Laura Jayne Halton

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Valentine’s Day: 60 Irish sites to help you spread the love

Early February is traditionally the time of year for Pricewatch to moan about jammed restaurants serving special Valentine’s meals – where the on(...)

Nora Twomey of Cartoon Saloon. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
Angelina Jolie, the Breadwinner and me. By Nora Twomey

If Nora Twomey is pretending to have “never been into heels and dresses”, as she puts it, she’s doing a top notch job. Having already walked the Acade(...)

Laura Jayne Halton, winner of best dressed at Ladies’ Day at the Dublin Horse Show. Photograph: Sara Freund/The Irish Times
Style contest a black-and-white affair at Dublin Horse Show

When you are a top class designer who has dressed Oscar nominees and ambassadors, winning best dressed lady cannot be that much of a stretch. Yet Lau(...)

Best hat winner Danielle Gingell, from Claremorris, Co Mayo; winner of the Kilkenny best dressed lady prize Alex Butler, from Midleton, Co Cork; and best Irish design winner Mary White, from Claremorris, Co Mayo, at Galway. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Flurry of feathers and fascinators at Galway Races Ladies’ Day

The Galway public may have recently voted in favour of marriage equality, but there were calls for another form of parity at Ballybrit. Laois-born Leo(...)

Alex Butler from Middleton, Co Cork won the Best Dressed Lady prize at the Galway Races. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
Cork woman wins Best Dressed at Galway races

East Cork native Alex Butler has won the Best Dressed Lady title at this year’s Galway Races at Ballybrit. Ms Butler from Ballyedmond, Midleton, won(...)

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Cut-outs and virginal white - is this a trend?

There seems to be a lot of peekaboo action in the shops, with bits and bobs visible through holes and cut-outs . Is this actually a trend or are th(...)