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Rosemary Mac Cabe

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Why do fashion bloggers dress so badly?

This is a question asked by a commenter on an article on Showbiz.ie featuring me in the ensemble above, with Xposé‘s Kirsteen O’Sullivan, while we mooched around Grafton Street and watched the moddles have their photographs taken for Oasis‘s high …

Dreams of denim

In love with this Car Mar lookbook, featuring Alexandra Spencer of 4th and Bleeker (who I have yet to see look bad once – once!). Who would have thought that dip-dyed denim would make such a striking comeback? Then again, …

River Island’s spring 2012 trends

Check it out, River Island has done a great video to talk you through their spring trends. I particularly like the phrase “Versace inspired”, instead of, y’know, “we copied Versace because there was such a hype about them for H&M“. …

Topshop’s S/S 2012 campaign imagery – is nothing new any more?

Did anyone else read Kurt Anderson’s brilliant piece in Vanity Fair, “You say you want a devolution?” I wish I’d written it, actually; in it, Anderson maintains that the past 20 years have seen the most marked stagnation in the …

Style small print: focus on snakeprint

Did you catch yesterday’s paper? I’ve started a regular Wednesday style segment – small, but with lots of potential! Yesterday’s trend focus was on snakeprint – my picks below: Dress, €165 from French Connection Blazer, €59.95 from Zara Dress, €120 …

The final nail in the sartorial coffin
  • trends
  • September 5, 2011, 12:30

I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention for the past, oh, 12 months, but nails have suddenly become big business. From feeling like painted nails was the exception, rather than the rule, talons have taken centre stage and are …

Get collared

Collars are huge news this season – if the Man Repeller says so, you know it must be so – and Asos has come up trumps in providing a series of options for those of you just dying to try …

Androgyny is sexy – didn’t you get the memo?

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 …