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Irish Daily Mirror
9 hours ago
- Irish Daily Mirror
Over half a million passengers set to travel through Dublin Airport this weekend
More than half a million passengers are forecast to travel through Dublin Airport over the upcoming August bank holiday weekend, which would make it one of the busiest weekends in the airport's 85-year history. Between Friday (August 1) and Monday (August 4), around 505,000 passengers are forecast to pass through Dublin Airport as its busiest ever summer continues. The busiest days in the period are likely to be Friday and Sunday, when as many as 130,000 passengers per day are forecast to travel through. This will include many tens of thousands of tourists coming to Ireland for trips that will see them travel to and spend money in all 32 counties on the island. The departure gates will also be buzzing as the busy summer holiday season continues. Passengers departing this weekend are advised to be at the airport two hours before a short-haul flight and three hours before a long-haul flight. Dublin Airport spokesperson Graeme McQueen said: "The summer is going great at Dublin Airport with the team here working hard to put smiles on the faces of the record number of passengers travelling. 'We're welcoming more than 120,000 passengers every day and that's set to continue through August and into September too as domestic demand to travel overseas, combined with strong inward tourist numbers, remains really high. Dublin Airport (stock) (Image: Getty) 'Passengers are loving the continuous improvements we're rolling out in the terminals - from the great new food and drink outlets such as the San Marco Italian restaurant in Terminal 1 to the new kids play areas located on every departure pier - and these, combined with our relentless focus on cleanliness and safe and quick security screening, are ensuring a positive passenger experience this summer. "The August bank holiday is always one of the busiest weekends for us and this year will be no different. There's lots going on in Ireland this weekend to entice people here, including the Rush Air Show, which Dublin Airport is proud to be partnered with, as well as the all-Ireland women's football final in Croke Park." 'The departure gates are set to be busy too and it's not just sun-seekers heading off to the usual hotspots like Portugal and Spain, but this weekend will once again see Oasis t-shirts galore heading to the UK for the biggest concerts of the summer, while the start of the new UK football season will bring plenty of colour to the terminals over the coming weekends," added McQueen. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: Sign up here. The Irish Mirror's Crime Writers Michael O'Toole and Paul Healy are writing a new weekly newsletter called Crime Ireland. Click here to sign up and get it delivered to your inbox every week
Elle
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
The McQueen Skull Scarf Renaissance Is Here
Alexander McQueen was a force to be reckoned with. With his 1993 'Taxi Driver' collection, he immediately achieved what most designers spend a lifetime trying to do—invent a new silhouette, namely his now-iconic Bumster pants. By the time his spring 2003 show, 'Irere,' came around, and the Oyster dress made fashion history, no one could have suspected that a less-featured accessory from the collection would go on to carry such weight. Few accessories have stood the test of time like the Alexander McQueen skull scarf. The print took its lead from the collection's theme. The show opened with a short film directed by John Maybury, depicting a shipwrecked girl diving into the ocean and surviving to metamorphose into a princess in the Amazon. The title 'Irere' is said to be taken from an Indigenous Amazonian language, meaning 'transformation.''Given the backstory, no shipwreck is complete without a pirate-inspired skull print. There are many varieties of the accessory; however, the original print has never changed— further proof of its iconic design. Recently, the skulls have been creeping back in. During his press tour for A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet wore two versions of the scarf while hosting SNL. Then, on the fall 2025 runway, under current McQueen creative director Seán McGirr the scarves made a return alongside a green skull-printed blouse. And just this month at Glastonbury, Charli XCX wore multiple scarves tied together as a top—three major co-signs for its long-awaited return! The scarf has the potential to go the way of the Vivienne Westwood pearl choker and fully reintegrate itself into the mainstream. 