I discovered Penney's while perusing the buzzing neighborhood near my hotel. As soon as I walked…read morein, it reminded me of Primark. Lo and behold, I found out they're a part of the same company/brand. How cool!! Same great products, same great prices. They even had a fully operating hair and nail salon inside. I barely had any vacant space in my luggage, but I absolutely had to grab some good deals and exit quickly lol. The store is huge and the various sections are easy to browse. It was also easy to spot employees walking around if you needed to ask for help.

So great, so affordable, friendly service... I love visiting Penney's when we visit Irelandread more

A lot of people don't realize how much stuff you need to care for a baby, not to mention all the…read morestuff you need to care for yourself as you're getting ready to deal with your brand new responsibility. It can be a very hectic time when you're expecting, but that's why Mothercare is great. They have all of that required stuff, so it's basically a one-stop baby stop, for both pre and post-natal gear. Baby clothes is but a mere fraction of what they sell here. And maybe the fashions aren't the hippest, but it's a god damn baby. It doesn't care what it's wearing so just slap a onesie with a monkey on it and move on to more important things like cribs, prams, breast pumps, car seats, soothers, high chairs, sterilizers, thermometers, literature and toys. I also love that this store is called Mothercare, not Babycare.

My friend is having a baby in September, so I'm very excited to be able to buy baby presents for…read moreher. I went into Mothercare this evening expecting to find super cute baby-grows and spend my time oohing and aahing at all of the cute gear. Yes, it's a good shop and it has everything expectant mothers or parents probably need, but I was disappointed with the cute factor. They do have lots and they even have some quite cool kid stuff but I was able to make my choice pretty quickly for my favourite ensemble which says "hello world" (aah!). One huge question, why does a maternity store have an upstairs but no lift!? A little bit crazy for a clientele who are pretty much sure to have buggies or at least a baby on board.

Milk & Cookies is an upmarket fashion shop for babies and young kids located inside the pricey…read moreWestbury Mall. The shop was voted as one of Dublin's best in 2008 by The Dubliner magazine, and that's a praise well deserved. The clothes in here sure are adorable. Quality fabrics, soft and cuddly. And the shoes! I just love those gorgeous little leather boots, types you can picture on tiny feet running rings around their parents on the weekly stroll up Champs-Elysees, back in the old days. But as cute as these clothes are, you need to be pretty loaded to be able to dress up your young ones from top to toe in here. Looking for a pressie for a nice or nephew, and you want something more special than a shirt or dress from H&M, you will fall in love with not only one but many, many pieces. But it hurts to pay €59 for a jumper for a newborn when you know it will be way to small in two months. So, the rating. Milk & Cookies really deserves all the four stars it gets, even though I sadly can't afford to shop all my baby-presents here.

Allicano is a nice little boutique that features the designs of its owner, Una O'Reilly, in…read moreaddition to other splendid and girly frocks. The selection is quite feminine and pretty, with a focus on elegant yet casual dresses. Imagine lots of fine jersey-knits spruced up with chains, lace, and a bit of sparkle. All of it is very tasteful and rather understated, with a lot of greys, creams and other muted tones. I found the clothes to be really nice, not too, too expensive but ultimately a teeny bit boring. There were some really remarkable pieces that caught my eye, but most of it was pretty but fairly ordinary. I didn't find myself being wowed, but liking the tone of the apparel as a whole. It's worth a stop in every once in a while to see what they've got.

Beautiful selection of clothes the tops are so beautifully designed…read more Also if looking for a particular colour top and the colour is not available it can be made up in their studio for you. Stunning clothes and lovely shop.

H&M has always been and always will be a great place to shop. They do a great job of following…read moretrends and replicating much more expensive looks and selling them to those of us who might not have to dough to splurge on fancy-pants. They also do work-wear incredibly well. And while a lot of this office wear is pretty uninspiring, it's basic and not ugly and easy to throw on in the morning. They also do fabulous basics. If I need a tank top in a specific color, for example, I immediately head to H&M because I know they'll have what I need in the color I desire (and in every color of the rainbow) and it will be cheap as dirt. Their accessories are top-notch; I find that their hats, gloves and scarves are especially cute.

This is a pretty nice H&M. They actually had a sizeable sale section here with many clothes €10 or…read moreless. They had a lot of tank tops and sleeveless tops. I guess they are trying to clear the summer inventory. I didn't get anything this time but I'm sure if I check the sales regularly I'm sure I could find something.

