With a natural beauty and a toughness that reflects the landscape, Simone Rocha’s latest collection celebrates her native Ireland, the designer tells Paul McLauchlan.

Simone Rocha invited ieStyle into her London studio for an exclusive look behind the scenes as she put the finishing touches to her acclaimed collection for Fashion Week. Rachel Marie Walsh reports

He’s worked with the world’s top names in fashion, and David Beckham hand-picked him to change the face of British label, Kent & Curwen. Paul McLauchlan meets Dublin-born designer Daniel Kearns.

Paul McLauchlan reports from London Fashion Week on the designer who stole the show: Simone Rocha – the most important name in Irish fashion.

Check out this cheese-board set, we love the mix of ceramic and wood. 

Choctaw artist Waylon Gary White Deer has settled so well in Ireland that he’s appeared in Fair City and even counted the late Martin McGuinness among his friends, writes Aisling Meath. 

PARENT EVENT: Mothercare’s next expectant parent event will be held on Sunday, February 5, in stores nationwide. 

Ciara McDonnell meets the Irish designers making waves on the sartorial world stage

From Northern Irish fashion designer J.W. Anderson making serious waves with his gender-bending designs as creative director for the luxury Spanish fashion label Loewe to 22-year-old Carlow actress Saoirse Ronan making the coveted cover of Time magazine, there’s no denying that the year just gone was another incredibly triumphant one for Ireland’s next generation of game-changers.

Sitting pretty? Well here’s Esther N McCarthy’s picks for colourful midsummer moments at home.

FIRST Holy Communions are on the horizon. Parents can feel under pressure to produce the day of days for their son or daughter so plan ahead to avoid struggling with the cost.

LOUISE COTTER is originally from Tralee in Co Kerry, but lives in Cork. She is one of the lead architects and co-founder of Carr Cotter Naessens (CCN) Architects, the firm that has won several awards for its work on dlr Lexicon, the library and cultural centre in Dún Laoghaire.

The master bedroom is somewhere you should feel invited to drop your guard, sloughing off your clothes and the emotional trials and tribulations of the day.

FORMER Miss Ireland Sarah Morrissey might not have become a model if her mum hadn’t sent a photo of her to Assets Models Agency.

Des O’Sullivan finds considerable variety on display at Woodwards upcoming event.

Fashion star Simone Rocha has followed in the footsteps of 20-something icons Lena Dunham and Jennifer Lawrence by getting the ultimate nod of approval from Forbes magazine.

Kya deLongchamps reveals the top interior looks for the coming year, from boutique bathroom fittings to warm copper colours and bold graphic prints.

BATHROOMS go boutique, (again) — you don’t need vast, flabby areas to deliver a gorgeous bathroom in 2015, and less square metres in an en-suite or shower-room allows for five star qualities.

Simone Rocha has been named as one of the hottest young design stars in the world by fashion bible, Vogue.

WITH the recent focus on designers such as JW Anderson, Simone Rocha, Natalie B Coleman and Danielle Romeril, one could be forgiven for assuming that their success is somehow unprecedented in the history of Irish design.

Designer John Rocha has retired from London Fashion Week after almost 30 years. Rachel Marie Walsh remembers his fashion highlights

Trends for Autumn/Winter 2014 have really taken shape following London Fashion Week. Rachel Marie Walsh rounds up the strongest looks for next season.

At just 29, Jonathan William Anderson is established as one of those designers that drags fashion forward.

Fond emotions translate to good deeds in this week’s collection from Esther N McCarthy who also throws in a little something for caffeine addicts, amongst others

AT 6’4”, designer Paul Costelloe stands out from the crowd.

Inspiration

Wrap up Japanese style!

Did you know the Spanish invented the mop?

The battle between high street and high-end played out at London Fashion Week, with John Rocha and Mulberry vying for catwalk dominance against Whistles, Topshop Unique, and Rihanna for River Island, reports the Irish Examiner's Annmarie O’Connor.

London Fashion Week kicked off yesterday at Somerset House with Dublin-born designer Zoe Jordan opening the autumn/winter ’13 season preview.

* COUGH RELIEF: Give gentle relief to children’s coughs with Nelson’s Sootha, a homeopathic cough syrup that contains natural Bryonia 6c, honey and lemon juice.

From fashion designers to actors and businesswomen to models, the next generation of young Irish people has thrown up some significant talent across a range of professions. These young people are among a pool of highly-accomplished achievers whose remarkable successes to date are bucking recessionary trends and putting their country back on the map.

One of the most prominent businessman of the Celtic Tiger era, Hugh O’Regan, was yesterday given a prolonged standing ovation during his funeral Mass.

Summer bird cages, iconic rock stars and kooky crafts are all part of the weft and warp of Esther N McCarthy’s wish weaving.

1. Half way between mod and antique French styles, this stripy console table will both brighten your room, and add elegance with its shapely legs.

Dublin artist Guggi’s first exhibition in South America features his trademark paintings of jugs and bowls, says Tina O’Sullivan

A businessman regarded as the face of Coroin, the hotel group, regularly used hotels owned by the firm and ran up a large unpaid bill, developer Patrick McKillen told the High Court in London yesterday.

Debenhams has reported stronger sales growth as customers sought bargains in the post-holiday clearance and responded to a new marketing campaign.

A successful January sale and well-received spring ranges helped department store chain Debenhams make a “resilient” start to 2012.

IF our future depends on exports, then designers are trying to get in on the act.

To mark the Chinese New Year on Monday, interior designer Denise Walsh of Donovan Walsh Designs, answers your Oriental design dilemmas.

Multi-stem casserole dish by Orla Kiely is earthenware — dishwasher and microwave safe.

FERGUS Finlay (Opinion, Oct 25) writes: “Michael D Higgins has stood for equality and fairness, in Ireland and around the world, every day of his working life.” Indeed he has.

SITTING front row at a Joanne Hynes fashion show should require seat belts — to counter the creative whiplash on the runway.

IT WAS a soft atmosphere at the cobbles this weekend — in weather thankfully; not fashion. As the rain threatened, the catwalks unleashed their own perfect storm of style for spring/summer 12.

DUBLIN’S style-driven Morrison Hotel has been put on the market with international buyers expected, thanks to its profile and trading figures.

OUR 5-year-old leather couch is starting to look a little scuffed. What’s the best way to care for leather furniture?

NOT quite London’s Palladium, but Dublin’s brand new National Convention Centre came pretty close last night as it hosted an Irish-style Royal Variety Performance to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Ireland.