Rosemary Mac Cabe

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• August 31, 2011, 12:30

So apologies for the misleading posting this week – Monday started off so well with the Whooga boot competition that’s still open, and have you entered the Rihanna Reb’l Fleur competition? Both open until Friday. Then things fell a little …

• designers
• August 31, 2011, 10:30

This week’s Wednesday wonder is brought to you by Sarah Waldron of The Licentiate. What’s she on about? Why I love . . . bookshelves. This might be a bit counterproductive, being a blogger and all, but I really love …

• events stylists
• August 30, 2011, 12:30

Okay, so, I’m feeling orange, petrol, bell boy, elegance and Tom Ford (I’m feeling Tom Ford!) For four months now I have been lusting after a burnt orange Mongolian lamb jacket  in the new M&S collection that I saw previewed in London. There are …

• bargains high street
• August 30, 2011, 10:30

I love writing tabloidy headlines. Well, them, and headlines that have song lyrics / film titles in them. I’m so wasted in my current position. In any case, the TK Maxx stores in Swords and St Stephen’s Green (see above!) …

• events vintage
• August 29, 2011, 14:30

It’s almost as if Clerys planned the fashion vista for A/W 2011 – on the anniversary of its 70th birthday, having been purchased in 1941 by Denis Guiney, the iconic Irish store is celebrating the 1940s with a series of …

• beauty reviews
• August 29, 2011, 12:30

Without pictures of my face, this time. A couple of months back, 17 at Boots launched Adapti-tude Adapting Skin Match Foundation (which I really wish had a much shorter name / subtitle) and sent me a wee bottle to review, …

• competitions shoes and boots
• August 29, 2011, 10:30

I don’t know what’s in the air but it’s competition season at Fash Mob. The week before last it was mascaras, last week it was perfume, and this week it’s, well, actually fashion, in the form of five pairs of …

• bargains high street
• August 25, 2011, 12:30

I heard this song the other day and was immediately thrown back to my youth: to dancing in the Soundhouse in Johnstown, to trying – in vain – to make my curly hair look presentable, to battling with school and …

• celebrity denim events
• August 25, 2011, 10:30

As part of a month-long series promoting the shopping centre at Jervis Street, the shopping centre is offering denim makeovers to customers where, basically, experts will be on hand to advise you on what jeans you should buy, and why! …

• competitions
• August 23, 2011, 15:46

I really spoil you, although not with high-resolution imagery, obviously. In any case, I have five bottles of Rihanna’s Reb’l Fleur fragrance, courtesy of Boots, to offer to five lucky Fash Mob readers. The fragrance is described as: Plump, delicious …

• shoes and boots
• August 23, 2011, 11:30

Why I love . . . high heels A woman who loves heels? How original. There is one catch to this hopeless cliché, for I am a tall girl – very tall. Not the lithe, slinky hipped model type either, …

• celebrity magazines
• August 22, 2011, 14:30

Yes, I said vagina in a headline! From now this is Fash Mob’s prerogative: to boldly go where Cosmopolitan won’t, namely, there. Apparently, our vaginas speak now. And they are just dying to tell us something. As I wouldn’t buy …

• hair models stylists
• August 22, 2011, 12:30

So y’all might’ve noticed by, you know, reading my tweets like there’s no tomorrow or following Fash Mob on Facebook, but I’ve been a little busier than usual, styling a few shoots and generally biting off more than any self-respecting …

• hair
• August 22, 2011, 10:30

Or, you know, an excuse to show you my amazing eyebrows. That is a joke, I don’t think my eyebrows are amazing, although they are a lot more amazing since I visited the Shavata brow bar in Harvey Nichols, which …

• bargains
• August 17, 2011, 12:30

This past week, classic leather goods label Tod’s has opened an outlet in Kildare Village (just off the N7!*). It’s a really classic label, and one that wouldn’t necessarily be my style – or at least, I wouldn’t think it …

• online shopping
• August 17, 2011, 10:30

If you missed last week’s guest post, by Lorraine H, check it out here – but for today there’s a post by Rhona Nolan of Rose-Tinted Uncertainty, who blogs about fashion and all things . . . well, I am …

• celebrity models
• August 16, 2011, 12:30

On Saturday night, Miss University Ireland, Holly Carpenter, was crowned Miss Ireland 2011, in the world’s longest running beauty pageant. Why on earth we would think that something to be proud of is beyond me. Broadsheet did quite a good …

• high street shoes and boots
• August 16, 2011, 10:30

Here is a pair of brogues I bought the other day in Zara and spent yesterday evening breaking in, with very sexy blue socks. I think I was inspired by this post (yes, my own – how narcissistic is that?) …

• online shopping
• August 15, 2011, 15:00

I love these sweet, clean and very 1920s shots from Littlewoods. They make me wanna go down the speakeasy and do some dancin’!

