Rosemary Mac Cabe

• competitions
• January 31, 2013, 14:31

I know, I know! It seems as if the giveaways celebrating Fash Mob’s third birthday will never end, but here’s another one courtesy of Marks & Spencer, who are generously giving three €50 vouchers to three lucky Fash Mob readers. …

• competitions
• January 30, 2013, 11:30

Fash Mob has teamed up with high-street accessories chain, Accessorize, to offer three lucky readers a €50 voucher to spend instore, to celebrate Fash Mob’s third birthday in style. (Honestly, I feel as if these giveaways will never end – …

• advertising shoes and boots
• January 30, 2013, 07:30

These images from Christian Louboutin‘s S/S 2013 really embody all that the brand is about – whimsical glamour. Who would have thought to juxtapose those famous red soles with fishing scenes? They’re so eyecatching, and interesting both for fans of …

• beauty
• January 29, 2013, 15:30

Boots’ high-end skincare and make-up line, No 7, is really running with the 1960s theme we saw all over the S/S 2013 catwalks with its latest limited-edition release, Ballerina Beauty. It’s a soft, romantic notion – a little bit Edie …

• underwear
• January 29, 2013, 14:37

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s undies range for Marks & Spencer launched last season with a press preview in London that, sadly, I didn’t get to go to (woe!) where the lady herself wowed all and sundry with her passion for her lingerie …

• competitions
• January 29, 2013, 12:30

January, as you well know, is the perfect time of year to get into a training routine – but why give up once the month is out? To celebrate Fash Mob’s third birthday, the lovely folks at Xbox are offering …

• competitions
• January 28, 2013, 16:56

Fash Mob teams up with Penneys to offer readers the chance to win one of three €50 vouchers.

• beauty reviews
• January 28, 2013, 07:30

Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish is, for the uninitiated, a plant-based hot cloth cleanser that cleans the skin before, you guessed it, polishing your skin. It claims to leave skin smoother and clearer than before, and it has the rave …

• beauty reviews
• January 25, 2013, 14:30

First things first: I have no pictures of this product, because I threw it into the bin in a temper before I could photograph it. This should tell you a good deal about what’s about to go down in this …

• competitions
• January 25, 2013, 11:30

Phew, that was a mouthful! Thanks to the Kilkenny shop, home to Ireland’s largest collection of designers – and, of course, in honour of Fash Mob’s third birthday – we have a fabulous Orla Kiely laptop bag worth €108 to …

• seasonal dressing
• January 25, 2013, 07:30

I know, I know, it’s still bleeding freezing, and I’m wittering on about spring/summer fashions! See it as a kind of fantasy, a way to imagine yourself getting away from the cold and into the Miami sunshine or the LA …

• competitions
• January 24, 2013, 16:39

Another great giveaway, this time from the bods down at Littlewoods Ireland. To celebrate Fash Mob turning three, they’re giving away three fab prizes to Fash Mob readers – starting with a  pair of Steve Madden Praque studded boots, worth …

• events trends
• January 24, 2013, 11:30

Brown Thomas launched its S/S 2013 collections last week with a brunch for Irish media in its designer showrooms. I spotted Sonya Lennon and Brendan Courtney having a scout through the rails, which were choc-full of bright and beautiful new …

• beauty online shopping
• January 24, 2013, 07:30

When I saw these iPhone cases for sale on Etsy – via a link on Twitter – the other day, I started making a list of all the people I know who would love one of these babies for their …

• competitions
• January 23, 2013, 16:33

Recently opened above Kielys in Donnybrook, Rock Lobster describes itself as being for “cocktails, fish and primehouse”. Unsurprisingly, lobster features heavily – but it shares the limelight with beef, and Rock Lobster is a great spot for some late-night cocktails! …

• competitions
• January 23, 2013, 12:10

This competition is now closed. The winners are @siliesile @fionamerrio1711 and @its_ams – congrats! More, more, more! How do you like it? Etc. And by more I of course mean more competitions to celebrate Fash Mob’s third birthday. This time …

• celebrity
• January 23, 2013, 07:30

Just look at Bey and Jay arriving at the 2013 inauguration of POTUS Barack Obama. Just look! What style! What grace! What sunglasses! What beautiful emeralds (with orange talons – was she sending a message to the Irish?)! Beyoncé wore …

• competitions
• January 21, 2013, 16:54

This competition has now closed. The winners are @eilismernagh, @richerich09 and @juleser As part of Fash Mob’s third birthday celebrations, Milano pizza and pasta restaurant has donated three €20 meal vouchers – which, crucially, can be used in conjunction with …

• what I wore
• January 21, 2013, 07:30

Hands down, the entertainment.ie erics was one of the most difficult events to dress for. It wasn’t an awards show in the style of the VIP Style Awards, so floor-length satin was out – but it wasn’t a super-casual non-event, so …

• beauty competitions
• January 18, 2013, 20:55

This competition is now closed. The winners are @shmeefa, @thepurplepage1 and @ciarafoy22 If you haven’t tried out threading – an Eastern technique that uses threads to almost painlessly pluck the hairs from your eyebrow – then this giveaway is perfect …

