I wrote this at the end of December for the Herald and it's been just over three weeks... How are we all doing on those resolutions? It’s the time of year when, for most of us, everything is full. Our bellies, our bins, our wardrobes and fridges are all heaving with things we needed, things we wanted, [...]
Fiona Kehily-Ives, originally from West Cork is a public relations consultant in London. Q When it comes to buying clothes, what's your top priority? I have a few - the quality of the material is imperative, its origin (I prefer natural fibres produced in sustainable environments or localities in the UK or Ireland), how a piece is put together [...]
Emer O'Mahony is a Director of Lockdown Models and founder of Cork Fashion Week. She blogs at Irish Fashaholic. Q When it comes to buying clothes, what's your top priority? When shopping for clothes my biggest priority is quality. I believe in less is more, in buying less quantity of garments (i.e. a new 'trendy top [...]
How much do we consider the origin of our clothes? I decided to ask some well known Cork women. First up, owner of Verso, Lisa Roberts. Q When it comes to buying clothes, what's your top priority? A When it comes to buying clothes it depends on the reason I am purchasing for. If it is [...]
[polldaddy poll=8623303] The latest utterances of Pope Francis have rather ruined the reputation he was beginning to get among liberals; suggesting that Catholic women do not have to "breed like rabbits" while continuing to forbid the use of contraception confirms that yes, the Pope is a Catholic. The Bishop of Limerick, Brendan Leahy, has made the [...]
HK Central Building HMV Group shop (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Both begin with H; both sometimes feature a small dog looking up at them quizzically; and both were in the news this week as evidence of a failure of consumerism to work for consumers. The nostalgia evident among people of a certain age, we'll say [...]
