Esther N McCarthy offers some delightful suggestions for Christmas presents.  

 

To mark Father’s Day, Ruth O’Connor asks celebrities to write a letter to their dads. The emotional results reveal the incredible bond between Irish fathers and their sons.

Warning: Cringe level will be high.

Here's your lunchtime news bulletin.

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

Rose Martin looks at design news, colour ideas, and delicious new bed linen from a national treasure.

Remember these names — PJ Gibbons profiles the young Irish people to watch in 2016. 

Kerry GAA star Paul Galvin is as well known for his daring and trendy style as his football skills — and, to prove his fashion prowess, he is about to launch a menswear clothing range for Dunnes Stores.

Simone Rocha was one of a number of Irish designers showcasing their latest collections at London Fashion Week over the weekend.

Annmarie O’Connor highlights the new year’s not to be missed fashion events.

London Fashion Week is over and those in the know are already discussing Spring/Summer 2015’s trends. Drop these designer phrases into conversation to sound like a front row regular.

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.

RTÉ has received a dressing down for remarks fashion designer Paul Costelloe made on air that the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland found offensive to women.

A fashion designer who talked about Irish emigrants “damaging” young English virgins has been criticised by a broadcasting watchdog.

Whether your dad is a foodie, fitness freak or footie fan, and your budget is big or small, Carol O’Callaghan has it all wrapped up when it comes to the perfect gift.

Stargazing, geek crazes and total comfort make up Esther N McCarthy‘s pick of wishes this week.

As Debenhams brings its size 16 mannequins to Ireland, the UK's chief medical officer has criticised the move, saying it makes obesity acceptable. But when the average woman is now a size 16, isn't it about time the fashion industry catered to the reality rather than the ideal?

Bracelet thanks: Made in America from recycled materials Alex and Ani bracelets are designed to as keepsakes for the special people in your life.

Having moved from Montrose to Marconi House, Pat Kenny is sure to be settling in nicely to his new studio at Newstalk.

Practical mixes with beautiful this week as Esther N McCarthy runs in tune with the seasons and starts getting organised for autumn’s embrace.

EUROPEAN catwalks aren’t the only places to see new fashion this month. Brown Thomas Dublin’s Create initiative returns with a pop-up installation featuring 13 esteemed and emerging Irish designers of fashion, accessories, millinery, graphic print and textile design.

Show some neck with one of these little beauties.

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

Name: Barbara Stack

IT’S time for summer entertaining, and even if we’re still frozen stiff we can muster a sense of summer indoors.

I THINK Paul Costelloe is flirting with me. I won’t let it go to my head though, because I think he flirts with everyone.

The final day at London Fashion Week wrapped with two familiar Irish names on schedule.

The Tate Modern proved the perfect venue for Peter Pilotto’s painterly autumn/ winter collection.

EVER walk into a neighbour’s house to deliver a box of biscuits at Christmas and find yourself agog at their decorations?

After Karl Lagerfeld’s apology yesterday for calling singer Adele fat, Noelle McCarthy says he’s not the first style guru to put his foot in it

A Clondalkin man who left a clamper with severe neurological damage after he struck his head with a lump hammer has been sentenced to 10 years with the final three suspended.

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

SATURDAY

IRELAND and the Irish struck a blow for Europe at the opening ceremony for the Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle yesterday evening – thanks to designer Paul Costelloe and captain Alison Nicholas.

WITH a flash of colour and the click of a stiletto heel, London Fashion Week opens today with a showcase of work from Irish designer, Paul Costelloe.

My first memory is of rain.

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.

Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe has been dropping some heavy hints about his involvement in the Royal Wedding.

Irish fashion designer Paul Costelloe has confirmed he has designed something which will be worn at the Royal Wedding in London on Friday.

PAUL COSTELLOE on the catwalk during the London Fashion Week, with torn jeans (September 19).

MORE than 200 young fashion designers are hoping to cut a dash in this year’s hotly contested Persil Irish Fashion Awards.

Irish people are among the most image conscious clothes shoppers in Europe, an international consumer think-tank claimed today.