Sophie dahl

Explore the captivating life and career of Sophie Dahl, from her iconic modeling days to her successful writing and cooking ventures. Discover the timeless beauty and creative genius of this extraordinary woman.
Sophie Dahl: what my grandmother’s dressing table means to me — The Times and The Sunday Times Leeds, Art, Sophie Dahl, Lunatic Asylum, My Grandmother, The Times, Dressing Table, Fashion Makeup

My great-grandmother Marion was born in one of the poorest wards in Glasgow in 1872. She was a milliner who was left widowed at a young age with two small children, after her first husband died in the Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum at Gartnavel. Five years later she quietly married a retired engineer, 20 years her senior, and together they moved from Scotland to Leeds. It was there my grandmother Violet was born. After a staid childhood, and much to her strict Presbyterian parents’ horror…

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