Newbridge are bidding for perfection

If William Doyle hadn’t bought Grace Kelly’s iconic High Society dress for his Museum of Style Icons, it would have become a debs dress. From Marilyn Monroe to Audrey Hepburn, he tells Vickie Maye the stories behind his incredible collection of iconic celebrity clothes.

WILLIAM DOYLE’S wife was flicking through a magazine when she saw an article that caught her eye. Audrey Hepburn’s iconic black dress from Breakfast at Tiffany’s was about to go to auction. Her husband was intrigued.

As CEO of Newbridge Silverware, he had been searching for something worthy, aspirational — an association that would really put his company on the map. That dress, he was convinced, was it.