Don O’Neill.
FOR those of you not in the know, the Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) were held in Los Angeles on Sunday night, and again there was a Kerry connection thanks to Ballyheigue’s Don O’Neill.
While we may not have had any winners in the acting categories, we still had someone to cheer for on the night as cast members of ‘Orange Is The New Black’ sported Don’s THEIA designs on stage as they collected the award for ‘Best Ensemble In A Comedy Series’ at the glitzy awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
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The New York-based designer has been dressing the stars for a few years now, with Oprah wearing one of his creations for the 2012 Oscars and Carrie Underwood at the 2013 Grammy Awards. Only a few weeks ago, Chloe Kardashian put up a photo on her Instagram account singing the praises of THEIA as she stepped out to a Golden Globes after-party in one of his designs.
He can now add another list of stars to his collection after watching members of the cast of the acclaimed Netflix show ‘Orange Is The New Black’ hit the red carpet dressed in ‘THEIA’ designs last night.
Among these stars were Lorraine Toussaint who plays Yvonne ‘Vee’ Parker in the hit Netflix show and Laura Gomez who plays Blanca Flores and Emma Myles who plays Leanne Taylor.
As his THEIA designs were shown to the world, the man from Ballyheigue tweeted and posted his delight on Instagram.
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#OITNB stars win big in #THEIA at @SAGawards last night switching #prisonUniforms for #glamourous #THEIA gowns pic.twitter.com/cI9sveVnd9
— DON O’NEILL (@THEIACOUTURE) January 26, 2015
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