ROSEMARY MAC CABE

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 [...]

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 [...]

Yes, I’m shallow and vacuous – but I don’t care! Sale time is the best of the seasonal shopping period, if you can get your head around the crowds and the fact that clothes are, for once, sorted by item, rather than by style – no longer can you rely on your local fashion store [...]

Just a few pairs that are on my wishlist, although I’m sure they’ll be relegated to the back of my wardrobe, like my Henry Holland wonders. Yesterday evening I gave my wardrobe a bit of an overhaul, in that I rearranged some stuff and got rid of some, eh, underwear, but I did stack my [...]

When I first started working at The Irish Times, I did a vox pop where I asked guys what they thought of the kinds of “mad” fashion trends women regularly fall prey to. Harem pants? Obviously a no-no. Playsuits? Surprisingly, they were split right down the middle, although I suspected those who were in the [...]

So today a new store is opening in Dublin, on Suffolk St at the spot that used to house Habitat and was rumoured, for a while, to be preparing a new home for Lidl. Well those who’d hate to see the historic space house a supermarket can now rest easy and say “welcome to the [...]

And now for something a little more relaxing. Erika Hendrix is a German designer who does sweet, playful designs in the style of a high street Luelle or Vero Moda with a little more oomph – her spring/summer 2010 lookbook has just launched and I have to say that I haven’t been this excited about [...]

Again. I have these sartorial lustings every once in a while, when I fall head over heels for something – usually impractical – and can think of spending my money on nothing else until it comes into my possession. I had one of these fits over a Chanel 2.55 bag for a while there, and [...]

And I hate that phrase. But Ladurée macaroons, since they came to Brown Thomas, have been occupying my every thought – the flavours, the sweet, tough candy outing, the chewy macaroon inner layer… yum. So amazing. And now, one of my favourite designers, Marni, has collaborated with the macaroon company to create a limited edition [...]

Live in Dublin? Like fashion? Well then American Apparel might not be your first port of call – you could hardly call the designs “interesting”, but for basics that would put your Mammy’s thermals to shame, it should be your first port of call. My top tips? Don’t be scared away by skintight lycra dresses; [...]