Rosemary Mac Cabe

• celebrity designer collaborations high street
• October 28, 2010, 16:10

This collection will be la Moss’s last, with the supermodel instead doing the odd collaboration with the store. I’ve never been a huge fan of the range, seeing as it’s designed with Moss in mind and doesn’t seem to do …

• dresses music
• October 28, 2010, 11:56

Photograph by Aidan Crawley Last night I went, courtesy of the Audi Club at the O2, to see Lady Gaga (journalists, betimes, get invited to things; some invites I turn down, others I don’t, but I will always disclose when …

• online shopping seasonal dressing trends
• October 27, 2010, 16:59

Imagine my chagrin when, upon picking up last Sunday’s Style magazine, I noticed that, in the cold section of their index, they had stated that shearling is “the winter trend that peaked too soon”. Excusez-moi,  but I have two shearling jackets …

• celebrity magazines
• October 27, 2010, 10:38

I remember, as a teenager, loving the December magazine issues. What to wear for Christmas, which canapés to avoid and how to behave at the office Christmas party – what larks! Now, I find all the Christmas how-tos a little …

• reviews
• October 26, 2010, 15:54

There was a time – or so I am told – when hairy chests were considered hot. Hot and manly. This is not that time. In the 1970s, movie stars, pop stars and footballers all proudly sported chest hair – …

• advertising
• October 26, 2010, 10:58

This is about as exciting as fashion news gets. J-Lo, now that she is back to pre-baby fabulousness and has got her old face back, is starring in Gucci‘s debut children’s advertisements, along with, obviously, her children. Yes, those children …

• competitions
• October 25, 2010, 12:08

Given that today’s a bank holiday, I’m taking the day off (ahem) the blog, although I’m actually working, which sucks a bit . . . HOWEVER, it is a glorious day, the sun is shining and it is icy cold, …

• high street online shopping
• October 22, 2010, 16:30

Once again, my obsession with florals rears its ugly head on a trip to A|Wear on Grafton St (which now has a nifty new shoe section in its underbelly; not all my cup of tea, but I’d imagine it’s a …

• dresses high street
• October 22, 2010, 12:34

Or, do I care? I do not. If any of you are having a Christmas wedding and don’t mind that I’m going to be turning up looking a little like the (amazing, Vivienne Westwood version of the) bride of Frankenstein, …

• celebrity
• October 20, 2010, 16:30

Freida Pinto seems to have disappeared off the radar a little since the epic disappointment of Slumdog Millionaire (surely I wasn’t the only person on the planet who felt nothing but blessed relief when the credits rolled?! Furthermore, since when …

• celebrity
• October 20, 2010, 10:30

When I was a young girl, I had many rules regarding the exploration of fashion, extending but not limited to: no navy and black together, no sweatpants (still stick to that), no red and pink together, no denim cut-offs (stick …

• dresses events
• October 18, 2010, 12:24

Here’s a piece I had published in 2009, to celebrate and bemoan the idea of Halloween costumery. What are you dressing up as this year? Will it be sexy? Will it be frightening? For my part, I’m considering going as …

• models
• October 15, 2010, 15:28

As I had a bit of a rant about fur the other day, I thought I’d do what I haven’t done in a while and post an editorial, and what better and more fitting editorial than this, from Models.com, entitled …

• bargains online shopping
• October 15, 2010, 10:30

This baby has just this week gone live on the Topshop site – at the bargain price of £35 (I don’t even want to know how much it is in Irish stores; Topshop, sort your shit out if you ever …

• bargains
• October 14, 2010, 10:30

Between now and Christmas, Boots is running a different weekly offer, entitled its “gift of the week”, offering customers a chance to pick up some Christmas gifts (I cry, honestly, silent tears at the thought that people are buying Christmas …

• reviews size issues
• October 13, 2010, 15:03

Around 18 months ago, I made the decision, along with a friend, to go to Thérapie on Dublin’s Molesworth Street to have laser hair removal – the permanent process by which hair is, eh, removed. Thérapie was then doing 80% …

• beauty street style
• October 13, 2010, 11:28

It’s a frequent argument that comes up in debates about fashion, and one that I am firmly decided on: when it comes to fashion (and I don’t mean clothing, because the two are very different), women dress for other women, …

• ethical shopping
• October 12, 2010, 15:07

Today’s Irish Times has a piece on an anti-fur protest that took place in the city centre today. Protestors were doused in red paint (how new! How original!) and held “posters depicting a dog racoon, which campaigners said was skinned alive …

• online shopping shoes and boots
• October 11, 2010, 14:19

Ah, the Topshop Addison wedge, beloved of bloggers the world over. This shoe came into my possession roughly six weeks ago, in a large grey plastic bag (Topshop, please look into boxes – cardboard boxes I can recycle and that …

• fashion shows
• October 11, 2010, 10:48

Here’s Jean Paul Gaultier‘s collection for Hermès, shown during Paris Fashion Week on October 6th. I could wax lyrical for paragraphs about Hermès‘s traditional legacy, the workmanship that goes into their leather goods, the luxury that is the French powerhouse’s …

• fashion shows
• October 8, 2010, 11:43

In the grand tradition of the fashion house, Chanel showed its S/S 2011 collection in the unbelievable surroundings of Paris’s Grand Palais. A part of me watches this and thinks, “really, there’s a lot going on in the world to …

• celebrity magazines
• October 7, 2010, 16:30

Victoria in her knickers – but a great Beckham quote on the cover. I might try to leave this one almost entirely to comments; do you love or loathe Vicky B? Would you buy this magazine, based on the cover?

• competitions handbags
• October 7, 2010, 14:30

So here’s another one; this past few weeks may have been very giveaway-heavy, but that don’t mean I’m gonna halt my gallop. Today’s competition is for a fabulous Peter Pilotto for Kipling handbag (below), given to me by the generous …

• celebrity street style
• October 7, 2010, 10:30

Irish social shots are one of my favourite things to look at, and that might be because I’m a bit of a bitch and love to look at other people’s sartorial misfires. And, let’s face it, as a nation, we’re …

• Irish designs
• October 6, 2010, 14:22

Image via Help My Style Nina Divito, artist and shoe designer extraordinaire, has done a range of iPhone 4 covers in conjunction with the Carphone Warehouse. This is something that would push me over the edge and into iPhone 4 …

• events fashion shows Irish designs street style
• October 6, 2010, 11:41

Today marks the launch of the Peter O’Brien Collection, exclusive to Arnotts in Dublin – a 23-piece capsule collection that’s perfect for mixing and matching with existing pieces, or for mixing up with other pieces from the collection. It’s a …

• online shopping
• October 5, 2010, 16:58

In the interest of full disclosure, and in the vain hope that seeing these things written down will shock me into some sense of reality (hello, recession!), I’ve decided to do a weekly roundup of things I bought. To whit: …

• seasonal dressing
• October 5, 2010, 11:36

Here’s Rumi rocking ombre hair, a trilby and an autumnal scarf  – LOVE. So what does autumn bring? Cooler, crisper days and nights; layers, layers and more layers; chunky knits paired with leather and suede (mixing textures is so very …

• high street online shopping
• October 4, 2010, 10:30

Next has really taken the Marks & Spencer formula and turned it around to their advantage with this A/W 2010 showstopper, on a TV screen near you. It’s a great ad, channelling Gossip Girl season four, where Blair and Serena …

• events
• October 1, 2010, 17:03

As part of the Dublin Festival of Fashion, Jervis Shopping Centre is going to have live mannequins showcasing looks from Forever 21 and New Look (below), both of which are due to open in the centre in November. New Look …