Smart Casual

This week, our hosts discuss their long and often fraught relationship with denim, the ultimate in versatile fabrics. Our special guest this week is Irish fashion design's rising star Andrew Bell on his career so far in the Royal College of Art, London and his plans for post-college designs.

For our tenth episode, our hosts chat through the classic January trend of clearing out our wardrobes for the new year. Can Marie Kondo really change our sartorial lives, or will we be stuck hoarding sparkly dresses forever? Our special guest for the week is model, presenter and body positive activist Louise O'Reilly, who chats to Marie about her career as a plus-size model, diversity on the runway and how she dresses for her shape and for herself.

Dominique and Marie welcome a brand new Smart Casual host to the fold, before kicking off 2019 with a chat on how to beat the beast that is January dressing. Our special guest is fashion veteran and Irish Times Fashion Editor Deirdre McQuillan, who speaks to Dominique about her fascinating career, her 'ones to watch' for 2019 and how she cultivates her personal style in the age of Instagram.

In a jam-packed episode, Dominique, Marie and Niamh have their very own Christmas party, including chats with stylish IMAGE staffers about their ideal party outfits; an interview with one of the most exciting stylists in Ireland Courtney Smith; and their fashion highs of 2018. It's our last episode of 2018, so make sure to have a listen!

On a very special live recording of Smart Casual, we welcome two of Ireland's biggest fashion powerhouses to the stage: TV presenter and broadcaster (with impeccable style) Angela Scanlon and activist and British Vogue contributing editor Sinéad Burke. Our hosts chat with Sinéad and Angela about their personal style, their journey to success and their plans for 2019 and beyond.

The topic of conversation this week is accessories - how to wear them, how they accent an outfit and the history behind our favourite pieces. Our guest this week is Irish jewellery royalty and all-round queen of sparkly things Chupi Sweetman, who chats to Niamh about her transition from fast fashion to sentimental accessories and why staying true to yourself is the best business strategy.

This week, we have a very special episode of Smart Casual, recorded live at Kildare Village. Dominique chats to our two special guests - stylist and model Annmarie O'Connor and author and food blogger Indy Power - about how they cultivate their personal style, impulsive vs. considered shopping and their own fashion disaster moments.

This week, we’re talking Dapper Dressing - how our style is inspired by menswear, and the joy of getting all dressed up with nowhere to go. We seem a little bit afraid to delve into truly dapper dressing here in Ireland - we’ll be pondering why that is, and how our style has been influenced by male tailoring and masculine styling. Our guest this week, very appropriately, is stylist and presenter Darren Kennedy, who’ll be talking to us all about how he has made Dapper Dressing his own.

This week, the topic is all about confidence through fashion - the joy we get from dressing well, and how our style has affected our self-esteem (both in good and bad ways!). Each of us has such different personal styles, but the key similarity is that we all draw confidence from our clothes. Our special guest is stylist Ingrid Hoey, who talks us through being Ireland's premier celebrity stylist, and how she's honed her personal style through the years.

This week on Smart Casual, we're discussing diversity. Over the past few years, and especially in 2018, we've seen a surge in diversity and inclusivity in the fashion world - a space that once excluded almost anyone but thin, white, straight women. Our hosts will be discussing this as well as chatting with Irish model, academic and broadcaster Emma Dabiri to get her view on diversity within fashion, as well as insights into how her wardrobe reflects her personality.