From the Eiffel Tower at 130, to 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Suzanne Harrington rounds up the milestones worth travelling for.

Ireland has two show jumping teams in action this weekend for the first of this year’s nations cup fixtures. Michael Blake takes charge of affairs for the five-star meeting in Ocala, Florida, while Taylor Vard will be overseeing matters at Abu Dhabi’s five-star contest in the UAE.

Police in Paris have recovered all the jewels stolen from the Ritz Hotel in a dramatic heist, but are still searching for two thieves who got away, officials said.

Still reeling from the decision to make Wonder Woman a UN ambassador for gender equality, Suzanne Harrington pays tribute to the real wonder women of our time.

At Cork World Book Fest, Anne Sebba will read from her account of the difficult line females had to tread in Paris in WWII, writes Colette Sheridan.

Do like the Danes and prepare to snuggle in style, says Annmarie O’Connor. Here are her picks for luxury nightwear.

Rachel Marie Walsh shares her favourite fragrance launches for summer.

This is your captain, Paula Burns, speaking. As we’re swapping the catwalk for the runway, check you have comfy-but-chic travel attire, from aviator’s jacket to retro shirts, and of course sunnies to puzzle the paparazzi. Enjoy the flight

Snap one of these gorgeous beauty gifts up today to avoid late shopper’s panic. Rachel Marie Walsh reports.

We’ve been flirting with fringes for the past few seasons but now it seems the bang is firmly back after the Duchess of Cambridge unveiled one. Deirdre Reynolds couldn’t resist going for the chop

You don’t have to be Edie Sedgwick or Twiggy to rock a mini, says PaulaBurns, who reckons minis are the jewel of the fashion world.

Jeremy Hutchinson is one of those people who changed the world they were born into. Dan Buckley on a sparkling career and a wonderful man still going strong at 100.

Mercedes, Ferrari, Aston Martin, and Daimler have all revealed new models that would make James Bond salivate, writes Hannah Elliott

APPLE’s next move in hands-free smartphone technology for drivers will be to unveil a new, integrated iPhone voice-control system at the Geneva Motor Show.

FASHION, primarily consumed by women was once controlled largely by men — male designers, business owners and financiers shaped what women wore and made the resulting profits from dressing them. 

A cleverly constructed poem written by a 14-year-old American student has garnered near-universal acclaim on social media after being uploaded by the author’s brother.

A cleverly constructed poem written by a 14-year-old American student has garnered near-universal acclaim on social media after being uploaded by the author’s brother.

First Hollywood turned its attention to Coco Chanel, now it’s the turn of Yves Saint Laurent. As two new movies are released, Louise O’Neill looks at the life of the iconic designer.

Kya deLongchamps channels her inner starlet and finds much to admire in costume jewellery.

Coco Chanel is Pat's biggest style inspiration.

IN TV land second chances don’t come knocking on your door very often.

Kristen Stewart is the new face of Chanel.

Mademoiselle C didn’t get a nationwide cinema release, sadly, but it certainly deserves The September Issue’s cult success.

We lie about ourselves because we prefer the version we make up to the one we grew up with.

IN A POLL carried out on over 1,300 women by mycelebrityfashion.co.uk, Charlie’s Angels actress Demi Moore came out on top as the celebrity ageing most gracefully.

The funds may be mean, but there’s no need to be mean-spirited when it comes to putting a new face on your interiors.

Busy schedule: Carol Drinkwater works on her farm, writes and has a travel series in the offing.

FASHION is fascinated with the past.

THE fashion world welcomes fabulous eccentrics. Attention is vital for survival, so those who strike a dramatic, individual, colourful presence get media space and transform column inches into lucrative fashion roles.

Historically, make-up was for harlots and actresses.

THE glamorous month-long Fashion Week calendar has hit the runways, stopping off at New York, London, Milan and Paris.

A person’s identity can be seen through fashion, and like a person’s heritage, we must also look at their family tree, where they came from. For fashion it’s undoubtedly France, suggests Karen Rogers.

SHORT hair has always been synonymous with social or personal change: an intimate expression of revolution.

A British buyer used the Christmas wind-down period to swoop on one of Munster’s best country estates, one with a trail of British blue blood — and the River Blackwater — running through it.

“When a little black dress is right, there is nothing else to wear in its place.” — Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor.

While touring her new record, Julie Feeney has let singers in each area pick which songs they want to work on, writes Nicki ffrench Davis

FRANK GILES, an editor of The Sunday Times during the ’80s wrote: “The welcome at Russborough was invariably warm. Alfred and Clem, warned no doubt by the sound of the Jaguar’s tyres on the gravel, would be at the ready in the great hall, genuinely delighted by the sight of their guests.”

It began as a coffee table book — ex-Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld took photos of models, actors, and musicians, all wearing Chanel's classic coat. Now, the Little Black Jacket is a major exhibition, opening in London next month.

Diana Vreeland in her office at Vogue magazine. The editor’s famous phrase was “Give ’em what they never knew they wanted.”

From wonderful wellingtons to cut-offs, festival fashion has entered into the mainstream. Ahead of Electric Picnic, Annmarie O’Connor explores the latest trends.