DETOX CULTURE Is it time to embrace the detox?
There’s a lot of scoffing at detoxes about. Sure aren’t we grand just the way we are, we’re told. The body is...
THE HANDMAID’S TALE Expect lots of fashion references to Margaret Atwood’s chilling story
The fashion world has fallen for the austere beauty of The Handmaid’s Tale, the Emmy award winning TV series based on writer Margaret Atwood’s...
GIVENCHY AND HEPBURN The ultimate designer/muse collaboration
He was expecting Hollywood superstar Katherine Hepburn but it was the other Hepburn, a doe-eyed, gamine beauty in cigarette pants, a t-shirt and sandals...
STYLE ICON OF THE WEEK: Faye Dunaway
The ultimate Hollywood diva with a reputation for being ‘difficult’, Faye Dunaway will also go down in the anals of history as one of...
CHILD’S PLAY When is the right time to discuss money?
My five year old Patrick is known to say, 'Just buy another one,' after the breakage of a toy/glass/vase/lipstick/shall I go on? The poor...
LITERARY LOVER Áine Toner’s love affair with books
Áine's Top 10 'Quotes'
'Pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked,'
wrote Jane Austen to her niece, Fanny. This keeps me amused on...
LOST LEGEND Clodagh of Dublin’s unacknowledged acclaim
Aisling O'Loughlin on the fascinating story behind a vintage label 'Clodagh of Dublin' and how one woman's singular vision brought international acclaim, except at...
SELFIE CONSCIOUS Taking matters into our own hands
Such an audacious act, the selfie. The bit that makes it so brazen is pressing the button and posting your mug for all to...
NO MORE NICEY NICEY Why Taylor Swift chose leopard print to mark her change...
On wearing leopard print, Christian Dior warned his clients: ‘If you are fair and sweet, don’t wear it’.
Of all the patterns, leopard print is...
CATRIONA HANLY A special shoot in celebration of the power of the blouse
Irish designer Catríona Hanly’s love of luxury and opulence is no accident considering the grandeur she grew up in and is accustomed to thanks...
