Rosemary Mac Cabe

• celebrity magazines models photography
• December 30, 2011, 16:16

I found the winter catalogue of publishing house Taschen on a colleague’s desk today and devoured it over lunch, lured in by the superhero stance of Adriana Lima and then captivated by an article on Norman Mailer’s biography of Marilyn …

• bargains online shopping
• December 30, 2011, 13:00

I’ll admit I’ve been terrible when it comes to sales this year. I don’t think I’ve ventured into more than three shops since the sales started – and those shops were, Marks & Spencer, to stock up on undies (I …

• stylists
• December 30, 2011, 11:30

A couple of weeks ago I went to London on a press trip – remember when I told y’all about Debenhams? – and I wanted to be cosy, slightly cool (hence the ankle boots) and comfortable. I also, obviously, wanted …

• dresses seasonal dressing
• December 29, 2011, 16:30

I think you’ll find that you have two choices, when it comes to what to deck yourself in while you ring in the new year (and wave goodbye to the old): sequins and, eh, sequins. I know, I know, Man …

• Irish designs online shopping
• December 29, 2011, 14:30

If you’re looking for unique and interesting gifts, you could do worse than to take a look at Ursula Celano‘s firmly Irish designs – the notebooks, which cost €9.95 each, are printed in Dublin on paper from managed forests and …

• shoes and boots
• December 29, 2011, 12:30

I’m so sorry I didn’t buy them when I had the chance, although my Miu Mius are slightly making up for it (do I sound like a brat?) – in any case, I’m comforted by the fact that I’m not …

• street style
• December 29, 2011, 10:30

Who ever said you can’t wear red and pink together, and work sequins for daytime, well, they were trippin‘ (yes I’m watching a lot of US television lately, so sue me). Love this look!

• seasonal dressing
• December 29, 2011, 08:30

So I’m a little bit late posting this, but I just saw it over on I Know What You Did Last Season and couldn’t resist. While I love these images – especially that true-blue denim (below), I feel as if …

• music
• December 27, 2011, 12:30

… has to have been one of my musical highlights of 2011. It’s easy to forget, sometimes, that Gaga is an incredible singing talent. Behind all of that pantomime and fashion and Alexander McQueen shoes is a serious, serious singing …

• celebrity interiors models
• December 27, 2011, 10:17

London’s hippest It-kid (perhaps next to Alexa Chung), Agyness Deyn*, is selling her New York loft and – as often happens with these things – the sale of this property has necessitated photographs of its interiors being circulated all over …

• street style
• December 25, 2011, 19:27

For 2012, I’m going to do a few more “what I wore” type posts (obviously only when I think I wore something cool, so it’ll be quite rare). I’ve realised that it’s one of the things I love most about …

• what I wore
• December 25, 2011, 16:29

I’ve finally discovered the joys of Photobooth. Full outfit photo to come – I’ve mixed Miu Miu and Mary Portas and have never been so pleased with myself. Enjoy the day with family, friends or whoever . . . much …

• bargains competitions
• December 20, 2011, 12:33

This is, in my humble opinion, one of the best competitions I’ve run so far. (And, y’know, no offence to all of my other lovely competition donors.) The lovely crew at Harvey Nichols in Dundrum has offered the chance for …

• shoes and boots
• December 19, 2011, 17:00

Have you got your Christmas day outfit sorted yet? How about St Stephens’s Day? Or New Year’s Eve? (For my part, I’m going Mary for House of Fraser on Christmas day, TBC for St Stephens’s and vintage from Shutterbug for …

• celebrity
• December 19, 2011, 16:30

So Lindsay Lohan’s Playboy edition has sold out – and with, in my opinion, good reason. I think Lohan looks stunning in the magazine of which, I’ll admit, I’m not a huge fan, although my granny used to say its …

• high street
• December 19, 2011, 15:30

So y’all may have noticed I’ve been a bit lax on the auld posting – Christmas is a busy time, y’know, shopping – but I will make it up for you this week with some amazing treats, eh, starting tomorrow. …