• reviews
• August 15, 2011, 10:30

On Saturday afternoon, after I woke up at 12pm – yes, 12pm midday, to my shame – and did some work before heading off to Kameleon for a facial and hot stone massage, courtesy of a deal I picked up …

• celebrity magazines
• August 12, 2011, 14:30

This image of Kristen Stewart, yes, she of Twilight fame, is just stunning. It makes me want to run out and buy W magazine immediately – and I don’t know that I’ve ever bought W magazine. I don’t know who …

• beauty reviews
• August 12, 2011, 12:30

I lately decided to try to wear some kind of statement lip almost every day – except, well, today, when I got a bit heavy-handed with the eyeliner instead. Anyway, in my travels I’ve been testing out a bright, brick …

• competitions
• August 12, 2011, 10:30

I know I’ve been a little AWOL this week – I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I was styling a shoot with Peter Fingleton, as well as filming a segment for Xposé and, oh  yes, attending the inaugural Best in Beaut.ie awards …

• handbags
• August 11, 2011, 15:30

Isn’t there a new one every single day? At this rate Mulberry should offer some kind of subscription service, like when people used to be in CD clubs and get 10 new albums a month. I would blame this for …

• music street style
• August 11, 2011, 12:30

Snake print is huge this season, on everything from bags to silk tunics and blouses and trousers, as well as, of course, footwear. Ingrid‘s doing a great job of showing us how to incorporate the trend into her daily look, …

• celebrity music street style
• August 9, 2011, 10:30

There are some tasks in life that are worth their effort levels. And there are some, such as this one, in which I went through Cher Lloyd’s video for Swagger Jagger twice, screegrabbing each outfit – oh, and any stills …

• celebrity photography
• August 8, 2011, 16:30

I know, I know, it hasn’t been that long since the last one! I truly spoil you. Anyway, if you don’t know, how’s about a hint? Famous parents, this one has – one of whom is deceased . . .check …

• magazines models
• August 8, 2011, 14:30

I love this Vogue Portugal cover. For myriad reasons, but mostly the bling, the blonde, Auguste Abeliunate‘s eyes . . . that stare. So arresting! I would definitely buy this, and I don’t even speak Portuguese. That is all. Via …

• high street seasonal dressing
• August 8, 2011, 12:30

When I was younger, I was, quite literally, always counting down to the next big thing. In my childhood, these “big things” weren’t that many: mainly, Christmas, Easter and Halloween, in that order of importance. Now, I seem to spend …

• models
• August 8, 2011, 09:30

Recently, I was eating in Crackbird on South William St – where, really, I seem to eat all of the time lately, and always order the same thing*, and love and hope it never closes – when I asked a …

• menswear trends
• August 3, 2011, 15:30

At some point between Kardashian and bodycon, fashion has taken a serious right turn down the route of slick tailoring and menswear-inspired separates, meaning a very cool series of trends. I blame Cos, mostly, for its determined adoption of straight …

• advertising photography
• August 3, 2011, 13:30

I know, I’m sure you could have lived without seeing that video, for Prada by Steven Meisel, but isn’t your life that much fuller for having seen it? No? Oh.

• menswear
• August 3, 2011, 12:30

So I’m starting a new series! Also known as an excuse to showcase some other bloggers’ voices (in case you were tired of mine), and an excuse to, oh, I don’t know, take an hour off! Perish the thought! (But …

• high street seasonal dressing
• August 3, 2011, 10:30

I think M&S really comes into its own in the colder seasons, when they can rock out the ladylike silhouettes and sumptuous fabrics. Summer? Just a whole load of middle-class English tea dresses; autumn, on the other hand, seriously rocks …

• advertising denim
• August 2, 2011, 16:00

This Wrangler lookbook makes me want to go out and buy a pinstriped denim shirt, ombré my hair (properly), and draw on some freckles. Just beautiful. This promotional video is also quite astounding, although in a very different way. Just …

• celebrity magazines
• August 2, 2011, 14:30

Quite possibly, the last one of these posts was also in 2011, but let’s not be picky about it. Here’s a photograph of a woman you all know well. But can you name her? (There’s no prize.) Need another hint? …

• designers
• August 2, 2011, 12:30

I know I’m totally True Blood obsessed lately, but this model reminds me of Crystal in the latest series. The panther! And this collection is quite panther-like too . . . clean lines, androgyny, and oh, so sexy. Balmain got …

• size issues
• August 2, 2011, 10:30

Last month, Curves launched its Action Breast Cancer fundraiser for 2011. Basically, if you drop in any old or unwanted bras to any Curves centre in Ireland, and for every kilo of bras (roughly 17), €1.10 will be donated to …

• beauty film & TV
• August 1, 2011, 14:30

Sometimes I tear myself away from the programmes I really want to watch – Britain’s and Ireland’s Next Top Model, Gossip Girl, 90210 (yes, I have terrible taste) – and watch the programmes that my housemate really wants to watch. …

• street style
• August 1, 2011, 12:00

I go through my phases with Jane Aldridge – mostly because I like to begrudge overachievers their overachievements, especially if they’re young and privileged, specifically in sartorial terms. Well, if you don’t read her, you should, and here’s why. Happy …

• competitions
• August 1, 2011, 09:30

So the results are in and the randomiser says the winner of the Samsung T30 camera – so jealous – is Kathryn Henderson at comment #104. Congrats, Kathryn! I’m going to be sending you an email with details of your …