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Designer Maria Pinto’s guide to living luxe in Chicago

Chicago fashion designer Maria Pinto on the city’s luxe scene, dressing Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey, and that time Mick Jagger unexpectedly wore one of her designs

Salma Hayek wears custom Irish design to the Toronto International Film Festival – here’s everything you need to know

The actress and producer wore a white floor-length column dress custom-made by Irish fashion label Standing Ground

The Renovator: ‘The builders thought we were mad. They hadn’t seen it done before’

Mona Fox has made her mark on the interiors corner of Instagram by documenting the renovation of her 1864 Victorian home. She explains the thrill of bringing the house back to life in the social media space – and breaking renovation rules along the way

Irish designer Maria McManus on moving fashion’s sustainable dial

The New York-based Irish designer counts Christy Turlington and Gwyneth Paltrow as fans of the brand – but beyond the hype, she cares most about creating meticulously designed clothes with the lowest environmental impact

The autumn fashion primer: your guide to the new season in seven key looks

From understated luxury to the statement colour and fail-safe dress style, here are the key looks worth knowing about

The Thoughtful Shopper: your guide to autumn’s best sustainable fashion drops

From B Corp certified brands to local designers using native craft and fabrications, here are September’s best fashion launches that tread lightly on the planet

Cometh the hour, cometh the woman: why Phoebe Philo’s return might be fashion’s biggest moment

The return of Philo to luxury fashion with the launch of her independent brand is big news – and it’s fitting that the timing is just right

Walk the Line with Neil Jordan: ‘The Ireland I grew up in was an almost entirely literary culture. In many ways I dove into film to get away from that’

The Oscar-winning film director on the leap from fiction to film, creative control as a director, and inspiration for his latest novel ‘The Well of Saint Nobody’

Rixo launches a luxury vintage edit of designer treasures – starting at €65

Vintage Versace, YSL, Moschino, and Pucci are all part of the ‘True Vintage’ 30-piece edit

Stella McCartney launches first luxury handbag made from Mirum – the circular alternative to leather

Mirum contains no plastics and requires no tanning or additional water inputs, and it has a significantly lower carbon footprint than conventional leather

Sartorial stories: two Irish designers feature in latest film series for prestigious British Fashion Council

The film series celebrates 30 years of the British Fashion Council’s NEWGEN mentorship programme

The Thoughtful Shopper: Fashion innovators, wearable art, and the craft pop-up

Your guide to August’s best sustainable buys from Irish and international designers

A peak inside Loewe’s new boutique in New York

The boutique in East Hampton features international art references and offers Loewe’s full and current range of women’s ready-to-wear

The top street style trends to bookmark from Copenhagen Fashion Week

From maximalist Scandi prints to (un)corporate suiting, here are the top five trends on the ground from CFW

The best street style moments from Copenhagen Fashion Week

While the runway shows are a nod to what makes Scandi style so distinctly covetable, the streets are a good measure of how the style plays out in real time, too

Equalitees: Ireland’s first slow fashion ‘protest brand’ launches with apparel line

Irish social enterprise We Make Good launches its homegrown apparel and T-shirt line Equalitees to “tackle pressing social issues”

Shop the luxury drop: Loewe’s latest clogs, watch news, and art-inspired handbags

Your guide to August’s most coveted luxury launches and collaborations

Japanese watchmaker Seiko unveils new model range

The Prospex Dark Depths GMT and the Prospex Marine Green GMT are new sporty additions to Seiko’s existing Prospex range

Walk the Line with Jacqueline O’Mahony: ‘In another life I’d like to have been a wrangler, but in this life I’m a writer, and that’s that’

On the back of Jacqueline O’Mahony’s second book release ‘Sing, Wild Bird, Sing’, the author talks refining her focus, literary inspiration, and writing being an arduous labour of love

Your guide to the year’s most popular street style-approved handbags

A product of both TikTok hype culture and everday popular culture, these are the top six most coveted bags of the year