Time is moneyCLOTHES LINES: The secret of astute wardrobe organisation is to spend your money where you spend your timeSat Jul 12 2008 - 01:00
Rocha lends his designer touch to uniforms for Olympic teamIRELAND'S OLYMPIC team uniform, designed by John Rocha, has gone on show - a month ahead of the opening of the Beijing gamesWed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
Adding value and style to recycled clothesDublin’s first Swap-O-Rama-Rama fashion event in Trinity’s Science Gallery introduced visitors to the concept of “upcycling” …Mon Jun 30 2008 - 01:00
Go places with John RochaCLOTHES LINE: You can go places with John Rocha in more ways than one these days.Sat Jun 28 2008 - 01:00
Success of Kennedy ensemble a racing certaintyFRESH FROM London where she's been dressing her clients for Ascot, with milliner Philip Treacy, designer Louise Kennedy yesterday…Thu Jun 12 2008 - 01:00
Designer highlights consumer powerSHOPPERS HAVE the power to change the world, a gathering of Irish fashion designers in Dublin heard last night.Fri Apr 25 2008 - 01:00
Tasters reveal a variety of inspirationNINETEEN FOURTH-YEAR fashion students from the Limerick School of Art & Design previewed their graduate collections at a …Thu Apr 10 2008 - 01:00
Fashion hearts beat fasterEight young fashion hearts will be beating faster on the evening of Friday April 25thSat Apr 05 2008 - 01:00
Bag a bargainBag bargain hunters, take note - today is the final day of the annual Chesneau leathers sale in Bennettsbridge in Co Kilkenny…Sat Apr 05 2008 - 01:00
Shirts that hugCLOTHES LINES: A dress grown from Guinness or wine, and a shirt that sends hugs from a loved one? Sounds like science fiction…Sat Apr 05 2008 - 01:00
Clothes lineIreland's answer to Abercrombie Farrell & Browne, which has just opened its doors on Nassau Street replacing Easons on the…Sat Mar 29 2008 - 00:00
Capture a place in a fragrance? Now you're talking scentsLUXURY BRANDS: HOW DO YOU evoke a personal memory of a place through scent? Or create scents inspired by holidays?Sat Mar 15 2008 - 00:00
Trends aplenty as curtain falls on costume dramaPARIS FASHION week drew to a close yesterday as the last of the catwalk shows, notably Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton, played …Mon Mar 03 2008 - 00:00
Chanel back on the merry-go-roundTHE SETTING for the Chanel autumn/winter show in the Grand Palais yesterday was a huge burnished carousel in which blown-up versions…Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
Women designers flex their musclesWOMEN FASHION designers showed their power in Paris yesterday, notably 35-year-old Alessandra Facchinetti making her debut in…Fri Feb 29 2008 - 00:00
No protesters or mud pies as fur flies down catwalksJEAN PAUL Gaultier took a walk on the wild side in Paris yesterday with a collection in which furs and skins of every kind, real…Thu Feb 28 2008 - 00:00
President pays tribute to genius of late Miriam Mone"She was a genius with cloth, colour, design and style and had a great eye for a woman's shape."Tue Feb 19 2008 - 00:00
ClotheslinesKids come, too: Mother's Day falls on Sunday, March 2nd, this year and BTKids will be joining forces with singer Keith Duffy…Sat Feb 16 2008 - 00:00
TopShop to expand designer empireYesterday's announcement by Sir Philip Green, owner of TopShop and a major sponsor of young designers at London Fashion Week, …Fri Feb 15 2008 - 00:00
Basi goes large as Farhi shows a feminine sideThe Garden Room of the Royal Opera House in London was the setting for Nicole Farhi's lovely winter collection, a stone's throw…Thu Feb 14 2008 - 00:00
Young talent shines as sequins and silver glitz up glamazon lookLondon's much-vaunted status as a hotbed of youthful innovation was put to the test yesterday with strong presentations from …Wed Feb 13 2008 - 00:00
Latest collection from John Rocha reveals romantic refinement"Romantic refinement" were the words that came to mind when viewing John Rocha's gilt-edged collection in London yesterday.Tue Feb 12 2008 - 00:00
Fashion exhibition fails to impress Irish buyersLONDON FASHION WEEK: London Fashion Week launched into its second day with a busy catwalk schedule, but there were noticeably…Tue Feb 12 2008 - 00:00
Costelloe show mixes country with couturePaul Costelloe's collection was the first on the catwalk calendar yesterday, a position he describes ruefully as "a poisoned …Mon Feb 11 2008 - 00:00