• music online shopping
• December 16, 2011, 13:52

And so I’ll forgive you if I wake up on Christmas morning to a sack of coal and a Terry’s Chocolate Orange (but not, crucially, if I wake up to a sack of coal and no Terry’s Chocolate Orange). What …

• Irish designs
• December 15, 2011, 15:30

I wrote about Cloon Keen Atelier’s Bataille de Fleurs a couple of months back, but it would appear the Galway-based artisan candlemakers and perfumers have found a new hero product in the form of Antique Library, which is, quite frankly, …

• street style stylists
• December 15, 2011, 10:30

I had this, like, totally deep thought this morning while sitting at my desk and mulling over a photograph I saw of Celestine Cooney on Facebook wearing these Isabel Marant* jeans with the dirtiest, scruffiest looking Nike high tops I …

• designers dresses
• December 14, 2011, 13:30

Obviously it helps that it looks oh-so-stunning on Cara Delevingne*, but this dress is just perfection. The olive shade, the ruched detailing, the leg slit with just that right amount of sex appeal. Swoon. Were I to get married, this …

• jewellery
• December 14, 2011, 10:30

Admit it, this is the most perfect thing you have seen (sartorially speaking) in a while. I’ve been hailing the virtues of double cuffs for a while now, but rarely do you see a photograph that so well embodies something …

• online shopping
• December 14, 2011, 08:30

I’ve cooled it a tiny bit on the old clothes-buying lately, partly because it’s Christmas but partly because I’m more interested in investing, of late, than in fast fashion – which is why, maybe, I’ve bought three pairs of rather …

• celebrity
• December 13, 2011, 13:30

I’m not on my own with this one, but doesn’t Gillian Zinser just have it? I’m suffering serious withdrawal symptoms since 90210 went on winter break. Not to mention the wait for January’s Tallafornia episodes! EDGE OF MY SEAT! Seriously! …

• beauty
• December 13, 2011, 10:30

Keeping up with the latest in video is a full-time job – so I rely on my favourite fashion blogs to keep me informed. This week, Disneyrollergirl put up a video of how Mulberry makes handbags. Behold! Next, I was …

• competitions
• December 13, 2011, 08:30

So last Friday’s giveaway was for Essentials Beauty on Baggot St – and the winner is . . . Ruthie at comment #9. Congratulations, pampering coming up! For the rest of you, have you entered the competition for the Zip …

• celebrity magazines
• December 12, 2011, 16:00

This post does exactly what it says on the tin – see young Carey (below) on the cover of W magazine. It’s definitely a new look for Mulligan, who has previously been the doe-eyed kooky actress – but I don’t …

• online shopping stylists
• December 12, 2011, 14:30

I’ll admit it, I’d never even heard of Planet Blue until a few short weeks ago, but this is the lookbook of dreams. The truly amazing thing about it is that I don’t particularly want the clothes; I want the …

• celebrity fashion shows photography street style stylists
• December 12, 2011, 10:30

I tweeted about this pic last week, but I can’t seem to get it out of my head . . . Celestine Cooney, defying all my expectations in Stella McCartney at the Meadham Kirchoff show at London Fashion Week this …

• photography stylists
• December 12, 2011, 08:30

So remember I worked on that Nirvana / grunge-themed photoshoot? I thought I’d share the moodboard with you, put together by make-up artist extraordinaire, Emma Farrell. Thinking about it, that was definitely one of my favourite shoots so far – …

• competitions DIY
• December 9, 2011, 17:25

So this Friday giveaway is a little late – and I haven’t even pulled the winner for last week’s giveaway*, my bad! – but this one is a doozy: the Zip Yard is offering 10 €30 vouchers for you to …

• models
• December 8, 2011, 13:30

So that’s what Chiara‘s up to . . . Julia Schneider was awarded top prize in the Elite Model Look competition in Shanghai on Tuesday. It’s a prestigious competition; past contestants include Gisele and Alessandra Ambrosio (one could be forgiven …

