I'll be home for Christmas too....

I’ve been at home in Ireland for a couple of weeks – most of which was spent listening to RTE radio and hanging out with my dog – but today I got on a bus to the big smoke (well tiny smoke where you can’t go anywhere without bumping into somebody you know) to hear Christopher Bailey talk at the Phil in Trinity. Bloggers, students and fashion journos turned out to hear what the creative director of Burberry had to say on sustainability, the rise of internet shopping, celebrity ad campaigns and much more (check out January’s The Gloss for more on that).

After the talk I had a couple of hours to spare so I wandered up to Brown Thomas to check out the Christmas window display. Crammed full of luxury items like Jimmy Choo shoes and Ladurée macaroons, the windows are not really in keeping with recession-stung Ireland, but hey the BT Christmas window is all about escapism. I especially liked the ‘I’ll be Home for Christmas’ line that was scrawled across each window. It reminded me of how excited I am that I’ll be back for Christmas, although I think that I may have tarnished the expat-arrives-by-boat-for festive-season novelty by spending half of November here.

I also found time to buy a Twist and Tango (bad name, nice clothes) dress in Potrero Hill and eat a sandwich in Simon’s Place. Sometimes Dublin is the best. LE