I've been a fan of New Look for some time, mainly since I walked into the one in Belfast. Up until…read morenow New Look in Dublin has been located in out of the way shopping centres, but halleluja! they finally came to town, and they did it right. It's actually where topshop was in the Jervis Centre and it has a smallish space on the ground floor - but the basement is an alladin's cave of clothes and accessories. OK New Look is low end rather than high end fashion, but the quality of the clothes is similar to what you find in many more expensive shops. And because the clothes are cheaper I feel more at liberty to buy cheeky and different items, because I haven't lost much if I decide not to wear them. they cater for different shapes and sizes with plus size, tall and maternity ranges and they have shoes and shoes and shoes. the dressing room area is done quite well with lots of little cubicle and they're quite long so you can actually stand back and look at yourself properly in the mirror. I didn't get that much time to look around last night because I ran in quite close to closing, but I still managed to buy some clothes and accessories, and I'm dying to return to have a proper look at all the shoes... also you have to love the giant shoe shaped seats in the shoe section! I love it!

I am a huge New Look fan having lived in Manchester for a while. Up until now the Irish branches…read morehave been a bit rubbish when compared to the massive one in the Arndale I used to frequent so I was delighted when their biggest ever branch opened 15 minutes walk from my apartment. Ok so the clothes are not always the best quality but sometimes you can get some really decent stuff, I have a pair of jeans that I bought there two years ago still going strong. I had to go in on opening day because I had bought a jumper in the Edinburgh branch which had a hole in it, (if you read my other reviews you'll know I'm jinxed with this happening to me). The staff were really nice, running all over to find me a supervisor so I could ask about the tricky euro/sterling return policy. She told me I could just do a straight swap for another jumper because they didn't have the same one in stock, grand. I even got some more money back because there was another 20% off knitwear on the day! By the way, if you an employee of this New Look reading this review, God bless you, you must have the patience of a saint. I once worked in a Dunnes during the Christmas rush and I swore blind after that I would never go back to retail again. Being in here on a Saturday six weeks before Christmas confirmed this view. Having said that while there were big queues for the changing rooms and the tills it all moved a lot faster than I expected. Good customer service, smiley staff (despite how busy it always is) and a massive selection of clothes, two thumbs up.

Mary C., I hear you! Emma's sales floor was empty on my…read morevisit -one or two other rack-pagers going through the slightly pricey collections of soft jumpers and structured skirts -and though two staff were in, you could hear I pin drop. I browsed the racks, fancied a magnificently delicate chain with a "B" charm (€25? I'll pass) and had a dig through the sale baskets to the tune of silence. I very nearly went home with the dusty pink wrap-shirt, but skipped once I came to my senses and saw the €65 reduced from €80... is still €65 and way out of my budget (for now).

Emma is a pleasant enough women's clothing store in boutique-heavy Clarendon Street. At the minute…read morebrightly coloured, flowing summer dresses adorn the clothes racks and a range of sparkly, shiny accessories and cuteness shoes complete the picture. With its mid-range prices and some decent sale items, Emma could be the place to pick out something special for a tea or cocktail party, but only if you can stand to queue for the changerooms! I tried to try on a couple of dresses (impulse buying is one of my greater talents) but found the shop assistants too busy to deal with me and the changerooms too full to accommodate me. Oh well, it was a Saturday...

The costumer service is horrible ik I sound like a Karen but I'm not one to put bad reviews i…read morebought a Mario badesce facial spray and I said "can I have a bag please" and then she said no cause my item was small in the rudest way and she also was talking to her friend and ignoring me the whole time

Urban Outfitters is an achingly hip clothes shop, one that is so in touch with the hipster…read morezeitgeist that it couldn't possibly limit itself to selling just clothes, it also sells super-trendy knick-knacks and what have you. The clothes that Urban Outfitters sell are often quite good, but always substantially over-priced. Urban Outfitters is more than just a shop, it's a lifestyle guide for people with skinny jeans and 'Skins'-esque haircuts. The music that is heard on Urban Outfitters' in-store turntables (listened to through fashionable Sennheiser headphones) is sure to be raved about on its patrons Facebook pages until the next flavour of the month comes along. Whatever about the clothes being a mite bit expensive, the various accessories and trendy tat are inevitably outrageously so. "A gold Casio watch? A Casio watch... that's gold? Oh man, I have to update my Twitter feed with this one!" If you live in another city and are just visiting Dublin, don't bother going to Urban Outfitters over here, as the one in your native city will invariably bigger and will have cheaper clothes (they'll probably still be overpriced, just less so).