Vivienne Westwood

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The protest singer tells the Irish Times politics podcast punk was about solidarity, not Brexit-style masochsim

Georgina Heffernan splits her time between Wicklow and Seville in Spain

The UK’s decision to leave the EU is like living through the anarchy of punk all over again

Claire Foy among actors signing letter urging decriminalisation of abortion in NI

Review: Steer clear of John Cameron Mitchell’s aggressively appalling musical fantasia

Dublin-based fashion designer wants to work with as many musicians as possible

As well as being ‘little land managers’, pigs raised among the trees taste better

Joyce DiDonato gives a stunning example of the possible shape of things to come

Fashion Forward: Deirdre McQuillan and Dominique McMullan round up this week’s fashion news and style tips

DJ Shrem and partner artist Les Cullinan’s home zings with colour and curiosities

Pieces of me: Ruth Ní Loinsigh, boutique owner

Malcolm McLaren’s son says will destroy hoard on 40th anniversary of debut single

A round up of this week’s fashion news and style tips

Say goodbye to flower crowns , Repeal the 8th sweaters seen on and off stage

Fighting the rise of resource-heavy 'fast fashion', some companies are finding ways to make environmentally friendly clothes, while keeping covetable designs

From pantaloons and petticoats, to bloodied corsets and Kardashians, our briefs have a long history

Pick up tips and ideas at ‘The Irish Times’ events at the Ideal Home Show this weekend

Guest list includes Bob Geldof, Michael Caine, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Bill Wyman

Deirdre McQuillan meets the founder of The Gentleman Blogger

You want to make a statement and look as if you’ve made an effort, but don’t forget the importance of dressing for comfort. It’s going to be a long day, and night, after all

After a career with Reuters, the Dubliner set up his own literary agency in London

The fashion of the near future will include plenty of feminine florals, power-dressing trouser suits, statement-making reds, clothes that used to go ‘moo’, black Lycra and Ziggie-era Bowie

If you want to wear animal print, don’t let age nor Bet Lynch hold you back

Working Girl-style big shoulder pads may be dead and buried, but women’s attempts to harness clothing to their advantage are not

The pioneering fashion designer reveals some hard truths that chime with her motto, ‘the living deserve respect, the dead deserve the truth’. Malcolm McLaren does not come out of it well

Protest rallies in 161 countries aim to focus world’s eyes on climate change

How do you leave the office politics of ‘Mad Men’ behind? Starring opposite the late Philip Seymour Hoffman is a smart move. TV's `embodiment of beauty’ talks about saying goodbye to Joan, surviving high school and the power of hair colour

Two sisters accused of defrauding £680,000 from art dealer and his wife Nigella Lawson

Celebrity chef says ‘if you want to put me on trial, put me on trial’ as she denies drug use

Celebrity chef took drug while feeling subject to ‘intimate terrorism’ by Charles Saatchi

Former customers of Foam Cafe say he claimed to have returned to Dublin after working in fashion

Art dealer says he was ‘very fond’ of sisters accused of spending £685,000 on themselves

Is it possible to get by solely on a ‘capsule wardrobe’? Three women put it to the test

Arnotts preview autumn/winter collections

Sex, the city and showing one’s bra straps: how one show changed fashion forever