Michael Donnellan (fashion designer)

Michael Donnellan (1915–1985) – best known as Michael of Carlos Place and simply Michael – was an Irish-born fashion designer who headed the house of Lachasse from 1941, before running a successful eponymous couture house in London from 1953 to 1971. From the 1960s on, he combined the role of couturier with consultancy to mainstream fashion houses, most notably acting as a key consultant to Marks & Spencer.

His obituary of 1985 in The Times described his label as "the last great English tailoring house", saying also that Donnellan's death: "marks the end of an era". The Guardian fashion editor Alison Adburgham said he was best described as the Balenciaga of London.