I went to school on a Georgian square, so I’ve always been a fan of the doors of Dublin, the Georgian ones especially. What’s not to love about the symmetry, their beautiful proportions and the lovely fanlights, in all their faded glory? When Brendan McEvoy and his wife, Kasia, started their Irish handbag company, My Name Is Ted, they launched it with a Doors collection and paid homage to one door in particular, No. 7 Eccles Street.
As Joycean fans will know, this location was home to Leopold Bloom in
Ulysses, and the actual door is on exhibition at The James Joyce Centre at 35 North Great George’s Street, a stunning streetscape if you like Georgian architecture.
This year marks 60 years since Holly Golightly stepped on to Fifth Avenue in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) in her iconic LBD with its pearl back. It’s a two-hour treat and I always pull my chair closer to the screen for a better view of Hubert de Givenchy’s costumes, especially those awesome funnel-neck coats.
I don’t even notice Grace Kelly’s voice anymore when watching
High Society (1956). All I see are those achingly gorgeous costumes designed by MGM’s Helen Rose, who went on to design Kelly’s wedding dress. Favourite fashion moments are when Kelly slips out of a Grecian robe to reveal a white halterneck bathing suit and, later, when she dances with Frank Sinatra in swirling layers of embellished grey and pink chiffon, a dress which now lives in the Museum of Style Icons in Newbridge, Co Kildare.
This year marks 60 years since Holly Golightly stepped on to Fifth Avenue in Breakfast at Tiffany s (1961) in her iconic LBD with its pearl back. It s a two-hour treat and I always pull my chair closer to the screen for a better view of Hubert de Givenchy s costumes, especially those awesome funnel-neck coats.
I don t even notice Grace Kelly s voice anymore when watching High Society (1956). All I see are those achingly gorgeous costumes, designed by MGM s Helen Rose, who went on to design Kelly s wedding dress. Favourite fashion moments are when Kelly slips out of a Grecian robe to reveal a white halterneck bathing suit and, later, when she dances with Frank Sinatra in swirling layers of embellished grey and pink chiffon, a dress which now lives in the Museum of Style Icons in Newbridge, Co Kildare.