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Going all out
This party season is about excess dressing, with an emphasis on opulence and exuberance. This is no time to hold back, explains Marie Kelly.
Richard Malone: maker on a mission
Currently occupying a residency at the National Gallery of Ireland, fashion designer Richard Malone has more in common with midlifers than you might think, discovers Marie Kelly.
Return of the cool
Autumn menswear is all about textures, tones and a relaxed, understated suave, explains Marie Kelly.
The hidden secret of Louboutin lovers all over Ireland
As restoration services for designer goods are expanding, Marie Kelly talks to three craftsmen who are the hidden secret of Louboutin lovers around the country.
Entrepreneur Aisling Byrne is taking on fast fashion — one garment swap at a time
Exchange app Nuw leverages clothes as currency and its founder, Dubliner Aisling Byrne, has been recognised as a rising star in fashion retail. She tells Marie Kelly about how she plans to disrupt the fashion industry, one swap at a time.
The strings and the threads
Irish-born, New York-based violinist Gregory Harrington tells Marie Kelly about striking the right note through clothing.
The Irish brand designing clothes for children with autism
Seams, tags, textures and fabric weight can irritate little ones with sensory issues. Marie Kelly chats with two mothers designing clothes to make a difference.
The myth of the capsule wardrobe
Marie Kelly asks whether a curated, minimalist wardrobe is sartorial fact or fiction.
And Just Like That... Carrie Bradshaw made hats fashionable again
She used to be all about heels, but now Sarah Jessica Parker’s iconic character has embraced statement headwear as she explores midlife in And Just Like That... Marie Kelly considers the particular confidence that comes with donning a chapeau.
The power of positive dressing
Irish designers are channelling a new-found freedom and optimism into their colourful post-lockdown collections, writes Marie Kelly
A cosy community
The sight of Tom Daley casting on during the Tokyo Olympics this summer made knitting cool (yet again). Marie Kelly meets some fellow stitchers who find inspiration, and even meditation, in the plain and purl.
Thoroughly modern tweed
Once worn only by Miss Marple types, traditional tweed is being imaginatively reinvented by a fresh crop of fashion innovators for today’s style-savvy shopper, explains Marie Kelly.
The future of fashion
This last year has shaken the fashion industry like no other, forcing essential change on an industry many admit was broken. In conversation with Marie Kelly, eight Irish fashion insiders reflect on how fashion will look in 2021.
Fast lane fashion
Irish designer Laura Weber, famous for the exquisite beading on US First Lady Jill Biden’s inauguration outfit, tells Marie Kelly about launching her own luxury athleisure range.
The circular fashion revolution
Irish brands are leading the way as a community-focused movement is turning discarded materials into covetable products, writes Marie Kelly
The case for luxury fashion
Marie Kelly makes a compelling case for a future defined by fewer but better buys.
What do you want your wardrobe to say about you?
Polished but not prissy, feminine but purposeful, and dressed in updated classics, she’s the woman you’ll want to be for AW19, says Marie Kelly.
Forever in blue jeans
Ireland is a denim nation, says Marie Kelly. Here, she explores her own, and the country’s, love affair with this unassuming wardrobe staple.
Fake it to make it
Who’d have thought the once scorned faux fur could have captured the imagination of fashion’s most stylish women? Shrimps founder Hannah Weiland, that’s who, explains Marie Kelly.