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TELEVISION ICON WINA €500OVXOEUNCDHAELRES Celia Holman Lee on lessons triple bypass within all of this. Mother It’s time to pack away your winter wardrobe and step
learned and what makes her happy passing being the only girl, 12-13 years into spring with Oxendales! Keep your wardrobe up
ago, it nearly killed me. I thought I to date with the latest trends and styles from the
SIR DAVID Page 28 (YNYWOOOIUMUNRICTNMOOAUUOTMEL!)D Walking the arrival red carpet at the Hollywood star. I started Irish dancing When and how did it get better? would never get over her. So there is all Did you ever want to give up? fabulous new in collection. Swap out your heavy
grand Intercontinental hotel, seemed at six years of age, modelling at 15-and- Through hard work and the that kind of sadness. I just kept going, I always believe you
CHEolLmIaAn LeeATTENBOROUGH perfectly fitting of the guest I was a-half, I am now 68. I have been in dedication. The talent came when I give the time, there is no doubt about WORTHcoats and woolly jumpers for light, breathable
“Now I have TO WEDDING CHIC about to interview. A luxurious location this industry, from manufacturing to got the experience on the television. How have you overcome this it, it comes back in some way. I gave it
no regrets” for a woman who oozes style and modelling, to boutiques to the beauty I got in a car at four or five o’clock in sadness? my all from the age of 15 up to the age of layers for those casual days and flattering floral
Guest glamour glamour. I was given a card for the side to the hair side. If I haven’t it the morning with three models in the When my first grandson came along, close to 50. I just kept working and then dresses for picnics in the park.
with Bridal beauty suite and guided to the lift, a short ring right at this stage there is something back of the car, because there were a baby boy Henry, I idolise him. He the doors started opening.
Etiquette FAQ of the bell and the door was opened wrong. The things I have picked up, the no motorways 20 years ago, drove to BByy NNaaddiinnee RReeiidd made me feel. He healed me. He is now €500Oxendales not only brings you a whole host of
with an energetic and beautiful smile by fashions I have gone through, it’s kind Dublin because there was no money ten. Then I have [granddaughter] Erica. Do you have any advice for our
the one and only Celia Holman Lee. of constantly re-inventing yourself to stay in a hotel, to do Ireland AM. We Then it gets busier, there are now five of readers and your grandchildren? styles, cuts and colours, but as always, affordable
Talking with Celia was like taking a nearly to stay there. would arrive in Dublin at 8:15am in them. Five grandchildren make it easier Find your career; you will get a gut fashion just for you. Oxendales have a great range
journey across the world starting in the studio and back down again. I did to feel comfortable. All this time with feeling that this is what you are of occasion wear that will keep your wardrobe
Limerick. The ambiance Celia creates What’s the Celia Holman Lee work that for seven to eight years. them has eased me away, I’m obsessed supposed to do. There is always someone as dynamic and vibrant as your social diary. From
felt soaked in pure Parisian Hollywood ethic? with them, my husband and I. I got behind you. Now I have no regrets, at communions to confirmations, get-togethers to garden parties,
style. We discussed her work and Hard work. Those decades were work, Is it difficult to remain relevant upset at my birthday, I want to be here 30, 40, 50, I have the career I want. there’s a whole host of day dresses to choose from.
personal journey across the decades, work, work, 40s coming up the 50s was through the decades? forever for them. They are number one. Look at your grandmother and look
lessons learned and what makes Celia when the recognition came, but during A lot of the time fashion is repeating If you told me that this would be my life what she has landed herself. Whatever Whether playing a starring role in nuptials or a guest at someone’s
truly happy. the 30s and 40s it was head down, every itself. Attitudes have always been now I would not believe you, not in a job it is work hard, no matter who you big day, Oxendales have a great choice in statement pieces and
shop, every part of Ireland, working the same. Maybe we are stronger thousand years. are, there is no easy ticket. You get glamorous looks to get you on the dance floor at a spring wedding.
You’re known as a style inspiration fashion shows, fashion shows, fashion now, we have access to so much there and you try to stay there. WW Shop statement dresses and modern jumpsuits, or mix and match a
but who are your style role models? shows. They were six nights a week. I more things now with Facebook, How do you deal with career fears? selection of elegant skirts and smart trousers with a range of timeless
Jane Fonda, Michelle Pfeiffer, Cher, was known all over the country. the internet, fashion TV and I wouldn’t be able to diversify into 50 Over 50 is sponsored by tops for looks that are made for catching the bouquet. With elegant
Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren. They are everything in between. We are something else, I wouldn’t know what Oxendales, Oxendales not only brings wedding guest outfits to suit every shape, we have something for
still out there, still working, I need ‘I really just kept more knowledgeable. But when it’s I am doing. I never was able for that. I you a whole host of styles, cuts and everyone for the ultimate wedding guest look.
these fabulous, incredible women working and in your blood for as long as it’s in was always focused on this industry, colours, but as always, affordable
on my side, they are doing it. So I’m working then the mine, you know how to keep it going, I never went out of my box! I was on fashion just for you. The accessories and footwear collection will give you limitless
saying, ‘God above, well I’m going to doors started because the knowledge is there, the TV, that was out of my box, but I was options in accenting your unique look. Whether you want to inject
keep going too.’ opening’ experience is there and the hard talking about fashion, I wasn’t talking Woman’s Way is launching a series entitled 50 over colour and styles to your existing wardrobe or give an outfit that
knocks are there. about politics. If I was I would be 50. The magazine will showcase an Irish person who perfect finishing touch, there are hundreds of ideas at Oxendales.
Have you always been the stylish, jumping out the window with fear. I did is continuing to make their mark in their chosen field With simple ways to shop, easy payment options and delivery direct to
confident Celia we see? How did you cope with the hard The Salon and Irish dancing TV show, and in public life. your door, finding that perfect spring wardrobe is a breeze. Covering
I grew with it. Nobody has it all that knocks? Come Dine With Me and for each of everything in fashion, gifts, homewares and menswear, you can shop
quick. I put my foot on the ramp I lost my brother at 59 years of age those I got sick, practically mentally it all from the comfort of your own home, at www.oxendales.ie.
in Cannock’s [department store] from cancer, I lost my nephew at 27,
in Limerick at 15. The family were I lost aunts and uncles that I loved. I sick. I seem to have tunnelled my www.oxendales.ie
delighted, they thought I was a lost my mum. [Husband] Ger had a whole life on this, take me out of it
and I’m not good. So it’s all around To celebrate Oxendales’ new spring collection, we have a €500 voucher for Oxendales for one lucky reader. To enter, simply
answer this question. True or false? Oxendales offers a great range of occasionwear. Place your answer on the competition
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