Street Trend: Rosie and Donna

We meet Donna Ngai, 24, from Cork and Rosie O'Reilly, 33, from Dublin.

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

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