Positive attitude
The fashion cognoscenti and music lovers were out in force last night for two kick ass parties. First port of call was the stylish club SPY for the the launch of @ttitude, a funky new take on bringing fashion to the masses. Starting in April, the @ttitude roadshow will visit Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford, Limerick and Naas, bringing a mixture of fashion, music, gaming and fun to a nightclub near you. One part I'm excited about is the use of professional dancers as opposed to models. I like a bit of @ttitude.
Enjoying the Corona (and fish and chips) were producer Cathy O'Connor, diarist Gavin Lambe - Murphy, publisher PJ Gibbons and model Astrid Brennan. I also bumped into Brendan Scully who is the choreographer for the @ttitude ensemblé and fashion girl-about-town Triona McCarthy, who is off to New Orleans on Monday to interview Britney Spears! @ttitude kicks of on April 6th.
Over at trendy bar Cocoon, O2 and BlackBerry hosted a party to showcase the latest BlackBerry handsets. Main attraction for the evening were G4, the X-Factor finalists who are blazing a trail through the music world.
Performing several songs from their album, the boys belted out the vocals to an enthralled audience.
Sipping on the delicious blackberry cocktails were TV presenters Blathnaid NĂ Chofaigh and Alan Hughes, Hugh Scully, columnist France Winston and Romy Carroll, who is the new PR for Cocoon, Jamie Plenderleith and UIP's Anna Lavery. As I left I ran into Joanne Byrne and Louis Walsh (pictured) who were going for dinner with the G4 boys later in the evening.
I also bumped into TV star Brendan Courtney who was looking fresh and in town for a 24-hour flying visit.
My night was rounded off with a trip to Renards for the going away party of Rob Atkinson, who has left his position as Commercial director with Ireland on Sunday. He is going back to the U.K. to take up the position of Sales Director with advertising giant AdShel. Among the crew wishing him bon voyage were socialite Niall McCrudden of Insight Opticians and Paul Trainer of The Dubliner magazine.
