Paul Costelloe, personal designer to Princess Diana, dies at 80

FILE PHOTO: Designer Paul Costelloe poses for a photograph on the day of his catwalk show, during London Fashion Week in London, Britain, September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe, personal designer to the late Princess Diana who became a fixture at London Fashion Week for four decades, has died aged 80, his family said in a statement on Saturday.

Costelloe was appointed as Diana's personal designer in 1983, shortly after establishing his own label, Paul Costelloe Collections, and their collaboration continued until her death in a car crash in Paris in 1997.