Invitation, Gimbel Bros. to Sybil Connolly
Description
An invitation card from Gimbel Brothers Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA, inviting attendance at a fashion show "presenting the first designer collection of fashions from Ireland to be seen in the United States". The invitee was to meet "the noted fashion designer Miss Sybil Connolly" at the fashion show which was held on March 17 [St Patrick's Day] [1953] at 1pm and also at 3.30pm. The venue was the Gimbel Auditorium, Fifth Floor, Cleveland. The card was found in one of Sybil Connolly's scrapbooks.