‘ieStyle Live’ will bring cutting edge trends to Cork in an unmissable fashion show next month, hosted by Brendan Courtney and Sonya Lennon. Ruth O’Connor talks to celebrity make up artist Christine Lucignano about the beauty trends she’ll be tapping into on the night

With the clocks going forward next weekend, it may be time to ring the changes through to your beauty regime too. Rachel Marie Walsh has seven little beauty tricks to update your look for spring

They may not be household names but these five Irish people work behind the scenes at some of the world’s biggest fashion organisations. From high ranking positions in Vivienne Westwood to Dries Van Noten, Carolyn Moore charts their rise

Mark Mother’s Day with one of this season’s most beautiful scents, writes Rachel Marie Walsh.

Two women enjoying the Cork Jazz Festival on MacCurtain St had the upset of having their handbags containing mobile phones and cash stolen from them.

An Post’s AddressPal offers a new way to try to minimise the shipping costs when shopping online, but are you still better off in a bricks and mortar store? Carolyn Moore reports.

 

Age: 30+

Clean up your act this season.

Name: Nessa Cotter

ALLIE HAGAN, creator of Suri’s Burn Book, a satirical blog that skewers our obsession with the offspring of celebrities, commented on the massive shift that has occurred in celebrity culture in the last 20 years in an interview with The Hairpin.

IF SUMMER was all about minimalism and naked faces, prepare for an autumnal beauty revolution that requires a little more effort.

INSPIRATION

Name: Vera McGrath

Name: Lisa O’Mahony

FASHION is fascinated with the past.

I’VE never been one to follow the fashion rule book.

LONG gone was the awkward curly-haired teenager with braces, fiercely protected from the media during her White House childhood. Gone too, the determinedly private young woman who spent much of her twenties in denial of her status as a public figure.

Street Trend meets Lynda O'Connell from Cork and Kildare's Susie Gorman

Name: Gemma Moore

This week we meet Fiona Lemasney and Susan McKeon, both from Cork.

This week we meet Dee Newman from Crookhaven and Fifi Coughlan from Ballinlough.

A sleeveless fur coat, dress and leggings — all from Bershka, with a Marc Jacobs bag and Penneys knee-high boots.

CROWDS of shoppers in Britain lined the high street before first light yesterday as major stores and retailers were expecting a bumper day in the Christmas sales.

Kanye West is reportedly dating Melody Thornton.

Lady Gaga had a journalist thrown out of a press conference after she raised questions about the singer's gender.

Austrian fashion reporter Bruno – the latest alter-ego of Sacha Baron Cohen – says he was trying out new trends and style before he was even born..

Jennifer Lopez was shocked when she saw pal Victoria Beckham's new pixie crop haircut for the first time - because the Brit had kept the style a secret from her.

British pop star Lily Allen loves designer labels so much, she once stole her mum's credit card and splashed out on a $1,800 (€1,164) handbag.

Luxury shoe specialist Kurt Geiger has teamed up with a Middle East retailer to open a string of stores in the Gulf region, it was announced today.

Luxury shoe chain Kurt Geiger today posted record profits as it looked to another year of strong growth.