Roz Crowley meets Pierre Lawton, a globally acclaimed wine merchant, whose long line of Cork ancestors includes a mayor

Dresses worn by Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland and Greta Garbo are among items of Hollywood memorabilia expected to sell for huge sums when they are auctioned off tomorrow.

Loved by camera-ready celebrities, contouring is supposed to sculpt the face into a symmetrical ideal of beauty. So what does TV3’s Anna Daly think?

Jan Harlan has fond memories of his time in Ireland with the late director for the making of Barry Lyndon, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

Rose Mary Roche explores the theory that character, from which genuine coolness is derived, is much more fascinating than pure good looks. Faddy fashions peak and then die while genuine cool is consistent and enduring.

We need to stop beating ourselves up that we don’t have the clinched waists of the A-listers. Writer Rebecca Harrington couldn’t stomach their eating habits for long says Arlene Harris

AN 80 year old from Naples has delved into an old box of sentimental ephemera and turned it into a book. 

Rita de Brun thinks there’s little noble in growing old naturally. What does it matter if Renee Zellwegger decided to radically change the way she looks?

The lines "Bond, James Bond" and "He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy" feature in a shortlist of favourite film quotes.

For someone who lists ‘socialising’ as one of his interests and has the nickname D’Artagnan, the tag of being the ‘Greta Garbo of golf’ appears at odds for someone like Victor Dubuisson.

THEODORA FITZGIBBON was a beautiful, elegant, erudite lady, well travelled.

If William Doyle hadn’t bought Grace Kelly’s iconic High Society dress for his Museum of Style Icons, it would have become a debs dress. From Marilyn Monroe to Audrey Hepburn, he tells Vickie Maye the stories behind his incredible collection of iconic celebrity clothes.

Thanks to Angelina Jolie's BAFTA tux, androgyny is back. Get ready for masculine tailoring, cropped hair and brogues.

PEOPLE always moan about January. There’s even a made up date, invented by some travel company, which is supposedly the worst day of the year, and therefore the one on which you should book your holiday to get away from it all.

AT FIRST glance, Newbridge and Hollywood wouldn’t appear to have a lot in common — the Kildare town and Tinseltown would seem to be worlds apart both geographically and culturally.

Keira Knightley gets fashion tips from art galleries.

ALISTAIR Darling, Groucho Marx and Denis Healey share the defining attribute for fashionable faces this season.

FOOTWEAR consultant and author William A Rossi says “most women prefer a trip to hell in high heels than to walk flat-heeled to heaven”.

When it comes to food, restaurateur Sallyanne Clarke advises everything in moderation.

THERE are places one loves before ever seeing them. Istanbul, an ancient metropolis astride two continents, is a good example, conjuring up romance and mystery, a marriage of east and west, both exotic and familiar to western eyes.

I’M having a Greta Garbo moment: I just want to be left alone. Apparently, Minister for Health Dr James Reilly is seeking New York-style public health legislation in an effort “to stop the epidemic of cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung diseases and diabetes, which kill three in five people” — as if we don’t all have to die of something.

Film star Debbie Reynolds is selling off her collection of memorabilia associated with some of Hollywood's biggest stars.

THEY seek her here, they seek her there, they seek the missing Tánaiste everywhere.

Sydney Chaplin, second son of Charlie Chaplin and himself a Tony-winning actor has died at 82.

THE ERA of the lady is back, according to a|wear, which last night launched an autumn/winter collection that exuded glamour and confidence.

IT COMES from a Greta Garbo film. I can’t remember what it’s called, or even the context, but at one stage, in a moment of high drama, Garbo herself screams: “Bombs may fall . . . civilisations may crumble . . . but give us our moment!”

To mark the centenary of Greta Garbo’s birth Garbo: The Signature Collection (Warner, €59.99) is releasing six of her classic films — Mata Hari, Anna Karnenina, Ninotchka, Queen Christina, Anna Christie and Camille.

Celebrity Big Brother quitter Germaine Greer likened the show to a fascist prison and suggested it might be responsible for encouraging playground bullying, in a scathing attack after her shock departure.

THE Bob Hope story is part of American legend: a London-born immigrant shoeshine boy whose wisecracks won him fame and wealth and a niche in the hearts of people all over the globe.

Sven-Goran Eriksson is having his features sculpted for Madame Tussaud's.