Snapped outside the Cork Opera House, Tara O’Sullivan credits her boho style to the hippie influences of West Cork, where she grew up. She has teamed a grey buttoned dress over skinny, black jeans and tucked them into white flats that have a very unique tie. Tara certainly knows how to work the layered look, which can go so very wrong for some people. Her funky, coloured scarf and accessories really complete the outfit. She proves that it is not just what you wear but how you pull it together that matters.

PETER MARK VIP STYLE AWARDS 2007
It’s that time of the year again! We were on hand with our cameras and notebooks at the Shelbourne Hotel to capture the famous and fashionable as they stepped up to be judged for one of Ireland’s most coveted Style Award: The Most Stylish Woman of the Year at the annual Peter Mark VIP Style Awards Ireland. Twenty of Ireland’s most beautiful and stylish women were nominated for the award: From Rachel Allen to Grainne Seoige, Radio Queen Claire Byrne, Former Miss World Rosanna Davidson, stylist Lisa Fitzpatrick, soap star Rachel Kavanagh, fashion presenter Caroline Morahan, TV stars Lorraine Keane, Laura Woods, Kathryn Thomas and Karen Koster were among the top favourites. Another covetable award was Most Stylish on the Night. Scroll down to see this year’s glamorous winners. Thanks to Tara O’Connor from Intrepid for organising a fabulous night.

The Most Stylish Woman of the Year

Drumroll please….is it any surprise that fashionista Miss Lisa Fitzpatrick won the coveted award of the year: The Most Stylish Woman in Ireland 2007! The award is judged by VIP readers who vote in their droves to pick their fave fashionista in Ireland. This award does not judge what they’re wearing on the night, but what the candidate has been wearing and how they carry-off what they wear throught the year!

Rumour has it that this special cornflower blue dress was flown in especially for her all the way from LA through local boutique Lara. Well done Miss Fitzpatrick, You show ‘em how it’s done!

TV3 Entertainment presenter Lorraine Keane looked divine in an ocean-green mermaid dress designed by Marion Murphy-Cooney.

Ireland AM’s pretty host Sinead Desmond shines in a golden Oasis dress. We especially liked how her jewelery and eyeshadow was in a shade of blue. Golden and Blue, who would have thought of it? but it worked like magic! Bravo Sinead!

TV3’s Debbie O’Donnell looked like she just stepped off a Versace runway in Milan, that’s how dazzling her fabulous silver dress was. She scintillated in a top-to-toe bejewelled, iridescent, gown from Beth, in Cork. Nothing short of top designer-wear!

Ireland’s top model and stylist Andrea Roche looked spring fresh in a pretty, patterned Pamela Scott silk dress. We’re loving the fringe too!

TV3’s youngest and cutest presenter Karen Koster looks all-grown-up in an exclusive custom-made Marion Murphy-Cooney gown

RTE presenter Laura Woods looks a million dollars in Irish designer Synan O’Mahony’s poppy red gown

Jenny McCarthy poses in a Paula King gown here, with her TV3 weatherman hubby the-ever-adorable Martin King

Emma Kavanagh (sister of Rachel Kavanagh) wore a soot-black coloured satin dress by John Rocha that we absolutely adored! Two thumbs Up Emma!

Glenda in an electric blue Lara dress and expecting mum Gail Kaneswaren in a champagne babydoll from Butik in Naas worked the red carpet at the Peter Mark VIP Style Awards 2007

Louise Loughman’s forest green dress is by Issa and the shop is Kalu in Naas