Complementary tones set the mood at historic event

HISTORY books will chronicle the meeting of Queen Elizabeth II and President Mary McAleese on Irish soil as momentous, but for fashion watchers it was their outfits which grabbed all the attention.

As the monarch appeared in the doorway of her chartered BAE 146 jet there was probably no surprise that green was the chosen shade of her Stewart Parvin outfit.

The President was also in an eye-catching hue — a shade of pink not quite shocking but close enough, by Dublin-based designers Tyrrell and Brennan.