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Wednesday 31 May 2023 Dublin: 11°C

# models

All time
# rain or shine
Inside Met Éireann: How forecasters decode Ireland's weather
Gerard Fleming took us on a quick tour.
# tiger stripes
People are loving ASOS for not airbrushing out their models' stretchmarks
“I’ve never ever seen a model with stretchmarks and I needed it. Thank you!”
# ideals
Poll: Do you think photoshopped pictures should be labelled?
From October, photoshopped pictures will also have to be labelled in France.
# Paris
Balenciaga casting director sacked after 150 models left waiting in dark cramped staircase for 3 hours
The Paris fashion week casting has sparked fresh criticism of how the fashion industry functions.
# Never Skinny Enough
Three apples and Diet Coke: the food diary of a top model
In her memoir, Victoire Macon Dauxerre recounts the pressures of such high-stakes dieting.
# crackdown
French models now have to provide medical proof that they are not too thin
New legislation requires models to obtain a medical certificate stating that they have a healthy BMI.
# top dollar
The 19 richest models in the world - and how much cash they make
It’s a lucrative business is being really, really, really, really, really good looking.
# blackface
Is copying this model's skin condition racist?
Chantelle Brown-Young, known as Winnie Harlow, has vitiligo.
# Quiz
QUIZ: What are these Celtic Tiger models promoting?
Girls in bikinis, boys in lumberjack shirts.
# Have a look
If you've never been inside Newgrange, here's your chance to take a peek
More than 130 buildings and monuments have been transformed into 3D digital models.
# Fashion
Here's why Ireland doesn't need a ban on 'too thin' models
Agencies in Ireland say models smaller than a size 8 can’t get work here.
# insta ready
25 great Irish Instagram accounts you should definitely follow
Oooh. Pretty pictures.
# quality not quantity
Samsung adopts a 'less is more' approach for its smartphone business
The manufacturer is slashing the number of smartphones it issues by up to one-third.
# oh brother
This is literally the worst Irish photocall to ever take place
THERE ARE POTATO PEELS IN HER BIKINI BOTTOMS.
# Sexism
This bikini-clad airline safety video is being withdrawn after a storm of criticism
Air New Zealand’s in-flight clip featured Sports Illustrated models demonstrating safety features.
# ay carumba
This model's transformation into Marge Simpson is the creepiest thing you'll see today
What did any of us do to deserve this?
# that'll do pig
Ridiculously photogenic pig owns this #felfie
#Felfie = Farm selfie
# 3D design
Adobe adds in 3D-printing support to Photoshop
The new feature will allow Photoshop users to design, edit and touch up a 3D model before printing it.
# Chip chip hooray
Could you be the face of chippers in Ireland?
WANTED: Chip model. Must be able to look sultry while holding a battered sausage.
# sitdown sunday
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# retouching
Can you spot the biggest Photoshop fails of 2012?
The ads in which legs and arms go missing – and some people grow extra fingers.
Voices
Column: We made our cancer awareness campaign ‘sexy’ – here’s why
Scantily-dressed models promoting cancer awareness? If it saves one life, it will have been worth it, writes Conor O’Leary.
# underpants
STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING! The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show has happened
Rihanna, Justin Bieber and beautiful girls in their smalls…
# Abercrombie and Fitch
The hotties are here!
Someone drop a few geansaís round to College Green, would you?
Voices
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# Fashion Week
In photos: 11 most bizarre outfits of New York Fashion Week
Flippers! Chains! Hair! We trawl through the gowns so you don’t have to.
Voices
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Saturday
Our round-up of the day’s big stories – as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
# models
Vogue editors sign pact to promote healthy body image in the magazine
The 19 international editors of the influential fashion magazine have signed a 6-point plan saying they won’t work with models who appear to have eating disorders.
Voices
Column: Feminists angry and humourless? Not the ones I know
The feminist movement has a bad name – but its mission is more relevant in these times than ever, writes Linda Kelly.
# photoshoot
Caption competition: Ladies! Know yer onions.
What’s the connection between a photoshoot for a hair and beauty championship and the allium genus of vegetable? No, us neither.
# whiskey nation
Mayor to fill the Mansion House with whiskey. Or something.
“Whiskey paradise” to take over the residence of the capital’s First Citizen.