Rosemary Mac Cabe

• high street
• May 31, 2012, 17:35

The new Zara lookbook is out and – as has been Zara’s form for the past year (or even two?) – it’s a stellar line-up of must-have separates and slick dresses, with this jacket (above) already winging its way into …

• bargains seasonal dressing swimwear
• May 31, 2012, 12:30

On Tuesday morning I got up bright and early and headed off to Ely CHQ for the launch of Tesco‘s summer swimwear collection – to be greeted by gorgeous fruit cocktails (virgin, of course), fruit salad and more danishes than …

• celebrity
• May 31, 2012, 07:30

I am seriously in love with Kristen Stewart’s eye make-up at Tuesday’s LA premiere – I will keep you updated on my progress achieving this for myself, using a concoction of all of the eyeshadows I currently own. That’ll be …

• celebrity magazines music
• May 30, 2012, 15:11

Or, how to show Brian (or is it Bryan?) what he’s missing!

• size issues
• May 30, 2012, 10:25

Got something to say about being plus-sized and shopping in a distinctly smaller-sized market? Let me know in the comments, or by email at rmaccabe@irishtimes.com. And I know y’all are finding the new commenting system hard to get to grips …

• celebrity music
• May 29, 2012, 13:30

I don’t know just how much of a car crash Britney Spears’s turn as X Factor USA judge is going to be, but one thing’s for certain: it is going to provide a whole lot of eye candy in the …

• celebrity magazines menswear
• May 29, 2012, 10:30

Have you seen this issue? This magazine has been my regular newsagent porn for the past few weeks – Fassbender is just so delectable in them! It’s not a magazine I have ever bought; I used to buy GQ for its …

• Irish designs
• May 29, 2012, 07:30

Did you get the Irish Times magazine a couple of weeks back? Fashion editor Deirdre McQuillan had a great interview with Kitty Moss, the designer and illustrator behind Maud and Minet, the human-feline duo making fashionable waves. Moss, as well as …

• celebrity magazines menswear
• May 28, 2012, 17:33

I’ve been out and about all day so I’ve kind of missed the timeliness boat on this one, but does one need to be on time to broadcast news of such magnitude? No, one does not. David Beckham is the first …

• denim dresses seasonal dressing shoes and boots swimwear trends
• May 24, 2012, 15:40

From yesterday’s Irish Times – click through the pic to read it in full online!

• celebrity events
• May 24, 2012, 07:30

I’ve spent more time than (possibly) is healthy wondering why it is that I like Kristen Stewart so much – and don’t give me any of that “Twilight defined a generation” crap, because I am way too old for that rhetoric. Seeing …

• competitions events
• May 23, 2012, 18:30

I know, I know; sometimes fashion can be deceptive, can’t it? When I got a mail about the Tattersalls International Horse Trials and Country Fair (try saying that 10 times, fast!) I didn’t know where the fashion link was – …

• dresses events fashion shows menswear seasonal dressing shoes and boots
• May 23, 2012, 10:30

Nikita is wearing a Marella dress from Arnotts So last Friday, as you’ll know, I styled the Respect fashion show at Dublin’s Mansion House. I’ll give you the full behind-the-scenes story some other day (as thrilling as I think you’ll …

• online shopping
• May 23, 2012, 07:30

Another bit of blogger inspiration now, with Madewell, which came to my attention via these gorgeous jeans on Karla’s Closet. Their A/W lookbook is slick, too – with echoes of Diane von Furstenberg, IRO, Maje and more (very BT2-appropriate, don’t …

• celebrity dresses events film & TV
• May 22, 2012, 15:30

Kelly Brook turned up! This is exciting because, last year, she retweeted me, so now we are besties and I feel a sisterly pride whenever I see her on the TV / magazines / movies. Okay, well, when I see …

• online shopping shoes and boots
• May 22, 2012, 13:30

Despite the wordy headline, this is not going to be a long, in-depth look at the statistics governing how heavily influenced our consumption habits are by the blogs we read versus the advertisements we see. Instead, I will say: I …

• trends
• May 22, 2012, 10:30

I don’t think any of us really like to think we’re copying someone else, especially when it comes to something as personal as style. So when I realised I was getting quite the yearning for a lot of MSGM in my life, …

• dresses fashion shows
• May 22, 2012, 07:30

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, or subscribe to my public updates on Facebook, you may be aware that, last Friday, I styled a fashion show for Respect, an Irish charity that fundraises for people with intellectual disabilities. [Important …

