Smart Casual

After an exhibition in London about the history of kimono came to Marie and Sarah's attention, the piece, and what it represents to fashion, has been on their minds ever since. Here, they discuss the cultural and timeless quality of the kimono, and the other items that have crossed cultural borders to become staples of fashion around the world. Our guest this week is fashion producer and Bray-native Ena Quinn, who, based in London, works on some of the world's most lavish fashion events, from Loewe to Alexander McQueen.

This week, Smart Casual tackles one of the biggest fashion issues of 2019 — sustainability. Our hosts talk about their very different approaches to fast fashion and impulse buying, and share their tried-and-tested ways to curb their spending habits. Our guest this week is co-founder of Irish design haven Stable, Sonia Reynolds, who chats to Marie about her extensive career in Irish fashion and the importance of Irish design

This week, our hosts delve deeper into a slightly more serious topic on Smart Casual - our mental health, and specifically, how the way in which we dress can affect it. Our guest this week is multi-award winning Irish designer Sarah Murphy, who talks about her muses, her plans for world domination and how her own experiences with mental health shaped the career in design she holds today.

Marie and Sarah delve into the idea of runway trends, and whether following the crowd really makes for a fashionable wardrobe. Our guest this week is knitwear designer Zoe Jordan, who chats to Marie about influences, Instagram perfection, and whether her Irishness is a factor in her beautiful creations

In a special live episode of Smart Casual, Marie chats to Head Curator at the Irish Museum of Modern Art Rachel Thomas. Rachel chats about their latest exhibition - a collaboration with Kildare Village all about the subject of desire - how art meets fashion, and how art has influenced her taste and personal style.

In a very special episode live from Kildare Village, model, influencer and fashion designer Emma Louise Connolly is our guest this week. She chats to Marie about the inspirations for her personal style, taking risks and having fun with fashion, and her top tips on how to dress up or down in a way that suits you

This week our hosts tackle the weighty issue of fashion and politics; how designers reflect what’s going on politically around the world, and how the clothes we choose reflect our own beliefs and ideas. Fittingly, this week's guest is the fascinating Natalie B Coleman, a designer whose clothes always have something important to say about the times we live in.

From body image and inclusivity to climate change, our hosts discuss how much the fashion industry has changed recently to reflect societal opinions and also, how it has driven those changes from within. Our guest this week is designer Sorcha O'Raghallaigh, who, after working under fashion giants such as John Galliano after graduating college, began her own design vision, with her intricate, ethereal pieces seen on A-list stars such Lady Gaga and Beyoncé.

As summer heats up, we're taking a look at how to nail holiday dressing. It must be said that we don’t often have a need to dress for hot weather in Ireland, and so our style changes up when we head to different climates - with new accessories, materials, and styles to play with. Our guest this week is Irish L.A-based makeup artist Kate Synnott, who has painted the faces of high fashion names such as Kate Moss, Rosie Huntington-Whitely, Cara Delevigne, Ashley Graham and many more.

White shirt, blue jeans, black boots, and plenty of beige — fashion basics are anything but boring. Often the glue that holds an outfit together, wardrobe basics can be anything that you always reach for to complete an ensemble — good quality, timeless pieces that never go out of style. Our guest this week is a woman who utilises the power of basics in her signature style — Alex Calder, digital strategist and content creator with a history of working at the heart of Irish design.

This week, our hosts are reminiscing on a simpler time when Instagram wasn't the main source of style inspiration — the TV screen was. From Cagney & Lacey to the Olsen twins, we're looking at how our onscreen style crushes shaped our fashion mindsets today. Our guest this week is Irish designer Don O'Neill, who, through his formalwear label Theia, has dressed everyone from Oprah to Meghan Markle to the Kardashians. He speaks to Edaein over the phone from his New York studio about his journey to success, his design inspirations and staying close to Ballyheigue.

This week on a special episode of Smart Casual, our hosts take to the stage in front of a live audience to chat about ageless style - how our style identities and confidence with clothing changes as we get older, and the pieces and trends that hold their own throughout a lifetime. Our guests this week are mature model Mary Dunne and style influencer Sandra Wilson.

This week on Smart Casual, our hosts are focusing on their love of Irish design, and the importance of celebrating home-grown talent. Very fittingly, our guest this week is Head of Design for Body and Environment at the National College of Art and Design Angela O'Kelly.

Episode 18 is all about our precious memories — and, of course, how we dressed during all of them. Our hosts reminisce on their best fashion memories, from weddings to debs to the little moments where they felt their absolute best. Our guest this week is stylist and creative consultant Aisling Farinella, who chats to Sarah about her career to date, how she moved from cinema to fashion, and how she dresses for major moments.

It's one of the biggest weeks in the fashion calendar — this week's episode is all about the Met Gala. From our favourite looks over the years to how the night has become the most extravagant event of the fashion year, our hosts have a lot to discuss. Our guest this week is singer-songwriter Loah, who chats about influences on her personal style, how she dresses to make an impact on stage, and her dream designers for a Met Gala outfit

Has fashion helped you find your tribe in life? Fashion has the power to instil a sense of community in people, whether it's following Fashion Week shows with friends, or even in the way we dress. This week, our hosts discuss how fashion has helped them find common ground and forge friendships throughout their lives. Our special guest this week is jewellery designer and founder and owner of Loulerie, Louise Stokes.

In our very first episode with guest host Sarah Rickard, our hosts discuss the women who have inspired and influenced their personal style — from childhood right up to their 2019 wardrobes. Our guest this week is influencer and presenter Ciara O'Doherty, who chats to Edaein about her decade-long career on the Irish blogging scene, how she sees the digital fashion bubble developing and her own personal style.

Expect to hear a lot more from our special guest this week — stylist Sarah Rickard is taking the reigns as guest host of Smart Casual while Dominique heads away to become a mum. Our topic this week, very fittingly, is motherhood, and how our hosts' mammies have shaped their style identities.

With the new season comes a new spring in our step, and our attention is turning towards our SS19 wardrobes. We're wondering how to add colour and light to our clothes, while remaining as economical as possible. Is a capsule edit the answer? Our guest this week is Ferdia Gallagher, a young male model from Donegal who took Paris fashion week by storm this season, making his debut on the Celine runway.

As Fashion Month draws to a close, our hosts are discussing the new politics of Fashion Week coverage — has Instagrammable moments and social media-friendly pieces taken over from traditional reportage? Are people as interested in what fashion experts think of full collections as they are in street style inspo? Our guest this month is fashion designer and Irish style stalwart Helen Cody, who chats to Marie about her career to date, why she chose to settle in Ireland after stints in Paris and New York, and her journey with cancer, and how fashion and design made her feel throughout.

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.

In the very first episode of Smart Casual, we're discussing our relationships with our wardrobe. Every woman has to get dressed in the morning, but the factors that affect our choices are very different. Our hosts discuss their own changing rapports with their wardrobes, and Fashion Director Marie Kelly chats to prolific Irish stylists Catherine Condell and Sinead Keenan about their style histories.