Deirdre McQuillan's style file
CHAIN REACTION If you have bits of jewellery with sentimental associations that just lie around unworn in a box, why not gather them up and give them to jewellery designer Jennifer Kinnear of Kink Bijoux on Crow Street in Temple Bar? She will assemble all the pieces on a chain specially designed for the purpose, adding a few stones, and giving them a new life as a unique personal heirloom. Depending on the number of trinkets, the necklace can be made long or short, in silver or gold. Prices start at €50. For further information, contact her at Unit 6, Crow Street, Dublin 2 (01-6753029).
PERFECT LBD We liked this little black dress from River Island, which has just the right amount of frivolity and fun about it. It's in black lace and costs €100.50. The necklace is €16.50 and the shoes €75.50.
BAG A BARGAIN Gillian Leavy is holding a one-day sale in her design studio in Dundalk today, 10am-6pm. There will be bargains in clothes, bags, shoes and jewellery, and fashion sleuths will make a bee line for a John Rocha brocade jacket that was €725, reduced to €350, or a dress by La Petite Salope down from €650 to €325, while a beaded pink prom dress by Tracey Boyd is less than half price at €500, reduced from €1,125. The studio is on the first floor of 90 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co Louth.
BE CHARMED An ingenious bracelet from YSL is a combination of jewellery and cosmetics, designed to decorate a wrist, a handbag or a belt. The three small square charms on the gilt chain are actually mini compacts, one containing a multi-purpose highlighter, the others a shiny lipstick and a pearlised lip gloss. It's a glamorous accessory for a late night out. On sale now at YSL counters at Arnotts, Debenhams, House of Fraser, Brown Thomas and Harvey Nichols for €47.