• advertising magazines size issues
• May 21, 2012, 07:30

Candice Huffine, a plus-size model with Ford, is on the cover of the latest issue of S Moda, in, well, nothing. It’s not a particularly great departure for the plus-size genre; in the past few years we’ve seen several plus-sized …

• celebrity film & TV
• May 17, 2012, 11:30

Smart move, Cannes people, for putting Diane Kruger on the jury and guaranteeing us all some serious fashion perving for the duration of the film festival. My only question is … where is Pacey? Also, I wish I was there. …

• dresses high street weddings
• May 16, 2012, 17:37

Did you catch it? And, more importantly, have you a fashion query I could answer? Email them to rmaccabe@irishtimes.com!

• high street shoes and boots
• May 16, 2012, 16:30

€30, dropping into Irish stores in June. Get in line.

• advertising
• May 16, 2012, 13:30

So, in case you’ve been hiding from the world for the past week, I’m here to tell you that Kaiser Karl has, indeed, been most busy, between showing Chanel’s 2013 Cruise collection in Versailles to shooting the lookbook for Cruise …

• magazines models size issues
• May 16, 2012, 10:30

What better way to launch your health initiative than with a photograph of Gisele Bundchen’s butt cheeks? If that’s not body inspiration, I don’t know what is . . .

• celebrity magazines
• May 16, 2012, 07:30

Check out Kristen Stewart’s latest magazine cover, on the eve of the release of Snow White and the Huntsman, on Elle magazine. I think Kristen looks gorgeous, far better than her appearance on last month’s Elle (UK) magazine. Which is your favourite? …

• magazines models
• May 16, 2012, 07:30

This is one of the best magazine covers I’ve seen in a long time – I may not speak the language but, Elle Czech, I would totally buy you. Image via Fashion Copious.

• events magazines sportswear
• May 15, 2012, 13:30

How many Irish Olympic athletes can you name (apart from Katie Taylor, above)? Now try with the UK or US teams – I bet you can name more of their athletes than you can of ours, and I don’t think this …

• high street seasonal dressing
• May 15, 2012, 10:30

The H&M A/W 2012 lookbook has arrived online, and it is a serious corker. I’ve had a feeling that, between designer collaborations, H&M had kind of lost its own aesthetic along the way, but this selection of A/W duds places …

• handbags online shopping
• May 15, 2012, 07:30

Back in February, we caught our first glimpse of Mulberry’s Del Rey bag, on none other than Mme Del Rey herself, sitting a mere two seats in front of me at the Mulberry A/W 2012 catwalk show. Well now the …

• celebrity magazines
• May 14, 2012, 15:30

Tom Cruise appears in his Rock of Ages persona, nausea-inducing gun tattoo in tow, on the cover of next month’s W magazine. NSFL, by the way, is an acronym that stands for: not suitable for life. (In other words: my …

• magazines
• May 14, 2012, 13:30

If you haven’t seen this Time magazine cover (above), where have you been? (This version via Fashion Copious.) It shows Jamie Lynn Grumet (26), breastfeeding her three-year-old son, and it has been causing shockwaves all over the internet (and, possibly, in the …

• celebrity magazines
• May 14, 2012, 10:30

You may feel as if Mischa Barton has been quiet lately, but the former OC star has been busy touting her handbag line (available in Ireland in Arnotts) in Dubai – where her designs have, it is reported, gone down …

• events fashion shows
• May 14, 2012, 07:30

This Friday coming I will be testing my mettle by styling a fashion show in aid of Respect, a registered charity involved in fundraising for people with intellectual disabilities, in association with Absolute the Agency. The show is on in …

• bargains competitions events seasonal dressing
• May 12, 2012, 16:07

Have you heard about Brown Thomas‘s big summer giveaway event, Oh Buoy? Until May 20th, the department store is running a promotion that includes complimentary Murphy’s ice-cream, photobooths, live music and DJs and demonstrations from top international make-up artists. Plus …

• celebrity shoes and boots
• May 11, 2012, 10:30

There are times I really wish I lived in London – when Wimbledon is on, for example, or during the summer when everyone in Big Brother is sunbathing outside, or when Chloe Green holds a press launch for her hotly anticipated …