Designers turn up heat as week of fashion opens"London's on fire" was the message from the organisers, as London Fashion Week opened yesterday starting a week that will see…Mon Feb 11 2008 - 00:00
Floral prints in bloom at Brown Thomas spring showFloral prints were in full bloom yesterday at Brown Thomas's spring show, held for private clients at the Shelbourne Hotel in…Wed Feb 06 2008 - 00:00
Clothes linesGo gorey: A colleague who complains about how difficult it is to find great clothes for larger sizes has been raving about the…Sat Jan 26 2008 - 00:00
ClotheslinesWeather vane: According to the New York Times, big fashion companies in the US are now employing weather forecasters and climatologists…Sat Dec 15 2007 - 00:00
ClotheslinesOne for the kids: A former buyer with Dunnes Stores, Hilary Behan moved to live in Singapore with her husband and three children…Sat Dec 08 2007 - 00:00
Converted post office awash with ChanelBRITAIN: Karl Lagerfeld made a rare London appearance yesterday to present a Chanel fashion show outside the official catwalk…Fri Dec 07 2007 - 00:00
ClotheslineGreat woolpower When two Irish designers set up a knitting company, they decided to call it Electronic Sheep, having worked …Sat Dec 01 2007 - 00:00
Clothes linesSister act: I met Maree and Carolanne Gorman when the sisters were busy buying their first season's collections from Yasmin …Sat Nov 24 2007 - 00:00
Cody coutureEight Helen Cody dresses are to share a platform with the art that inspired them, writes Deirdre McQuillan.Sat Nov 24 2007 - 00:00
Award-winning Treacy tops it all with millinery OBEIrish milliner Philip Treacy last night received an OBE from the queen of England for his services to the British fashion industry…Tue Nov 20 2007 - 00:00
Clothes linesQuirky gifts: You never know what to expect when you visit the Guinness Gallery in FoxrockSat Nov 17 2007 - 00:00
Looking goodwww.couturelab.com Created by the same people who founded the hugely successful netaporter site, this includes fashion, decor…Sat Nov 17 2007 - 00:00
Hill street movesWhen Canadian architect Robynn Clarke moved to Dublin, she felt the city could use 'a little injection of something interesting…Sat Nov 17 2007 - 00:00
ClotheslinesHeaven sent: Heavenly Gifts is the name of a special event taking place at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 next Saturday and …Sat Nov 10 2007 - 00:00
ClotheslineShaping up nicely A lovely new shop selling beautiful leather bags and clothing called M0851 has just opened on one of my favourite…Sat Nov 03 2007 - 00:00
Chain plans to open 42 new storesIt has been four years since Dunnes Stores had a fashion show, but yesterday in the cool, glass-fronted new service restaurant…Thu Oct 25 2007 - 01:00
ELDER STATEMENT: retrospective exhibition of Neilli Mulcahy designs opens"Fashion is always about forward-thinking; you certainly don't look back, and to go back 50 years - well, I can tell you what…Thu Oct 18 2007 - 01:00
ClotheslineGems at Brown Thomas When Gabrielle Chanel, better known for costume jewellery, exhibited her first collection of fine jewellery…Sat Oct 13 2007 - 01:00
Sleepless night in Paris as big guns go wildParis went wild on Saturday night as more than 1Mon Oct 08 2007 - 01:00
CLOTHESLINESSimple style: I'm a big fan of Hobbs and I like the way they've based their winter offerings around four Hollywood icons, Marlene…Sat Oct 06 2007 - 01:00
Playful Tailoring: McCartney catches the Paris moodParis Fashion Week: The backdrop to Stella McCartney's triumphant show in Paris yesterday was a remarkable vertical garden, …Fri Oct 05 2007 - 01:00
In the red: Valentino's final ready-to-wear collectionParis Fashion Week: One of fashion's grand maestros sent forth his last ready-to-wear collection in Paris yesterday to a standing…Thu Oct 04 2007 - 01:00
Margiela makes the cut with emphasis on fabricParis Fashion Week: Martin Margiela, the innovative and famously reticent Belgian fashion designer whose creative director is…Wed Oct 03 2007 - 01:00
Gangster chic is back (again)Paris Fashion Week: Paris brought out the first of its big guns yesterday with Dior showing earlier than usual, at the start…Tue Oct 02 2007 - 01:00
WHAT'S IN STORE: Arnotts previews winter collectionWith a catwalk made of woodchip and a three-ton Airstream wagon distributing organic burgers, Arnotts' winter show, held in its…Wed Sept 26 2007 - 01:00
