Sumarie at Brown Thomas' Swimwear Event!

A couple of snapshots from last week's swimwear event at Brown Thomas, Dublin. The models in Marie bikini and Chrysler swimsuit look fabulous!!

Fashion Rules!

If you’re passionate about fashion, you really can’t miss the exhibition “Fashion Rules”, now open at Kensington Palace.

Gorgeous dresses in five beautiful rooms will bring you back to the last century, with the wardrobes of HM Queen Elizabeth II in the 1950s, Princess Margaret in the 1960s and 70s and Diana, Princess of Wales in the 1980s. Moreover, thanks to a collection of film and photography that provide a feeling of those decades, the exhibition will make you discover how these great women influenced fashion by setting the rules of style in their times.

And if you’ve always had a thing for design, this is your chance to put yourself to the test and have a little fun! In fact, all visitors will be given an iPad featuring the award-winning app “Paper” that allows you to create fashion illustration inspired by the display of the Royal gowns.

Downton's Dockery

“She’s worked. She’s 30. She’s ready. There’s a sense with her of ‘Isn’t this great? This is a golden hour!’ And I love that in a person, when they know.”  This is how renowned fashion illustrator David Downton to describe Michelle Dockery, rising star in the international movie landscape and leading actor in the famous British series “Downton Abbey”. 

The artist, known as the “master of the light touch that goes deep,” met 32-year-old Dockery last year at Claridge’s in London, for a three-hour photo-shoot that produced a unique spread of photographs in the online U.S. Vanity Fair. 

David Downton further described Dockery as “classic and contemporary at the same time," and “very intelligent and alive to life." These characteristics surely make this great actress a Sumarie woman and we look forward to seeing more from her in the coming years!

Behind the Scenes: Work in Progress

Life in the showroom couldn’t be more hectic these days… Marie is now giving shape to one of the pieces in the next Haute Couture line. We can already image how gorgeous it will be!