ROSEMARY MAC CABE

I just finished reading a really great book, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I can’t give you an extensive review as I have to save it for my book club, but it deals a lot with life in the circus in the 1930s, and the various people you’d find there. The tattooed lady (or [...]

I picked up a copy of Look magazine this week – and, before getting into anything else, I’ll say this: Look is definitely the best magazine for keeping up with what’s out now on the high street. It does an excellent feature on items hitting the shop right at this very minute, and that kind [...]

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 [...]

I pitched an idea for a piece the other day, to one of my editors at work, on where the remnants of the Celtic Tiger have gone. The €500 cocktail in the Westin Hotel; €10,000 Balmain jeans; a €50 bottle of water. Are the rich still consuming without an awareness of risk, or have they [...]

Here is Lara Stone, the “plus-sized” model, gracing the latest cover of Katie Grand‘s Love, which is dedicated to fashion icons. Why we need to see Stone’s breasts, over and over again, is beyond me – but I shouldn’t be complaining, because they are, quite frankly, divine. Iconic, one could say. Will Love be any [...]

So I’m no longer very sure why I buy magazines, because all i do is give out about them, and this month’s Glamour is another prime example. With Rihanna on the cover, things could be good, but no: “Why Rihanna STILL likes bad boys” Oh yes, how responsible, let’s imply that it’s her choices that [...]

So, via I Mean… What?!? comes Lindsay Lohan‘s star turn for Muse magazine, shot by Yu Tsai, channelling (apparently) Johnny Depp and Kate Moss. Because 1990s heroin chic is a difficult look for La Lohan. I sigh. And I show: As an aside, I’m always interested in how and why people buy magazines. For my [...]

“The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself.” – so says GaGa herself, in an interview with US Elle. Behold: I have a lot coming up about this no-talent hack, once I get my ass in gear, but for now [...]

I love women’s magazines. I buy almost all of them – and I supplement my interest in women’s interest magazines (Marie Claire, Elle, Glamour) with purely fashion and art magazines (Vogue, Pop, Love, iD. . .). This month, I’ve had my ups and my downs with the magazines: Glamour‘s stance on porn, for example, or [...]

So, yes, I’m 16 again, but I have been dying for the release of New Moon ever since I saw Twilight. Disclaimer: when I saw the first film I was really hungover and had recently broken up with my then-boyfriend, so was in a state of heightened emotion. When the credits rolled I burst into [...]