The techniques, symbolism and culture surrounding hand-dyed cotton and silk garments known as Indonesian Batik permeate the lives of Indonesians from beginning to end: infants are carried in batik slings decorated with symbols designed to bring the child luck, and the dead are shrouded in funerary batik.

UNESCO: Culture

Perhaps the most famous garments made by Miss Connolly were a linen skirt and cotton blouse worn by Jacqueline Kennedy when she and her children were painted for the White House drawing room.

ECONOMIST: Sybil Connolly