Luxury shoemaker Jimmy Choo, which is being bought by US retailer Michael Kors, yesterday said its pre-tax profit for the half year almost tripled, helped by its retail and licensing businesses.

Stars like Emily Blunt can’t go wrong with Dolce and Gabbana cocktail dresses in summer, their floral prints and forties silhouettes are always fun.

Festival fashion has come a long way since Kate’s iconic Hunter wellies and hot pants at Glastonbury in 2005. Now there’s a new look for the festival field, says Annmarie O’Connor.

It’s not just the tree that needs decorating, says Annmarie O’Connor. With these shoes your feet will be suitably adorned for the holiday season.

Emmy Rossum chose a David Koma halter-gown with a silver coil seam detail for the Television Critics Association Awards in Beverly Hills, California. 

 

Saoirse Ronan was stunning in hand-beaded Burberry Prorsum at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards on Sunday.

PHOTOS: After a seven-year romance, rugby star Peter Stringer has finally married fellow Corkonian Debbie O’Leary — they tied the knot in Marbella, Spain, yesterday.

Ruthann Sheahan tells Clodagh Finn the secret behind her running secret of running through the day – and night.

Judy Greer chose a vibrantly coloured maxi-dress from Stella MacCartney’s Resort 2015 collection for the premier of Fresno at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. 

Clear victory in terms of style on Ladies Day but track delivers a more mixed return for Irish jockeys

Miranda Kerr looked radiant in Emilio Pucci at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills. 

Rita Ora’s Fausto Puglisi look for the KIIS Jingle Ball is copied from the catwalk but the brand wisely let the sweater fall below the hip, concealing the apex of the skirt’s slits and creating a grunge-meets-gladiator effect.

The allure of high-heeled shoes is no secret among women, who have used them to entice men from the streets of ancient Rome to the New York City sidewalks of Carrie Bradshaw. 

Jimmy Choo inched higher on its London stockmarket debut, watched closely by even the least fashion-conscious of bankers after a flurry of cancelled listings across Europe.

Designer shoe brand Jimmy Choo defied turbulent conditions in financial markets today as it pressed ahead with its UK stock market flotation.

Next Plc has raised its full-year revenue and earnings forecasts as the UK’s second-biggest clothing retailer reported first-half sales that beat analysts’ estimates, helped by its push into e-commerce.

Looking to update your wardrobe without breaking the bank? Follow Rachel Marie Walsh’s guide to summer’s hottest accessories — and strike the all-important balance between trend-aware and fashion victim.

Luxury shoe designer Jimmy Choo is reportedly in talks over a potential £1bn (€1.2bn) stock market debut as flotation fever shows no sign of ending.

Luxury shoe designer Jimmy Choo is reportedly in talks over a potential £1bn stock market debut as flotation fever shows no sign of ending.

Kristen Bell was all colour at the premiere of Veronica Mars.

Keri Russell looks super sophisticated at the premiere of The Americans Season 2 in New York.

Hundreds of thousands of euro worth of counterfeit shoes, handbags, and clothes destined to be sold on the Christmas market have been seized in Co Cork after a joint operation between customs and the gardaí.

Victoria Beckham is donating a mountain of designer shoes to help victims of the Philippines Typhoon.

Broken-hearted pop queen Madonna has joined mourners in Dublin at the funeral of her close pal David Collins — a renowned Irish interior designer and architect.

From Elizabeth Olsen, to Olivia Wilde - the best and worst of this week's red carpet fashion.

Fashion’s fascination with the Far East continues as designers from Prada to Etro reinterpret the exotic. Kimonos lead the charge with geisha-inspired tunics, karate style trousers, folkloric prints and mandarin collars also hot on the trend radar.

It is the festive display to beat all others — Claire O’Sullivan goes behind the scenes at Brown Thomas Cork to see the Christmas window in the making.

The Duchess of Cambridge confessed tonight that she had been “nervous” about giving her first speech on foreign soil.

Pop princess Katy Perry said it was “awesome” to return to London for the European premiere of her 3D film, Katy Perry: Part Of Me.

This week we catch up with fashionistas from Wexford and Castleknock.

Kya de Longchamps points out the key factors — from hygiene to sound — you need to consider when choosing your house’s floors

Mass market never looked so good. More and more, designers are joining forces with the high street to bring fashion to the frontline.

Kurt Geiger – Europe’s largest luxury shoe retailer – was sold for about €240m today to a prominent American fashion business.

The bride’s choice of ivory and white satin bridal gown did not disappoint, writes Rachel Marie Walsh

10CMS, a technology group with Cork origins, has developed a software package for online shopping.

POSSIBLY the only building in the country where a procession of people waiting in line did not signify a dole queue, Cork’s newest retail store threw open its glass doors yesterday to the city’s starving fashionistas.

AN ASIAN immigrant arrives in Britain in the 1970s without any English, works his way through cobbler school, toils every hour in a shabby workshop and ends up making shoes for film stars, socialites and the world’s best-loved princess.

Heavily pregnant Gillian Anderson attended the premiere of her new film tonight - 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People'.

IF YOU think the phoniest feature of a return flight home from holiday is the orangina tan, it probably is.

A CROOKED private detective who helped spy on Jimmy Choo shoe boss Tamara Mellon was jailed for 21 months yesterday.