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The outlook is bright for designers Ruth Kent and Caolum McCabe, and model Paul Scally
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Stories relating to fashion designer Vivienne Westwood who died in December 2022
I found a Chanel jacket for €50, but even charity shopping feels like cheating now
I’d far sooner buy from Oxfam than from Shein or Temu, or any of those online brands selling ersatz, flammable party dresses. But it’s like sticking a plaster on a gangrenous limb
Nora Forster obituary: German music promoter, and wife of John Lydon for more than four decades
On her first encounter with her eventual husband, she recalled: ‘John passed by my table and said: Drop dead’
John Lydon’s Eurovision entry is a logical next step for the Widow Twanky of punk
Hugh Linehan: Public Image Limited’s Hawaii is unlikely to find favour with televoters
Vivienne Westwood: Like all great artists, she juggled the contradictions in society
Feted punk non-conformist articulated clear criticism of capitalism and society through her clothing designs
Vivienne Westwood, the godmother of punk, was serene and unfailingly polite when we met
Original right to the end, Westwood will be remembered as one of the world’s most influential designers
Vivienne Westwood: A rebel’s life in 10 eye-catching pictures
The creator of the punk look never lost her rebellious spirit
Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood dies aged 81
‘The only reason I am in fashion is to destroy the word ‘conformity’': Pioneering designer was synonymous with 1970s punk rock and rebelliousness
Grammys red carpet: A skeleton suit, a pearl bolero and plenty of peeks at the shapewear
Dua Lipa, Doja Cat and Halsey were among the stars wearing corsets at the awards
Pop artists Warhol and Haring in Dublin and Belfast exhibitions
Culloden Estate to host Holywood International Art and Sculpture Art Fair in June
‘I love Shane MacGowan. He’s the ultimate ... one of the last punks’
Musician and film-maker Don Letts on Shane MacGowan, The Clash and being black in Britain
American graffiti: new biography sheds light on the art of Keith Haring
Simon Doonan intentionally sought to reflect ‘the crazy energy’ of Haring’s 1980s New York
‘The fashion show is over’: What I have learned from 20 years of catwalks
With catwalks set to stay digital, a critic looks back on two decades of going to fashion weeks
London Fashion Week: Tommy Hilfiger’s return and four other things to watch for
What are this year’s big trends, who are the Irish designers in London and more
The 10 worst films of the past 10 years
The worst film of the 2010s was so reactionary, materialistic and lazy it selected itself
Kylie Minogue: The diva next door
The Australian singer has masterfully cultivated the image of the Garbo of Pop, living by the old school maxim of ‘never complain, never explain’
Book your passage to a European design fair
Forget fashion week, September is design season in Europe. Here are five city events worth travelling to this autumn
Anarchy in the UK: Brexit, Billy Bragg and punk rock
The protest singer tells the Irish Times politics podcast punk was about solidarity, not Brexit-style masochsim
'Moving abroad is an opportunity to press the reset button'
Georgina Heffernan splits her time between Wicklow and Seville in Spain
Fintan O’Toole: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Brexit
The UK’s decision to leave the EU is like living through the anarchy of punk all over again
Kate Beckinsale joins 60 celebrities calling for abortion rights in North
Claire Foy among actors signing letter urging decriminalisation of abortion in NI
How to Talk to Girls at Parties: Punk movie is bunk
Review: Steer clear of John Cameron Mitchell’s aggressively appalling musical fantasia
Inside Track: Claire Garvey, couture designer
Dublin-based fashion designer wants to work with as many musicians as possible
I sent the first of my four pigs to the abattoir. Now I feel a pang of guilt
As well as being ‘little land managers’, pigs raised among the trees taste better
Are multimedia performances the future of live classical music?
Joyce DiDonato gives a stunning example of the possible shape of things to come
Final weekend for Céline pop-up shoe collection in BTs
Fashion Forward: Deirdre McQuillan and Dominique McMullan round up this week’s fashion news and style tips
Pieces of Me: Wild style in Smithfield
DJ Shrem and partner artist Les Cullinan’s home zings with colour and curiosities
Anarchy in the UK: ‘£5m’ of Sex Pistols mementoes to be burnt
Malcolm McLaren’s son says will destroy hoard on 40th anniversary of debut single
New M&S staples, many ways to wear Helen Cody and an equestrian gem
A round up of this week’s fashion news and style tips
#RepealThe8th sweaters new fashion staple at Electric Picnic
Say goodbye to flower crowns , Repeal the 8th sweaters seen on and off stage
Can fashion ever be ethical and sustainable?
Fighting the rise of resource-heavy 'fast fashion', some companies are finding ways to make environmentally friendly clothes, while keeping covetable designs
The history of underwear: pantaloons, petticoats, corsets and Kardashians
From pantaloons and petticoats, to bloodied corsets and Kardashians, our briefs have a long history
Create an ideal home of your own
Pick up tips and ideas at ‘The Irish Times’ events at the Ideal Home Show this weekend
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