the movie the prestige took place in colorado springs.
the movie the prestige took place in colorado springs.
what year does the movie the prestige take place?
colorado springs
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sybil connolly was born in swansea. her father was an insurance salesman from waterford, ireland and her mother was of english and welsh descent. her education came largely from her welsh grandfather and private tutors. her father died while she was a teenager and the family moved to ireland, where she spent two years at a convent school. at seventeen her interest in clothes led her to be apprenticed to a london dressmaking company run by two irish brothers, jim and comerford bradley in london. here she worked for their prestigious firm of bradley & co – whose clients included queen mary. connolly would attend buckingham palace fittings where she was allowed to hold the pins. returning to ireland in 1940, she worked for the dublin store richard alan, remaining unknown to the general public, for the next thirteen years, until she replaced the french-canadian head designer, gaston mallet in 1953. she was invited by jack clarke to produce the next season's range. here her work was spotted by american buyers. she was known already for her textiles, including the crystal pleated linen that was said to take nine yards of material for each yard of finished cloth. it is said that she received her initial training at the grafton academy.
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