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- ↑ Focus on Irish Fashion: Melissa Curr by Sinead Van Kampen 2011-06-16 The Independent
- 1 2 3 Creative Island Catalog 2010, page 19
- ↑ "Melissa Curry". Powerscourt Town Centre Design Centre Blog. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ 21st Century icons exhibit