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

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 (November 22). 

Costelloe was born in Dublin in 1945, where he initially trained before moving to Paris' revered Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture and then to another fashion capital, Milan, where he was designer for the luxury department store La Rinascente.

He spent some time in New York where he established his own label before settling in London, where his partnership with Princess Diana flourished. Costelloe was appointed as Diana's personal designer in 1983, shortly after establishing his own label, Paul Costelloe Collections. Today his collections include womenswear, menswear, bags, homeware and jewelry. 

Costelloe died peacefully surrounded by his wife and seven children in London following a short illness