• vintage
• December 8, 2011, 11:30

I was in Portland a couple of weeks back and, when I returned, a wrote a piece about my vintage shopping experience. It was published in The Irish Times but, in case you missed it . . . IF YOU …

• beauty
• December 8, 2011, 09:30

There are hundreds of blogs I read on a daily basis, some of which to rile me up good in time for the day, others to keep me updated with what’s, y’know, going on in this tumultuous fashion world – …

• celebrity magazines
• December 7, 2011, 14:00

Yes, really. Stylist magazine was really the high point of London Fashion Week for me. A high-quality, glossy fashion magazine with amazing fashion shoots and great features, handed out for free in London city? Yes, please.

• Irish designs seasonal dressing
• December 7, 2011, 12:30

Last week’s Debenhams trip yielded some pleasant surprises – one of which is, obviously, that Benefit’s brow bar is amazing – among which, a sneak preview of John Rocha’s S/S 2012 offerings. A very Marni-esque print goes through the collection, …

• beauty reviews
• December 6, 2011, 12:30

You still have, oh, approximately 12 hours to enter my most recent giveaway, so have at it – on which topic, I went to Essentials yesterday to avail of a pedicure and, oh my was I impressed. I won’t go …

• bargains events
• December 5, 2011, 15:30

I know I’m always banging on about clothing sales, but there’s nothing like a good clear-out to help you get over bad boyfriends, bad fashion decisions, bad periods (period!). Seriously. The next one is on this Saturday coming in Andrew’s …

• magazines models photography
• December 5, 2011, 12:30

This is the kind of post that I wonder about whether I should put “NSFW” in the title. (For those of you who, y’know, don’t love the internetz like I do, NSFW = not suitable for work.) It seems as …

• events fashion shows models
• December 5, 2011, 10:30

Or are there other people out there who really don’t understand what the point of having a multi-million-dollar fashion show for a “line” that sells, basically, underwear and fluffy cushions, is? Please, speak up. I feel as if I’m drowning …

• reviews
• December 5, 2011, 08:30

Last week I went to London for a day for the fabulous Debenhams S/S 2012 (more on which later!) and, while there, had the opportunity to get my brows done by Benefit. I wasn’t too sure what they’d be able …

• film & TV
• December 2, 2011, 13:30

Those capital letters are equal parts for Ciara, who hates when I shout, and for Louis vs Rick, my favourite new thing on the internet. (My favourite old thing, obviously, is Cute Overload.) This amazing sweater is courtesy of Cocorosa, …

• competitions
• December 2, 2011, 11:30

So another Friday rolls around and we’ve got another competition up our sleeves for you guys to spend the week entering! Hurrah. That’s not strictly true, actually, as you can only enter once. But what the hey! Today’s competition is …

• reviews
• December 1, 2011, 14:30

In the second of my guest reviewer slots (did you catch yesterday’s Sleek palette review?), my reviewer tried out Vichy‘s Normaderm + Anti-Age. Emma did a review of it a few weeks back an’ all and while she was quite impressed with …

• shoes and boots
• December 1, 2011, 12:30

I know, I know, how typical – a fashion bloggerwittering on about the fashion blogger’s shoe, Jeffrey Campbell‘s Lita. But, honestly, it’s been a slow burn. I loved and hated it in equal measure while deciding it would never work …

• celebrity Irish designs magazines
• December 1, 2011, 10:30

She’s worn Irish designers before – Una Burke, anyone? – but her latest outing, in Simone Rocha S/S 2012, is a coup for the Irish designer and daughter of the John Rocha (whose S/S collection for Debenhams, between you and …

• designer collaborations
• December 1, 2011, 08:30

Well, I won’t say I wasn’t disappointed by the H&M and Versace collaboration from a fortnight ago – in fact, I’ve kept nothing of the five pieces I bought, so underwhelmed was I, but news of the latest designer to …