pictures of my First Holy Communion Day, I was beaming. My mother had a professional photographer’s picture take
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