Rosemary Mac Cabe

• competitions Irish designs
• June 29, 2012, 18:01

I know, as usual, these things take time – but the winners of the Irish designer customised sweaters are in! Y’all, send me a mail at rmaccabe@irishtimes.com with your full names and addresses and your sweaters will be posted out, …

• seasonal dressing
• June 25, 2012, 15:30

I’ve kind of given up posting A/W lookbooks way in advance (because, really, what’s the point?) but this is just a must-see – House of Fraser‘s A/W selection (or, at least, one of them – it’s also got a very Cos-alike lookbook …

• beauty
• June 25, 2012, 10:30

I was recently at the very excellent DotConf, organised by the lovely folks over at the National College of Ireland, where I was lucky enough to attend a talk by one of Ireland’s grands dames of blogging, Kirstie McDermott, co-founder of …

• advertising models photography
• June 25, 2012, 07:30

Fash Mob now has a bit of a history with Mulberry, having attended both its S/S 2012 and A/W 2012 shows and, crucially, having sat directly behind Lana del Rey at the latter. (Yes, I will continue to mention that …

• bargains
• June 22, 2012, 15:30

In case you missed it, all this week I’ve been doing my pick of the sales – three items I think are really worth grabbing at knock-down prices! On Monday we looked at My-Wardrobe’s top picks; Tuesday, it was Urban …

• beauty online shopping reviews
• June 22, 2012, 07:30

It could never be said that I am an impulsive purchaser. Actually, it could be said that I am the impulsive purchaser. I impulsively purchase like it’s going out of style – and these Nars x Thakoon polishes were my …

• bargains
• June 21, 2012, 15:30

The sales we’re now seeing are the tail end of the S/S season – which, when we have yet to see our summer (fingers crossed!) seems crazy. But what it is good for is that the items that are reduced …

• Irish designs magazines models photography stylists
• June 21, 2012, 07:30

Y’all know I’m a big fan of Irish talent, so when I spied this shoot by Lee Malone, styled by Lisa Marie Carroll with make-up by Sarah Lanagan and hair by Pawell Solis, I knew I wanted to feature it. …

• high street sportswear street style
• June 20, 2012, 12:23

As usual, click through the image to see the column online!

• bargains high street
• June 20, 2012, 07:30

Warehouse is one of my favourite stores, and always has been; on those desperate Friday-evening trawls for a Saturday-night outfit, it seems to be the one shop that never fails me. As a size 14, I’m not always lucky with …

• bargains dresses interiors online shopping shoes and boots
• June 19, 2012, 15:30

I was in Urban Outfitters in Victoria Square, Belfast, last weekend, reminiscing about the month I spent working there as a teenager – each day, the manager would select someone who was looking “really Urban” and commend them on their …

• bargains denim dresses online shopping swimwear
• June 18, 2012, 15:30

The My-Wardrobe sale kicked off last week, with reductions of between 30% and 70% across a huge range of labels, from Acne to Chloé and D&G. My top three? These babies – for a summer wedding, this Carven dress, reduced from …

• dresses trends
• June 18, 2012, 10:30

I mean that in a really loving way – after all, I am Irish, and I’ll admit to having been slightly affected by last week’s massacre at the hands of the Spanish football team (although I didn’t watch it; I just …

• beauty reviews
• June 18, 2012, 07:30

I was thinking about this review, as, predictably, I washed my face the other evening, and thinking about how lovely a product it is. It was, in my mind, going to be a glowing review. Then I got to thinking …

• competitions DIY Irish designs
• June 16, 2012, 22:57

In today’s Irish Times, Róisín Agnew asked four Irish artists to take their creative juices and unleash them on a plain grey sweatshirt. The results were bright and bold; they were understated and cool; they were by turns funny and …

• events fashion shows
• June 16, 2012, 20:21

  The Gallery of Photography is the base for this year’s eBay Online Fashion Week, comprising a series of talks and, to culminate, a fashion show in Smock Alley Theatre on Exchange Street. I’ll be joining Lorna Weightman from Styleisle …

• bargains shoes and boots
• June 15, 2012, 16:33

One of these pairs of wedge trainers is designed by Isabel Marant, costs more than €500 and is impossible to find anywhere (unless you’re willing to spend €1,000 on eBay). The other pair is by Boohoo.com, the discount etailer with the …

• high street menswear models music
• June 15, 2012, 15:06

You’re welcome.

