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sexeve ge MM.M~‘§§§«\\'!‘MW“ gite Mm? m Wan sxs er t gues. ' + *~ furs kAka’ iz -In Retrospect By Andrew D. golfe JACK CLARKE, who many feel was instrumental in gaining world acceptance for Irish fashions, here checks work with IRELAND Is beautiful! This photo thaws mammmmuumwmemmwma employee in his Dublin factory. C Ireland. oe SIMPLICITY and elegance of Irish high fashion design is shown in this collared coat worn over white wool shift dress. I was designed by Clodagh O'Kenredy, fashion leaders. one of the best known Irish Adreces Final Article of Series \Why said my three-year- old son, \you going at Ireland?\ Looking over my notes on our nine-day visit to the Irish Republic in September, I feel his use of the preposition \at\ was quite appropriate. * 0 %o 0 *% In those nine days, the itinerary arranged by the Irish Export Board took us to all parts of the republic except the extreme northwest ard southwest portions. It included more than 1,500 mflles of driv» ing, visits to some 338 different businesses, a fascinating hour and quarter with Eamon De Valera, trips to the theater and to justly -famed restaurants ard pubs, an extraordinary tour of the rugged mountatnous country of Galway in the West of Ireland, and a candlelight dinner in one of Ireland's great homes. Ard one thinks, too, of the magnificent staJnmxs at the Irish National Stud near Dublin, women mak- ing hand-knit sweaters in a store on the West Coast, the ultra-modern factories at Shannon Industrial Park out- side Dublin, and the extraordi- nary beauty of the long green hills with patches of sunlight rippling across them under Iraoland's ever-moving Skies. how this tiny country, with a population of less than three million people is seeking to build the economic strength necessary to preserve its hard- won political HMberty, The previous articles have touched upon many features of the trip, but many others have been omitted. Some of these, bowever, should not be omitted completely -- and we sketch them now in a few sentence strokes-- * %o =- * DONALD DAVIES, one of Ireland's best-known fashicn manufacturers, lives in a breathtakingly lovély Georglan store mansion in the Wicklow Hills south of Dublin. His factory is located in ancient stables on the 350-acre estate. Davies, a Welshman by birth, has placed tremendous em- phasis on the use of Irish fabrics, many of which are woven specially for him. When we met him, he had just come \home from the factory\ -- walking through his park and stepping through French doors into a glittering gold ard red drawing room. Reporters from women's Wear newspaper showed up, anc Davies quickly showed - that his business skills are not blunted by the lovelitess of his home and * x immuw Pres rmymc setting of hfs The trip developed out of the Irish Export Board's pro- gram for developing sales abroad for Irish Industry. And so the theme of the trip was \KEW CTTY\ being buil at summmrumsmwmmmm Wham many cations have set op factories at this duty-free area which is being created brand new in the Vest o Ireland. business. # *s Pu JACK CLARKE is another of the fashion designers who have made women's clothes one of the Irish Republic's chief earners in foreign trade. But his factory operates ir rambling quarters in a narrow street in Old Dublin. He is a brisk, humorous man of about 6\ who started in husiness at 17 selling for a British firm. He knows American markets exceedingly well, and has spent much time in this country, including several months last year in a New York Hospital Clarke is credited with being the leader in the develapment of the Irish fashions business. Like the others, he stesses native fabrics--woolens, knits, worsteds, tweeds, brocades, and like the others he leans to adapistions of simple, classic designs. His clothes sell in New York for fron $100 to $800. \Our problem, be says, \is to find designs of elegance for women wh wish to be in style, but n exhilsitionists.