Fashion Tips Of The Week

Compiled by Ciara Elliott

Dress from Oasis

Shoes from Swear

Miss Sixty

Milla Jovovich with Tommy Hilfiger

Brokeback Mountain meets Marlboro man look at new season D+G

Watch, €40, M+S

Brown trousers, €235, Dolce and Gabbana at Brown Thomas

Belt, €32, Criminal at House of Fraser

Blue check shirt, €22, Republic

The Statement - Pleats please

Cleverly designed knots, pleats and layers do wonders for the figure but tend to be something best mastered at the top end of the fashion scale - just look at the success of Victoria Beckham's dresses and designers such as Marios Schwab and Christopher Kane. After a few seasons of seeing the professionals in action, though, the high street has really got its act together for summer and nowhere more so than at Oasis where pieces such as this one-shouldered wonder are really knocking socks off other similarly priced competitors. This dress is €81 and lands in stores in May. And speaking of Oasis, if you live in Dublin and you are out and about this Easter weekend look for staff handing out chocolate bars with Willy Wonka-like prizes of anything from 50% off your next purchase to a shopping spree worth €500. Non-Dublin based shoppers can get in on the act at their facebook page (www.oasis-stores.com/chocolate). The give-away runs until Easter Monday.

The Steal - Bit of neck

It might be April but even though we're hanging up our heavy winter coats, we're still holding on to our neckwear and this snuggly plaited snood from Awear is doing us proud. It's a snip at €10.

The Detail - High fidelity

Tough economic times call for tough streetwear, hence the rise of the high-top trainer for both men and women this season. These black leather beauties for men are £115 (€129) by Swear from www.mywardbrobe.com.

Insider...

* It's celebrity/high street charity collaboration season at Tommy Hilfiger again, this time with Milla Jovovich (left) joining the team to create this gorgeous limited-edition bag retailing at €279. Fifty percent of proceeds go to Breast Health International. The bag is available at the flagship Tommy Hilfiger store, 13-14 Grafton Street (01 6337600) as well as stores in Dundrum Shopping Centre, Dublin and Opera Lane, Cork.

* With wedding and racing season calling, we are all over the new website 'Dressed up to the Nines' where you can rent party and occasion wear gowns from brands such as Max Mara, Mulberry, Missoni and Cavalli. You can also sell your own designer pieces on the site. See dresseduptothe9s.com

* Feeling a little out of sync with the new wave of denim coming through and fancy some style advice from the experts? Well your prayers have been answered at BT2 where for the month of April 'denimologists' from Levis and Miss Sixty (right) will be on hand to guide you through. To book a free appointment see www.bt2.ie

April 4, 2010

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