'I want it to have a full comeback,' says fashion creator Jake Flemming. Joking that he may be a little biased as an avid fan of the brand (then and now), he adds, 'It's time for this gem to have its moment again, and I think people are going to absolutely eat it up. Gen Z will give it a cooler new life that hasn't been seen before.' He hopes the current generation of fashion fans will make full use of it, too, styling it as a tie, belt, or bag charm, 'since we all love to Jane Birkin-ify everything now.' Like all good nostalgic accessories, the scarf had a chokehold throughout most of the noughties, gracing the necks of celebrities like Nicole Richie, Kim Kardashian, the Olsens, and Ashlee Simpson, to name a few. More recently, it got a shoutout in season one of the Netflix show You—Beck splurges on the item, which she can't afford, as a gift; her friend admonishes her, saying they rarely go on sale—a testament to its lasting style and desirability. 'The design has always been so on the nose, macabre and pirate-y almost, that it borders on cheesy, but somehow that level of sincerity cuts through the noise,' fashion creator and theorist Rian Phin tells ELLE. 'Funnily enough, most people don't know that the scarf was technically never off the website! Retailers like Neiman Marcus and Saks still carried it' prior to McGirr's tenure, says Alejandro, founder and 'chief bag officer' of the go-to It accessory Instagram account Y2Kbags. He adds that he also knows people who never stopped wearing it. In a fashion world defined by transformation, not unlike that of 'Irere,' it's incredibly rare to find an accessory so unchanged after more than 20 years. While many brands reissue pieces from the archive, the McQueen skull scarf has had the pleasure of staying the same. Now it's time for it to make an official return to the limelight. ELLE Collective is a new community of fashion, beauty and culture lovers. For access to exclusive content, events, inspiring advice from our Editors and industry experts, as well the opportunity to meet designers, thought-leaders and stylists, become a member today HERE. Alexandra Hildreth is the Fashion News Editor at ELLE. She is fascinated by style trends, industry news, shake-ups, and The Real Housewives. Previously, she attended the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Following graduation, she moved back to New York City and worked as a freelance journalist and producer.
Sydney Morning Herald
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
Gina Rinehart's right-hand woman Teena McQueen out the door at Hancock
Just last year, colourful Liberal Party identity Teena McQueen was at Mar-a-Lago celebrating Donald Trump's electoral triumph alongside her boss, Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart and Nigel 'Mr Brexit' Farage, the betting markets' pick for next British prime minister. McQueen, a regular talking head on Sky News' after-dark programming, joined the Hancock Prospecting payroll in 2022 as a group principal policy adviser to the executive team, and has, since acted as a kind of Robin to Rinehart's Batman, travelling with the boss to Florida last year and hanging out at Trump's estate for the long victory celebrations. But no more. CBD hears McQueen is out of her role at the Hancock Prospecting family. Rinehart's normally helpful team issued a swift 'no comment' in response to our queries. But McQueen told us she would be taking some time off for family issues. 'She's still a very good friend and wonderful person,' she said of her billionaire pal. Loading McQueen, a former federal Liberal vice-president, was at the time of her hiring by Rinehart subject to a gag order by the party following a train wreck appearance on Q&A. MCQueen has managed to outlive the ABC program which was euthanised a few months ago, and has recently made a name for herself through some fairly full-blooded interventions in WhatsApp groups. When broadcaster Alan Jones was charged with indecent assault offences last year (which he denies and is contesting), McQueen sprung to action, telling a Liberal group chat the whole thing was 'absolute bullshit'. More recently, she told another group chat a petition calling for gender quotas in the Liberal Party was 'disgraceful'. Although as this column reported, someone calling themselves 'Teena McQueen' – in jest – did sign that very same petition.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Alexander McQueen's Nephew Draws Back the Curtain on New Off-Broadway Show
More than 15 years after Alexander McQueen's death, the fashion designer's career is coming into sharper focus with an off-Broadway of the most acclaimed and incendiary designers of his generation, McQueen took his life in 2010 at the age of 40 in London. Daring and original with his designs and runway shows, the British-born talent burst on the scene in the 1990s. The son of a taxi driver and self-described 'big mouth East English yob,' McQueen rose to the top of the fashion world. With his 1995 controversial Highland Rape collection that used remnants from fabric shops, McQueen caught the attention of European luxury titans. In 1996, Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, tapped the then-27-year-old to be the creative lead at Givenchy, a post he held for five years. In 2000, the Gucci Group bought a 51 percent stake in McQueen's company, allowing for expansion via signature boutiques; a secondary line called McQ licensed to Italy's SINV; menswear and leather goods, and collaborations with brands including Puma