• coats dresses shoes and boots sportswear trends
• June 14, 2012, 18:15

I usually try to be same-day punctual with my column but, dagnammit, life got in the way. In any case here’s yesterday’s sports-themed selection!

• events photography
• June 14, 2012, 17:30

This is what I’ll be doing tomorrow night. What will you be doing?

• magazines
• June 14, 2012, 15:00

Is this cover – of Vogue Germany, no less – the coolest the high-end fashion magazine has produced anywhere? Now, don’t get me wrong: I don’t think it’s necessarily the most beautiful; nor do I think it’s the most eyecatching. …

• competitions events
• June 14, 2012, 14:30

The gibson Hotel, one of Dublin’s newest, most modern and, dare I say it, fanciest looking, hotels is offering Fash Mob readers the chance to win an overnight stay for you and a guest in a junior suite, an evening …

• street style vintage
• June 13, 2012, 17:00

That is, kittens, a double entendre, because not only am I wearing a vintage shirt, this is, in a sense, a vintage photograph, from that time I got papped behind Lana del Rey, dontcha know. Click through to Lookbook for …

• advertising celebrity menswear
• June 13, 2012, 16:30

I think you’ll agree that title is the best title in the history of mankind. I’d like, one day, to be an “ambassador of elegance”. You may recognise Simon Baker from his roles in The Mentalist and, oh, a little …

• dresses haute couture seasonal dressing
• June 13, 2012, 10:30

So, remember when I explained cruise collections? Cruise, or resort, is the kind of in-between season-season, and the cause for much celebration and partying. Stella McCartney‘s 2013 resort collection has been the source of much ire / general slagging, but …

• handbags vintage
• June 13, 2012, 07:30

I just had to share these pics with you, of SteamLine luggage, a range inspired by classic world travel and designed by an Irish company, Republic of One. These pieces are hand-crafted from recycled and rebonded leather, and the Carry-On …

• bargains celebrity events high street
• June 12, 2012, 10:30

On Thursday, July 5th, model and DJ Daisy Lowe will be in Ireland to launch Kildare Village’s chic summer festival, which runs from July 6th to July 29th. The festival will include music performances, bespoke floral couture installations (honestly I …

• dresses handbags shoes and boots street style vintage
• June 12, 2012, 07:30

Dress, Monsoon; shoes, Oasis (a couple of seasons ago); sunglasses, D&G; necklace, vintage; watch, Michael Kors; bag, Diane von Furstenberg; belt, Urban Outfitters I was beyond delighted when I woke up yesterday morning and saw the sun streaming through the …

• designers photography
• June 11, 2012, 13:30

(As a preliminary aside, I have gone off the word “curated” since Peter O’Brien, the funniest man on Twitter, expressed his loathing of it, but in this instance I can’t think of an alternative. I’m sorry, Peter.) A couple of …

• designers photography
• June 11, 2012, 11:00

Here I am in Trinity College. Photograph by Jamie Smith If you follow me on Twitter you may have seen my tweets a couple of weeks ago about doing a project with Louis Vuitton – well now the fruits of …

• designers high street models
• June 9, 2012, 12:32

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen win CFDA Award Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen beat off stiff competition from the likes of Marc Jacobs to win the Womenswear Designer of the Year award at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards this …

• haute couture magazines photography stylists
• June 7, 2012, 12:30

This Lucinda Chambers-styled shoot in the most recent edition of British Vogue is, as Rachel Zoe would say, everything. Photographed by Josh Olins, these minimalist looks are perfection. On the high street, I’d recommend checking out Cos, Cos and more …

• menswear
• June 7, 2012, 11:00

Yesterday’s column was all about menswear, and today at 1.30pm I’ll be on Spin 103.8 discussing the aesthetic difference between boxers and briefs – tune in!

