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• bargains online shopping
• December 27, 2010, 17:33

As I’m in foreign climes, I can’t bring you regular updates of how the sales at home are going. HOWEVER, I can tell you that Asos has this amazing Reiss jacket in stock, for 147 sterling (how do I find …

• designers
• December 27, 2010, 17:16

So, if you don’t read Hadley Freeman in the Guardian, you should. She’s the fashion journalist all fashion journalists should aspire to be like, apart from how she’s a vegetarian, which I just can’t get on board with (although perhaps …

• bargains high street seasonal dressing
• December 27, 2010, 00:29

THERE IS an urban legend in the retail world, one that is brought out and told (and retold) twice a year – that of the savvy sales shopper. “You know,” friends and family chirp, “the kind of people who go …

• shoes and boots
• December 21, 2010, 13:16

Am I the only person who can’t even think about Dr Martens without thinking of My So-Called Life? The two are intrinsically linked: beat-up Doc Martens with flannel gingham shirts, home-dyed hair and that awkward, gangly teenage attitude of Angela …

• reviews
• December 21, 2010, 11:48

Point to note: this is a guest post, and so this is not me talking about my bikini line. For a change. Urban Wax was my port in a storm after a terrible wax in a less-than-brilliant salon left me,  …

• celebrity dresses events
• December 17, 2010, 10:30

This Marchesa dress has kind of divided internet opinion – I, for one, love it. It’s got that princessy wedding feel without being ridiculously sickly; I love the lace sleeves for winter; and the silk waist detail is a really …

• bargains online shopping
• December 17, 2010, 10:10

This is great news, because it means you’ll get your goodies on time for Christmas. The only drawback is, you have to spend a minimum of €100 to qualify for it, and I’m not sure how this will work when …

• competitions online shopping
• December 16, 2010, 14:30

So, having trawled through (a little belatedly) the comments on the competition to win a €100 gift card for the Jervis Shopping Centre, a worthy winner has been chosen: NapDy at comment # 19. Congratulations! Your prize will be winging …

• dresses high street seasonal dressing
• December 16, 2010, 12:50

What do you wear on Christmas Day? In my house, it’s long been a tradition to get a “Christmas Day outfit”, which my mother would say is testament to how spoilt I am. It might be related to mass – …

• online shopping seasonal dressing
• December 16, 2010, 10:30

So I know I’ve been a little lax in the Christmas posting – but honestly, have been up to my eyes. As well as blogging and the occasional feature writing stint, I work in production and have been doing (almost) …

• bargains seasonal dressing
• December 15, 2010, 16:24

Has anyone been down to the Docklands Market since it opened? A friend of mine and her fella have gone down, and swear blind it’s the best way to spend a pre-Christmas afternoon. There are hot dogs (who doesn’t love …

• bargains
• December 15, 2010, 10:50

Do you subscribe to City Deals? You should, because today’s offer is a €50 voucher for American Apparel, for just €25. I’d go for this cape, if I were you – but then again, I wouldn’t really, because I’m going …

• celebrity
• December 14, 2010, 15:26

Recently a friend told me he was going on a date with a burlesque dancer. “You know,” says I (very judgily, I’ll admit), “that’s just a posh word for ‘stripper’?” He took a moment, and then responded with: “Well, she …

• celebrity events
• December 14, 2010, 10:00

Well, except Jessica Alba, that is, who brought out this gorgeous neutral patterned number.  The gorgeous shaped bodice, the almost watercolour effect of the print, teamed with flesh-toned shoes – just perfect. Does anyone else watch 90210? It’s fast becoming …

• music
• December 13, 2010, 13:58

I’ll be blunt: this song has grown on me something terrible, to the extent that I’ve now listened to it, oh, seven times today. But more importantly, did you see Saturday’s X Factor and Rihanna and Christina’s performances? What did …

• high street
• December 10, 2010, 12:21

This makes me want to do a complete wardrobe overhaul, embrace trousers and capes, and give up on this whole kooky Marni-inspired pattern thing that I’ve been channelling*. Then I remember that neutrals – and particularly trousers – are not …

• advertising menswear
• December 9, 2010, 11:13

This might be the cleverest TV ad I’ve seen in a long, long time. (See? I may be a feminist but I can appreciate some female near-nudity if it’s clever.) Gratuitous? Not a bit of it. It’s for Jack & …

• high street seasonal dressing
• December 8, 2010, 14:40

So I got an email with a preview of what Topshop has to offer for next spring/summer. Or, I guess, this spring/summer coming. I haven’t even bought my geansaí Nollaig, for crying out loud, and they’re heralding the arrival of …