and Samsonite. Despite such reach and a Target collaboration in 2009, his namesake company did not have the financial might of his rivals, during his lifetime.A decade in the making, 'House of McQueen' starts previews next month and the grand opening will be held Sept. 9 at the Mansion at Hudson Yards. In a joint interview Tuesday with show producer Rick Lazes and Gary McQueen, a nephew of the designer, Lazes said, 'What would Lee do?' was their mantra, whenever they felt tripped up. (The designer was known as Lee to family and close friends.) The theater — the first new one to be built in Manhattan in more than 20 years — was financed and designed by their company Alexander McQueen LLC. McQueen said, 'There are obviously a lot of complexities in Lee's life, both personally and his rise into the elites of fashion from his humble beginnings. That is really a true underdog story, and a very inspiring one. Hopefully, what we've achieved with this inspires the younger generation who don't really know Alexander McQueen the person, but also satisfies long-term fans of my uncle's work. It does touch some personal stuff.'Lazes said, 'No matter what obstacles he encountered, he overcame them and his art continued to flourish, Despite adversity and the mercantile pressure of the fashion industry, his genius shone through. We're hoping people will leave the theater feeling like they've seen genius. For those who don't know McQueen, it will be like seeing Picasso for the first time. He [McQueen] was never accepted as a great artist, which he clearly was. He was always relegated as a fashion designer. We're hoping people will see that he influenced not only the fashion world, but music, art and pop culture. And he still does today.' Meant to be a well-rounded and entertaining representation of the designer's life, the 90-minute seated performance will feature 'Bridgerton' actor Luke Newton in the lead role. Family members and other key figures in McQueen's life like Isabella Blow will also be portrayed. Ticket holders will also have access to a concurrent exhibition of original McQueen gowns that will be adjacent to the theater. With more than 1,000 square feet of LED screens, the show will feature creative content that was developed with Gary McQueen's oversight about Lee's motivation, thoughts and drive for creative genius to play up his art, work and spirit. Needless to say McQueen-designed pieces will not be worn by the write the play, Darrah Cloud drew from previous media interviews with the designer and from conversations with his nephew, who is an artist. After Gary McQueen lost his father unexpectedly, Lee McQueen stepped in to babysit him as an older brother might. Years later, they worked together. He said, 'There's a certain spirit attached to being a McQueen. I share a similar aesthetic that is both inspired by Lee, but that is also quite inherent to myself,' his nephew said. What I've learned from Lee is what fashion could be. It went way beyond clothes and fashion. It was about storytelling and artistry.' More from WWD Kate Middleton, Queen Camilla and Brigitte Macron Embrace the French and U.K. Flag Colorscape for Windsor State Banquet Miley Cyrus Basks in a Field of Flowers for Gucci's New Flora Gorgeous Gardenia Eau de Parfum Intense Welcome to Can Nikita, an Oasis Made of Love in Ibiza Looking forward to sharing McQueen's mannerisms and gestures with Newton, Gary McQueen said, 'Lee almost had two sides to himself, where he had a split personality. He was a very down-to-earth person, and at other times, he was Alexander McQueen, who ruled his kingdom in the fashion world. He kind of separated himself from family and to who he was professionally.'Showgoers may be surprised by how McQueen managed 'to break down barriers and the snobbery that was attached to fashion houses at that time,' his nephew said. Coming of age in the 1990s, when many edgy designers and artists were making waves in various industries, that trajectory is 'very relatable to how the world is quite a hard place today.'Gary McQueen's aim is to continue his uncle's legacy through his art. Wishful that they had had more time together, he said, 'Lee could have achieved so much more. He never ran out of creative ideas. The only thing that took the joy away from what he did was the pressures of coming up with so many collections. As an artist, that really gets in the way of being creative. I feel that the pressure got to be too much for him.'Innovative with technology, the designer crafted a hologram of Kate Moss for his fall 2006 runway show. Speculating how technical advances like 3D printing and other ones used by Iris Van Herpen would have appealed to McQueen, his nephew said, 'There was a lot more that he could have achieved. He didn't because of the limitations of the time.'McQueen's death is addressed 'very peripherally but not in a graphical manner' with the help of the seven-year-old actor, who plays the designer's younger self and appears throughout the play. His nephew expects that 'House of McQueen' will help 'give marginalized people hope and aspiration about what they can achieve.'Lazes added, 'I don't think there's been a time in America history, when we were not more in need of a healing process. Lee dealt with rejection, bullying, hemophilia, misogyny, depression and suicide — issues that are very current and affect a wide, young demographic. Our hope is that through his spirit and legacy, we will begin that healing process.' Carrying on the designer's legacy is no small task, Gary McQueen said. 