A serial shoplifter, who was convicted yesterday of carrying out more than 30 thefts, declared from the dock at his sentencing hearing: “I ain’t very good at shoplifting, am I?”

As Heidi Klum’s new collection lands in Lidl, have we reached peak celebrity/fashion collaboration? Annmarie O’Connor reports.

Deirdre Reynolds meets the new wave of unabashed Irish men who are making careers out of gracing fashion catwalks and magazines

With party season pending, our thoughts turn to festive fashion. Opera Lane has been influenced by the lady eclectic – a colourful muse inspired by the maximalism of the 70s and early 80s where baubles and furs flirt shamelessly with masculine cuts and heaps of attitude.

Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood says he is looking forward to being right “among the muck and bullets” when he becomes a father for the fifth time.

Annmarie O’Connor reveals the new season’s top trends and how to wear them.

Nadal says he’s in good shape for U.S. Open and shows off his style in sexy underwear campaign for designer Tommy Hilfiger.

The odd, unconventional looks of today’s most successful models are largely the result of the vision of one woman. Alice Gregory reports.

Maria Shriver refused to attend a party after learning Miley Cyrus was also invited.

P Diddy was saddened after being outbid on a $1.2m Pablo Picasso painting.

Fashion is a fickle mistress. In an industry predicated on newness, timing is crucial to maintaining a profile that is both relevant and exciting; not least for a designer whose name has yet to open any doors. For haute couture specialists, the success rate is riskier still.

Rita Ora is reportedly dating Tommy Hilfiger's son.

INSPIRATION

Saddle up, there’s a new trend in town. Think city silhouettes parlayed with contrasting tribal and Americana accents.

Behold the cape 2.0 — infinitely practical and oh-so-pretty.

From celeb-filled fundraisers in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village to state dinners at the White House, rumours of political aspirations for the Vogue editrix are flying around town.

Time to drop anchor with a spring /summer favourite – the nautical look.

Subtle flowers and sophisticated pinks are among the emerging trends of the moment, writesCarol O’Callaghan

WITH techtastic toys, musical numbers and amazing giveaways, the Late Late Toy Show on December 2 is set to mesmerise more than a million kids and big kids throughout the land.

Donegal Yarns are supplying Ralph Lauren and Polo, but mills here are in survival mode after number of closures, says Kathy Foley.

U2 were named Band of the Year at the GQ Men of the Year awards last night.

What?

American fashion label Tommy Hilfiger is to be bought by the owner of Calvin Klein in a deal worth €2.2bn, it was revealed today.

SPONSORS are standing by Thierry Henry after his blatant handball dashed Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for next summer’s World Cup.

Tommy Hilfiger has said women only need to own one pair of jeans.

Beyonce Knowles is launching her own perfume.

ON February 22, 2007, a Cork man met two arms dealers in a London warehouse — everyone at the meeting stripping naked to show that they were not wearing wires or any electronic surveillance devices.

Two men were put on trial in Cork today for engaging in a conspiracy to acquire rocket launchers and Kalashnikovs to further a "war" in Limerick.

NEW home sales should pick up in the autumn, estate agency CB Richard Ellis predicted yesterday.

R&B beauty Beyonce Knowles has signed a deal with Giorgio Armani to be the face of his latest fragrance.

Donald Trump’s property for sale in Palm Beach, Florida, has all the big-time extras one might expect. Pricey marble and 24-carat gold fixtures decorate bathrooms.

Four months after it put itself up for sale, clothing company Tommy Hilfiger Corporation agreed to accept a $1.6bn (€1.3bn) or 16.80 dollars a share, cash bid from Apax Partners, a private investment company.

Wall Street scratched out its third minuscule gain in a row today as investors worried about rising oil prices and disappointing inventory data from the Energy Department.

Moby is waging another war of words with Beyonce Knowles after criticising the Destiny's Child star for teaming up with designer Tommy Hilfiger to front a new cosmetic line.

FOOTFALL on Dublin’s main shopping streets increased last weekend despite the opening of Europe’s largest shopping centre in Dundrum a week ago.

Beyonce Knowles is allegedly caught in a bitter feud between her stylist mother Tina and fashion mogul Tommy Hilfiger - the R&B beauty must allegedly decide which designer creates her clothes.

Bjork has blasted Beyonce Knowles for "selling her soul to the devil" and signing up for TV commercial after TV commercial.

Oil prices reached a new high in New York and sent US stocks lower today, pushing the Dow Jones industrials back below 10,000.

Wall Street had an erratic trading session today, closing mixed as investors nervously watched oil prices but were also encouraged by good economic news.

David Bowie and his supermodel wife, Iman, will appear in an ad campaign for designer Tommy Hilfiger’s new spring 2004 collection, H Hilfiger.

Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger has expanded his empire by going into the film production business.

Inertia settled over Wall Street today, leaving stocks little changed as the market waited for news indicating allied forces were making progress in Iraq. The major indexes closed slightly lower.

It’s 25 years since Glam Rocker Marc Bolan died when the car he was travelling in crashed into a tree on London’s Barnes Common, killing him outright and securing icon status for one of pop’s most unlikely stars.

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and his girlfriend Heather Mills appealed to a celebrity-studded New York audience to open their wallets and ‘‘adopt-a-minefield’’ so their dream of a world without landmines can become a reality.