Street Trend: Rosie and Donna
Name: Donna Ngai
Age: 24
From: Cork
Occupation: Visual merchandiser
Favourite shops: River Island, Topshop, Bershka, Brown Thomas
What are you wearing? Top, Primark London £8; jacket, Selected Femme, Brown Thomas, €150; jeans, Bershka, €19.95; scarf, Penneys, €3; Boots, H&M, €29.95; handbag, River Island, €30
Most expensive item ever bought: Marc by Marc Jacobs handbag, €370
Best bargain: Black leather jacket, €29.95, H&M
Best dressed celebrities: Rihanna and Blake Lively
Worst dressed celebrity: Ke$ha
How much spent on fashion a month? €100-150
Worst fashion faux-pas: Spice Girls-style platform shoes
Name: Rosie O’Reilly
Age: 33
From: Dublin
Occupation: Fashion Designer/Creative Director of Re-Dress/We Are Islanders
Favourite shops? Charity shops and my own
What are you wearing? Gold linen bomber, We are Islanders, The Loft, Dublin/ Sirona Boutique Galway, €240; organic cotton slouch pants, We are Islanders, €99; wedge shoes, charity shop, €10
Most expensive item ever bought? Edun Jumpsuit, Better Fashion Shop, €220
Best bargain? Guy Laroche Seventies jacket, €10, Ritzy’s Rags
Best dressed celebrity? The artist David McDermott
Worst dressed celebrity? Can’t think!
Amount spent on fashion every month? Sometimes nothing. I’m lucky I’ve been sewing since I was small — thanks to my mother!
Fashion faux-pas? I never seem to notice faux-pas, I focus on what inspires me but fake tan takes the prize as the worst fashion accessory