• celebrity
• May 11, 2012, 10:27

Hot Julia Restoin Roitfield With every celebrity and their mother having done the Demi Moore naked-and-heavily-pregnant magazine cover shoot, Julia Restoin Roitfield’s efforts are somewhat refreshing, and incredibly beautiful. Luxury Telephone Boxes BT Artbox, an art project marking the 25th …

• celebrity events shoes and boots
• May 11, 2012, 07:30

So yeah, I bet nobody saw this coming. Her choice of knee-high boots for the Met Gala was definitely unexpected, but with her beachy hair and that gorgeous Proenza Schouler dress, I think Isabel Lucas really knocked it out of the …

• bargains celebrity online shopping
• May 10, 2012, 18:07

Carey Mulligan is putting her custom-made Prada halterneck dress, worn to Monday’s Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum, on eBay in aid of Oxfam America. It’s described as custom-made, previously worn (duh!) and between a size 38-40 which, in …

• celebrity events
• May 10, 2012, 17:21

I mean, seriously. Who doesn’t love those faces?

• competitions high street models
• May 10, 2012, 14:30

Jervis Shopping Centre is currently running a model search, in association with 1st Option Models, to find Ireland’s next top model – every day until May 16th, contestants can enter between 12pm and 5pm in the centre by recording a …

• dresses shoes and boots stylists
• May 10, 2012, 11:21

If you didn’t catch it, fear not! I am reproducing it here and then I am reproducing all of the little segments so you can see them! Well, except the one blazer five ways and the shoes, as they are …

• celebrity events
• May 9, 2012, 15:30

Welcome back, B! We’ve missed you. Also, way to work the train, B. This is what I call a pregnancy comeback.

• celebrity events
• May 9, 2012, 13:30

Yes, it’s Met Gala day! I know, so exciting! And it’s La Wintour! I’m sure the nice folks at PETA are only raged, which means I love it. Although … I’m not sure I love it. It’s Prada, does that …

• celebrity events
• May 9, 2012, 10:30

I’m not the kind of gal who is afraid of bodies – I don’t have any judgment for women who choose to show, or hide, theirs. But when you’re supermodel Anja Rubik, is this really what you want the world …

• celebrity events
• May 9, 2012, 07:30

This year I’ve been coming a cropper (if I do say so myself) with posts on fashion events – remember the Golden Globes? And the Oscars? Well, I’m a day late with your Met Ball updates – but that’s because …

• food size issues
• May 8, 2012, 15:30

(I know, more Anna Selezneva – I think this is the internet’s “she’s not anorexic” proof photograph.) Last week, I made the decision to cut wheat and dairy out of my diet, for a combination of reasons. Firstly, I want …

• high street models seasonal dressing
• May 8, 2012, 13:30

Mango has produced its A/W 2012 lookbook, starring Anna Selezneva and looking really quite brilliant – I’d have pegged this for an editorial in Glamour or Elle if I hadn’t seen it headlined as a Mango lookbook. My only problem with it …

• magazines models size issues
• May 8, 2012, 10:30

I suppose you’ve heard about the announcement – that Vogue (all 19 editions of it) has pledged not to use underage, that is, girls under 16, models, nor to use models they believe to have an eating disorder, in an attempt …

• celebrity magazines photography
• May 8, 2012, 07:30

Seriously – this is how to do a pregnant magazine cover. Take note, Demi, Britney (and again), Jessica, Claudia, Chrisina . . . the list goes on. All of those ladies pale in comparison with the austere beauty of this Mario Sorrenti …

• photography stylists swimwear
• May 7, 2012, 15:28

If you got yesterday’s LIFE magazine with your Sunday Independent you’ll already have seen the fabulous shoot styled by Courtney Smith and photographed by Daniel Holfield, with hair and make-up by Melissa Conner and modelled by the gorgeous Gabrielle at …

• food reviews
• May 7, 2012, 14:30

Capel Street is becoming one of Dublin’s most happening quarters – and its newest cafe, Brother Hubbard, is making its mark. The cafe, which is an exercise in chic minimalism – all cadet grey walls and plain wooden stools – …

• dresses street style
• May 7, 2012, 07:30

So it begins. I have this dream where, by the end of this month, I have got my boyfriend really interested in photography and, you know, hanging around with me 24/7 and I have amazing photographs like every single other …

• high street seasonal dressing
• May 6, 2012, 07:30

Warehouse held its A/W 2012 preview recently and, although I missed it, I caught up on its press site and I am really excited about this upcoming collection. Along with Oasis, Warehouse is one of my favourite high-street stores for …