• DIY
• December 8, 2010, 12:30

We’re forever getting told that knitting is the next big thing (even Madonna is doing it, for crying out loud!) but so far it’s one bandwagon I haven’t quite been able to get on. I do have a grudging admiration …

• online shopping
• December 8, 2010, 10:30

Has anyone ever shopped on Doo-Lally? It’s an Irish online fashion store, and is pretty slick by Irish standards (sorry, but I’ve seen too many plain awful shopping sites to think that we’ve got many amazing ones on home turf). …

• bargains events high street
• December 7, 2010, 16:56

FOLKS! This just in: tomorrow night from 6pm-9pm, New Look in the Jervis Shopping Centre is having a customer shopping evening, where the store will be offering 20 per cent off, and, eh, “other treats”. The jury is out on …

• celebrity designer collaborations
• December 7, 2010, 12:52

Jessica Simpson‘s fashion range, including shoes, accessories, fragrance, watches, clothing etc, took in $750 million this year. Jessica Simpson. I’m surprised, but the more I think about it, the more sense it makes; I’d say she has huge appeal for …

• bargains online shopping
• December 7, 2010, 11:29

Well today is all about the timely emails, namely, from the Outnet to inform me that none other than Balmain is now available on the Outnet, all at 70% off! A BARGAIN, you say?!! Well look! A beautiful sequined top, …

• designer collaborations fashion shows
• December 7, 2010, 10:15

Probably too soon, but I saw these amazing designs by Alexia Ulibarri and just immediately thought of the Oscars (perhaps because it reminds me of what someone wore this year – Penelope Cruz perhaps?). Alexia is a designer based in …

• seasonal dressing
• December 6, 2010, 14:43

This isn’t really a how-to guides. I don’t do how-to guides, as such. Instead, it’s going to be a variety of photographs of people doing style in the winter time, from which (hopefully) you will get some inspiration. Hurrah, you …

• designers
• December 6, 2010, 10:13

The other day I sent out a blast on Twitter* asking if anyone had any clue where I might buy some Christmas cards, with the proceeds going to an Irish charity, working in Ireland. It was a tough call, because …

• bargains
• December 3, 2010, 15:14

Tomorrow and Sunday, Smithfield Square sees the Dublin Flea, usually located at Newmarket, take up residence in Block T, selling a selection of food, homewares, clothing, music . . . etc. The list is neverending. I’m coming from a very …

• bargains
• December 3, 2010, 12:39

Further to yesterday’s post on Counter Propaganda, here’s a working link to get your 25% discount (apologies if anyone had trouble finding the discount, blame me!). Brown Thomas is offering 20 per cent off from today until Sunday for any …

• interiors
• December 3, 2010, 11:30

Almost all of the blogs I read are fashion- or art-related in some way, shape or form, and I have decided that, every now and then (not on a regular interval though, heaven forbid), I am going to share said …

• seasonal dressing shoes and boots
• December 3, 2010, 10:29

Today’s Irish Times has a great piece on the bits you need to get you through the snow by Róisín Ingle – so read that, and then come back here and take a look at these lovely boots, by Sorel. …

• menswear street style
• December 2, 2010, 15:57

If I could find a man, and cultivate his facial hair, and dress him, he would end up a little somethin’ like this. Via the inimitable Sartorialist (but of course) Have just realised that’s the second menswear-related (ish) post today, …

• models photography
• December 2, 2010, 14:45

I hope you’ve realised that, at this stage, there are no regular features on Fash Mob. I try, I do try, but regular features are to me what list-making is to most normal people: work. So let’s not kid ourselves …

• menswear online shopping
• December 2, 2010, 10:55

It’s true that men are the oft-neglected sex, not only on this blog but in fashion pages worldwide. Why? Well, because no one cares all that much how men look (culturally), and because there just isn’t as much choice out there …

• seasonal dressing
• December 1, 2010, 16:04

Hilarious and only related by virtue of their being fur in it photograph from the Russian Fashion Festival. Ah, the news wires, how they entertain me so. In any case, we’re seeing a cold snap that apparently is unprecedented in …

• beauty
• December 1, 2010, 12:59

While I was preparing myself for bed last night, I realised that I have a ridiculously long, laborious list of lotions and potions that I apply before hitting the hay. Am I the only one, or does your night-time routine …

• high street
• December 1, 2010, 10:32

Worry not, I’m not ignoring the weather altogether, and have a fabliss piece coming up on what you can wear to keep cosy and, you know, upright, in this horrendous weather – but for now here’s a little blast of …