• competitions
• January 18, 2013, 11:31

This competition is now closed! €50 vouchers go to @raineylainey, @teabags18 and @briddavis – congrats! I am a big fan of River Island – lately, since they stopped putting glitter on their jeans - so I’m delighted to be able to offer …

• handbags Irish designs
• January 16, 2013, 14:30

Okay, so we all know Orla Kiely‘s shtick – or, at least, her bestselling shtick, the stem print that she resurrects each and every season and that sells in its droves to yummy mummies far and wide who need somewhere …

• competitions
• January 16, 2013, 11:30

So yeah, I may have mentioned it, Fash Mob turned three this month, and I’ll be running competitions every day (bar weekends – a girl has gotta sleep!) between now and the end of the month to celebrate that fact. …

• designer collaborations high street
• January 16, 2013, 07:30

These pics have just dropped, of Nepalese American designer Prabal Gurung‘s collection for high-street superstore Target and, by and large, they are gorgeous, featuring really wearable floral prints in cool, fitted and tailored shapes – not a tea dress to be found …

• celebrity menswear
• January 15, 2013, 15:30

Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not brilliant on menswear. Yeah, I know, I go to the shows – heck, I even loved Hackett – but when it comes to menswear there’s not all that much to think about. Either …

• competitions hair
• January 15, 2013, 11:30

If you follow me on either of the vehicles of narcissism that are Twitter or Instagram (or Facebook, for that matter), you’ll know that last week I went into Brown Sugar on South William Street to be blondified! The lovely …

• what I wore
• January 15, 2013, 07:30

These two occasions didn’t happen at the same time, but I just so happened to love my Friday-night outfit so much that I went for the same thing for yesterday’s Midday appearance. (If this photograph had a caption, it would …

• competitions Irish designs
• January 14, 2013, 11:30

To celebrate Fash Mob’s aforementioned third birthday, the lovely ladies at Irish fashion label Fran & Jane have offered three €75 vouchers to three lucky Fash Mob readers! You will have seen mention of Fran & Jane previously on Fash Mob, …

• competitions
• January 14, 2013, 07:30

Well y’all may not have noticed (confession: I didn’t!) but Fash Mob turned three this January! Hurrah! Happy birthday to Fash Mob – and so on and so forth. In the grand tradition of blog birthdays, I feel it’s important …

• trends
• January 11, 2013, 07:30

Pic via Fashiontoast  There was a point – maybe around the time that Justin Timberlake released his debut solo album, if you can remember that far – in fashion history when the baseball cap was a kind of a “street” statement. …

• fashion shows menswear
• January 10, 2013, 10:30

The Jonathan Saunders presentation was held in a gallery building on Southampton Row, not an area of London I was too familiar with, so I caught a cab (a luxury I don’t usually afford myself!) and followed the crowds of …

• shoes and boots
• January 10, 2013, 07:30

I am terrible – and I mean terrible – at walking in heels. And this isn’t a case of having a low pain threshold, or being a complainer. A friend and I bought the same pair of wedge sandals, about …

• fashion shows menswear
• January 9, 2013, 10:30

A review of Hackett London’s A/W 2013 show as part of London Collections: Men at St Paul’s Cathedral

• celebrity music
• January 9, 2013, 07:30

I remember being obsessed with this Kelly Rowland song when it came out – that opening riff is just so catchy! I was working in a clothes shop in the Stephen’s Green Centre at the time that was then called Tattoo, …

• beauty
• January 8, 2013, 16:00

I go through definite phases with my make-up – nine days out of 10 I’ll stick to a bare minimum of foundation (No 7′s Perfectly Matte or YSL’s Touche Éclat foundation are my current poisons), bronzer (Bobbi Brown), eyebrow powder …

• street style
• January 8, 2013, 07:30

Pic of Hanneli via Vanessa Jackman Quite aside from professional research, I spend a decent amount of my time researching street style posts online as a way of inspiring the way I dress (currently? Vintage Rolling Stones tee, black leggings and …

• celebrity music
• January 7, 2013, 07:30

“Why do girls always say ‘girl crush’? It’s not as if I’m going to think you’re a lesbian if you just say ‘crush’” - Mindy Kaling in the best new series of last year, The Mindy Project. Now that we’ve got …

• advertising handbags
• January 4, 2013, 07:30

It seems oxymoronic, somehow, that advertising can be inspiring – or, at the very least, as if I am some simpleton who cannot resist the lure of an advertisement designed specifically to appeal to (and perhaps inspire) my demographic. So …

• bargains what I wore
• January 2, 2013, 13:55

I have been like a freaking saint over the past few weeks, putting things back on the shelf because I realise I don’t need them, emptying my online basket because I realise I can’t afford anything . . . but …

• Irish designs online shopping shoes and boots
• January 1, 2013, 10:30

Happy New Year! Have you checked out my guide to your 2013 fashion resolutions? Each season seems to bring with it new names in fashion, from young designers to cut-price fashion stores and online collaborations, and 2012 was no different …