Paul Costelloe, Irish fashion designer and late Princess Diana’s personal couturier dies at 80

Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe has died in London aged 80, according to a BBC report.

Costelloe became one of the best-known names in British and Irish fashion and was personal designer to the late Diana, the Princess of Wales as well as other celebs.

His family issued a statement on Saturday saying they were “deeply saddened to announce the passing of Paul Costelloe following a short illness”, said the BBC report.

They added: “He was surrounded by his wife and seven children and passed peacefully in London.”

He was born in Dublin where his father ran a successful company making raincoats.

After studying at the Grafton Academy of Fashion Design he moved to Paris where he took a course at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris.

He set up his own label in 1979, Paul Costelloe Collections, and presented collections at London Fashion Week, as well as in Paris, Milan and New York.

In 1983 he was appointed personal designer to Diana, Princess of Wales, a collaboration which continued until her death in 1997.