Summer’s statement pieces that will inspire a slew of more wearable and affordable high street versions

Introducing a new column that will show off some of the best buys in our cities, towns and villages

Scent is one of the most popular Christmas gifts but it is notoriously easy to get it wrong.

With a portfolio that includes 463 stores,Wexford-born architect David McNulty must reflect the global designer brand’s individuality in every shop

Several fragrance brands are inverting the classic evening scent in the name of androgyny

In Limerick School of Art and Design, they’re busy pulling clothes apart and reimagining them in a competely different ways

Floral prints are everywhere this season. But there is a skill in putting all the elements of a floral outfit together

Ciaran McGuigan, a former e-commerce businessman, film-maker and professional footballer at Drogheda United, is creating a US platform for his family furniture business

An abundance of fur from M&S to Marc Jacobs will have you wishing for winter weather

Primark to take on challenging US market at the end of next year, with the opening of a high-profile store in Boston

Energetic pioneer grew the brand’s revenue from an estimated €500m to more than €7bn

The decade is especially evocative for upwardly mobile twentysomethings and teens raised on Tumblr

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He doesn’t want his name or face in the paper, but with his window display for Brown Thomas, Maser’s profile can only rise as street art gets ‘bigger than the Renaissance’

Nicholas Ghesquiere brings novel approach to fashion giant’s familiar house codes

From Gibson Les Paul electric guitars and Playboy robes to Orla Kiely bags, online ads at this time of year are a litany of our most abject festive flops

From staples (sorbet shades, flower power) to the less expected (see-throughs, metal hues), here’s a glimpse of the near future

The first rule of buying Christmas presents for the women in your life is: pay attention in the run-up. There will be hints

This week: Plastic moons, creative differences and auction house activism

Credited with regenerating Louis Vuitton and turning it into a global success story, designer will leave to focus on his own label

Star designer to focus on his own label, sources say

The recession has given rise to a burgeoning range of second-hand designer shops, online discount sites and sample sales

For spring-summer, it’s all about geometric patterns, led by digital print collections by Peter Pilotto and Louis Vuitton’s checkerboard nod to the 1960s