We know how to celebrate

As Pippa Middleton launches her guide to preparing the perfect party, Margaret Carragher reports on how Irish celebs entertain at home and away

We know how to celebrate

IF YOU’VE partied with Hollywood royalty, been kissed by Al Pacino and rubbed sequinned shoulders with an entire alphabet of A-listers it’s fair to assume you’d be hard to impress. So when TV3 presenter Lisa Cannon admits to being blown away by a party, you want to hear more.

“I was in Rome to interview fashion designer Roberto Cavalli at a party in the Colosseum,” she recalls. “It was like an old Roman film set, candlelit, orgy-themed ... SO decadent. It must have cost two or three million. There was food everywhere — huge hunks of lamb, blocks of cheese, grapes draped all over the place. The models were wandering around in underwear and black masks or stretched out on fur-covered chaises longues. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

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