Lady in red after Cattrall inspires big bow

IT IS less Sex and the City and more Downpour in Dublin, but Baileys yesterday tried to take our minds off the flooding by launching a new festively designed bottle for its liquor in advance of Christmas.

The new bottle comes with a red bow tie, and to mark the launch a special red bow dress has been designed by celebrity stylist Patricia Field.

The Baileys Red Bow Dress is inspired and worn by Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall and will be auctioned on eBay with the proceeds going to Oxfam Ireland.

Before the dress goes under the virtual hammer, however, it will go on display from today in the front window of the Oxfam shop on George’s Street in Dublin for one week. The dress was on show yesterday, worn by Rosanna Davison, and its designer said the inspirations were Cattrall and Baileys.

“My goal was to put them all together,” she said. “I chose an oversized bow because I was reacting to Kim as her character Samantha wearing a bow: If Samantha wore a bow it would have to be a bigger-than-life bow.”

Oxfam is hoping for a good price from the sale of the dress, pointing out that €3,120 alone can buy water for an entire community, while the same amount can build micro-dams, wells, rainwater catchment systems and more for a whole community.

* To bid for the dress, log onto www.ebay.ie and search for Baileys Red Bow Dress.