'Somehow, I've become like an ambassador for Lee for everybody in the family. That's not always easy. But as a creative, I feel that I can relate to him the most. As an artist, I try to carry that McQueen spirit through because the brand itself these days has become quite different than what Lee was about.'Referring to the brand, he continued, 'This happened a long time ago. It has nothing to do with the new designer (Seán McGirrr]. [Lee McQueen's successor] Sarah Burton managed to carry that spirit forward in her way. There is a certain spirit in the way that my uncle created his shows and the stories that he told within the shows. That aspect has been lost in the progress of the fashion house. It's hard to sum up that spirit. You felt it at Lee's shows, and at Sarah's shows.'Speaking of the inevitableness of such things happening at fashion houses over the years, McQueen said, 'There's a certain blueprint in places with certain cuts and pieces that they produce. But there are a lot of things that are being put out by the company that Lee probably never would have done.'As for whether many of his relatives will travel to New York for the opening, Gary McQueen said, 'Probably not. Many of them don't like to fly to be honest. It doesn't come naturally to me either. I've pushed myself out of all of my comfort zones to be where I am today as an artist. That perseverance has rubbed off from Lee.' With a one-year lease at the Mansion at Hudson Yards, the aim is that 'House of McQueen' will be extended to run for that length of time, before moving on to London. 'That's where the family will see it,' Gary McQueen said with a laugh. 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Sydney Morning Herald
10-07-2025
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
What ‘morons' mentioned the Q word? They'd be the smart Libs trying to save their party
There is no single word more certain to create a deep schism within the Liberals than quotas. And there is nothing more likely to aggravate many in the party than a petition calling for quotas. So it follows that some party members, such as former federal vice-president and Sky After Dark regular Teena McQueen, had conniptions when such a petition was launched. According to three Liberal women, it was McQueen who once joked that she 'would kill to be sexually harassed' as the party reckoned with its treatment of women. Last week, McQueen posed this question in relation to the quotas petition: 'What absolute moron is behind this?' Those 'morons' – plural – would be NSW Liberal Women's Council president Berenice Walker, vice president Adelaide Cuneo, former NSW minister Rob Stokes and his wife, Sophie, and Charlotte Mortlock, executive director of Hilma's Network, which was established to boost female representation in the Liberals. To date, some 500-plus people have signed the petition, which pleads: 'If we do all want more women in parliament, then we must stop the preoccupation with theory, rhetoric and excuses, and accelerate this historic change.' Notably, one of the signatories is Manly MP James Griffin. He is the only senior NSW frontbencher to publicly put his name to the quotas push. It was a bold move for Griffin. Only a fortnight earlier, NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman made his position clear. 'I don't think we need quotas at the moment in the Liberal Party,' he told the Herald in an interview before his budget reply speech. Speakman noted that his state parliamentary party was close to reaching gender parity. Loading That is worth celebrating, sure. And it's a damn sight better than the federal Liberal position: just six of the 43 Liberal MPs to sit in the House of Representatives will be women. It must be noted, however, that the improved representation of women in the NSW parliament was achieved because former premier Dominic Perrottet intervened ahead of the last state election to stop the party running an all-male upper house ticket. Perrottet prevailed, and three male MPs were sacrificed to guarantee equal gender representation on the ticket. (Perrottet did not, however, manage to win the fight over the northern beaches seat of Pittwater. He wanted a woman to run, but the party insisted on Rory Amon. Amon is now facing child sexual assault charges, which he denies, and the seat is in teal hands, won by Jacqui Scruby in a byelection.) The decision of Griffin, widely viewed as the most likely leadership rival to Speakman, to sign the petition creates an obvious divide between him and his leader. Griffin's take is: 'Quotas are not a compromise on merit; they're a practical response to a system that needs improvement.'