\ «#00 # # FAITHFUL COMPANION on our trip were the driver, Tommy Mlirg and Liam Ken- nody, photographer. Hling drives for the Murray's, the Dublin licensee of the Hertz system. Hling, a young manof just 22, combined anattractive youthful formality with a wonderful Irish informality. We would like him to give a course in customer relations to some of cur local cab drivers. Liam Kennedy is a young man of just 21. The photos which have accompanied these articles are proof of his skill. He previously had worked for his family's photograhic busi- ness in Cork City, but had moved to a Dublin photo agency so that there would be room in the family business for two younger brothers. He is a slender, but strongly built young man, with a quiet, pleas- ing manner that can establish the rapport that is so essential between photographed and photographer. Several times he stayed up late at night to process our photographs for us, but it was only by accident that we ever learned this. And the shortage of sleep never seemed to fray his quiet, good manners, A ® sk A 65-year-old man named Coyle is the gray coastal city of Galway's version of an all- purpose businessman. He started in a family tea firm *An PDDoblH, but 'since thew hus also developed a concrete business, a chemical firm, and a milk company, as well as a boat-byilding firm. When in Galway he Hves in a strikingly attractive modern apartment built into a 400- year-old stone warehouse along the old quays. The boat-building firm is called Hickey Boats. It was conducted for many years by a man who had grown up building fishermen's boats, and has made his Hving at t ever since, Not long ago, Mr. Coyle and some of his friends bought into the firm, and now are aiming at the overseas market. The boats are built Indivi- dually by craftsmen of long experience. * # *s The old boatbuilders admit there are advantages to molded her glass hulls, but they add: \Nothing will take the sea like a wonden boat.\ And the Hickey boats look as If they could take the wild A tlantic seas with no trouble at all. Two of the firm's export specialities are a 30- toot sea skiff which has been built primarily for the rough water of New Jersey, and a fisherman's open skiff. The later , powoerfol, bst brik with a catinet maker's skill, is a particular - favorite of its builders. R obs dosigned to sell for less thn $500 in A mertra. MODERN FACTORY is this brandnew women's clothing plan! recently occupied by Jimmy Ham-than Ltd., fashion firm. MARA STANDUN--One of the mast fascinating people we met was a Mrs. Maira Stan- dun who prefers to spell her name in this Gaelic fashion. Ste ard her husband, about ~ 20 years ngo, decided to move to the coast of Galway to see what they could do to provide economic help for the people of that barren and traditionally poor county. They bought a small shop in a seacoast town, ard have used It as the hase for building an international business in hand knit articles, mostly sweaters. * # * Mrs. Standun has developed an organization of more than 1,000 women who knit articles for her in their cottages. She has instructed them in making the articles, and Is widely known for her insistence on high stardards. \H the hand knits are cheapened,\ she says, \they wan't have any value for Ire- land. For anyone could make them.'' She showed us bow to judge the quality of these sweaters. Be sure that the patterns match at the seams, ard make sure the seams have been well sown. On cardigans ard other swestors look for a tighth - knitted edging which helps the sweater keep its shape. Mrs. Standun is an exceed- Inglh handsome woman, with strong , beautifully modelled free, deep blue eyes, and clear, light complexion. She (Conunued from Page 10) Photos By I iam Kennedy BUCKMAN'S FREEZER MEATS 1255 LONG POND RD. ROCH, N.Y. 14626 621-1280 621-1281 I Meats Cut to Your Specifications 2 § FORE QUARTERS e HIND QUARTERS | J SIDES | DEER PROCESSING 24 hr. Answering Service TUNE UPS FRONT AUGNMENT TIRE BALANCE TI®ES MINOR REPARS SPRINGS | 3910 axe ave. x3 “W2”??? CHRISTMAS WORKSHOP! SPONSORED BY AGNES HEALY CHAPTER OF THE YWCA A THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30 g; \ ~~ 9:30- 11:30 A.M. OR 7:30-9:30 P.M. BRIGHTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1775 EAST AVENUE CHILD CARE PROVIDED DONATION: $1.00 vEnTura To 2:00 WwECIOING RING 80 Rugs euturged to due drat Teac kash Rea U ‘74 filamonb (gear for (“Brush-has Give a pertect diamond, precisely cut of fine white color Come in now. 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