Style file: the day before the eve

Thursday, 31 December 2009, 15:45 | Category : Inspiration, What I'm wearing
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So, it being New Year’s Eve, a little dress-up was appropriate and, as an introduction to my today’s outfit, let me show you who it was inspired by.

I have about 50 blogs in my Google Reader, and at any given moment more than 1,000 new items to read, so getting through them all can be [...]

Best of 2009

Oh, how exhausting these seemingly non-exhaustive lists are. We’ve got the best films, best CDs, best celebrity meltdowns, best tabloid covers, best fights, best reality TV. . . and so on, of 2009. So now here’s my best of 2009. My best six outfits (which wasn’t too difficult, as I only have around 20 in [...]

We’re all going on a summer holiday

Wednesday, 30 December 2009, 9:30 | Category : World travels, fashion fix
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In January. Crazy, right? As it happens, I’m going skiing on January 16th for a week to Austria. I’ve wanted to go for a while and thought, why not? No one’s free so I’m going it alone – we’ll see how it pans out. Anyway, onto the point: German Vogue. I saw this shoot on [...]

Time to clean the boots, Watson

Monday, 28 December 2009, 16:41 | Category : Inspiration, fashion fix
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This photograph has single-handedly motivated me to clean my biker boots, which have been languishing in our utility room since I absolutely filthied them at this year’s Electric Picnic.
Ah, sweet, sweet, online inspiration; it’s amazing how many fashion blogs I’ve started to follow in the past six months, from which I regularly glean inspiration pilfer [...]

Examining third-level marking methods

Monday, 28 December 2009, 14:15 | Category : Journalism, Random musings
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Last week’s Ticket, the entertainment supplement with The Irish Times, included an article wherein three Ticket journos attempted to complete a third-level music management exam. They each achieved marks in the low 70s – 79% for Jim Caroll, 71% for Tony Clayton-Lea and 73% for Sinéad Gleeson. But what was illuminating, more than anything else, [...]

Fashion makes me feel fat

Monday, 28 December 2009, 11:45 | Category : magazines
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That’s nothing new; fashion shows, especially, use very thin models in order to best show off the clothes. The general public claims to have had enough, but what about those who love fashion? Often, when “larger” models are used (in inverted commas to express the ridiculousness of calling Lara Stone plus-sized, or “curvy”), the fashion [...]

Sensations of digital design

When I was at the V&A recently, I passed by the doors to Decode: Digital Design Sensations. In hindsight, passing by (and not going in) was a fatal error. Instead, I found my way to the fashion rooms, the awesome gift shop and, in the process, was offered a ticket to an Erdem fashion show [...]

Sunday inspiration trio

Sunday, 27 December 2009, 12:30 | Category : What I'm wearing
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via If You Seek Style

via Calivintage

via Light Silk

Tomorrow’s Paper

Saturday, 26 December 2009, 16:43 | Category : Musical interludes
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Happy Christmas!

Friday, 25 December 2009, 15:09 | Category : Random musings
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Happy Christmas to you and yours! Hope you’re all having a lovely day eating too much, reading too much and enjoying the company of family and friends. Joyeux Noel!
Also, from early January 2010 rosemarymaccabe.com will be moving to irishtimes.com with a new name, a new focus and a new outlook. Be excited, y’all!
Photograph of [...]