• celebrity music
• June 6, 2012, 12:52

So I know you’ve all seen the Barack Obama version, now comes the Rebecca Minkoff version, featuring none other than my favourite US blogger, the Man Repeller. I love this video – the baby, Leandra, the baby, the dancing . …

• celebrity events music
• June 6, 2012, 10:30

Aw yeeeeeah! Y’all, Jenna Lyons is my specspiration. And Solange Knowles is my hairspiration! Imagine if I combined these forces, how sartorially powerful would I be?! The answer is, not as sartorially powerful as the Olsen twins, who yesterday were …

• celebrity magazines size issues
• June 6, 2012, 07:30

Kim Kardashian may have shot herself in the foot by tweeting these pics of herself backstage on an Esquire magazine photoshoot – while I can appreciate Kim’s enthusiastic tweeting (almost as much as Jenny Johnson does), I do find it staggering …

• high street Irish designs
• June 5, 2012, 16:30

It’s phase one of the refurbishment of Penneys on Mary Street, which has been a slight logistical nightmare for the past few weeks – every time I go in there I feel like Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth, and spend at …

• celebrity magazines
• June 5, 2012, 11:00

I know, I know, this blog is turning into a Kristen Stewart fan club. I can’t help it if she’s everywhere! This Vanity Fair cover is absolutely my favourite, and one I will be running – nay, sprinting – to …

• celebrity magazines
• June 5, 2012, 10:30

Keira’s taking her turn on Interview Russia, while Victoria’s taking a shot at Interview Germany. I love Victoria’s picture, but hate Keira’s – I really think using smoking on the cover of fashion magazines is a tired, tired gag at this stage. …

• magazines models size issues underwear
• June 5, 2012, 07:30

I just stumbled across this shoot featuring Australian plus-size model, Robyn Lawley, on I Love Wildfox, and it reminded me of this underwear shoot featuring Laragh McCann that I featured a few months back. This is an underwear shoot featuring a …

• celebrity stylists
• June 4, 2012, 21:02

I feel as if the acid test for ageing could be showing someone a line-up of “celebrities” at the MTV Movie Awards and asking them to name them. IN OTHER WORDS: this post is not going to be super-long because …

• models
• June 4, 2012, 14:30

I love Erin Wasson in this dappled-sunlight lookbook for French brand, Zadig et Voltaire, available in Brown Thomas. I think of Zadig et Voltaire as a slightly more upmarket, dressier and more sequined All Saints. They do a great line in …

• stylists
• June 4, 2012, 10:30

If you follow stylist extraordinaire Angela Scanlon (who Covetique describes as “Ireland’s Rachel Zoe” – woot!) on Twitter, you may well realise just how exhausting her schedule is! In between flights to and from London, styling sessions for Compeed, TK …

• beauty denim high street stylists vintage
• June 4, 2012, 07:30

That stands for “face of the day”, for those of you not beauty-blog inclined.On Saturday night I went to a friend’s house for a house party and I opted to debut my Marni for H&M top, blagged about two days …

• beauty competitions
• June 1, 2012, 10:30

A few months ago I had the pleasure of experiencing Up to My Eyes‘s mink eyelash extensions myself when I went for a treatment and I would have no hesitation in recommending them. (In fact, a friend of mine had them …

• bargains celebrity high street
• June 1, 2012, 07:30

So y’all know (yes, I’ve been watching Friday Night Lights and I now want to talk like a Texan and live in Texas and eat in the burger joint seemingly every freaking night) that Kelly Brook has been doing a line …