10th November 2009
Jodie Kidd to Present Best Designer Award at the RTÉ Off the Rails Fashion Awards
Top international model Jodie Kidd will present the coveted Best Designer Award at the inaugural RTÉ Off the Rails Fashion Awards taking place this Friday, 13th November in the RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin 4. Since beginning her modelling career at just 15, Jodie has been very successful both on and off the catwalk, lending her name and support to countless charities and forging a successful reputation for herself in typically male sports such as polo, golf and motor racing. Jodie will be taking the place of Jerry Hall, who under medical advice was instructed not to fly to Ireland. It’s understood she is suffering from exhaustion following her latest run of Calendar Girls. The RTÉ Off the Rails Fashion Awards will kick off a weekend of style, fashion and value as RTÉ Off the Rails The Total Experience runs over Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th November.
Notes to Editor
The shortlist for the Best Designer Award includes: Irish based designers John Rocha and Joanne Hynes, London based Tipperary native and knitwear designer Tim Ryan, Donegal handbag designer (based in Florence) Pauric Sweeney and Northern Irish Sharon Wauchob who is based in Paris.
Other award categories include Best Stylist, Best Photographer, Best Hair Stylist and Best Make Up Artist, all of which will be hotly contested by the cream of the fashion industry.
The RTÉ Guide Best Dressed Male and Female Personality have 10 stylish men and women in contention for each category. Actresses Victoria Smurfit, Amy Huberman and Charlene McKenna will compete against television presenters Grainne Seoige, Laura Whitmore Sheana Keane, Miriam O’Callaghan, Kathryn Thomas and Lorraine Keane. Meanwhile singer Roisin Murphy is the only musical finalist.
When it comes to male style television presenters Ryan Tubridy, Rob Ross, Craig Doyle, Aidan Power and Mark Little will compete against actors Colin Farrell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Michael Fassbender and Aidan Gillen with rugby star Brian O’Driscoll, flying the flag for sports. The award for the RTÉ Guide Best Dressed Male and Female Personality will be decided by RTÉ Guide readers.
Tickets priced at €36.50 are available from Ticketmaster.ie and on the door of the event.
