Without question one of Ireland’s most stylish and likeable ladies, Celia Holman-Lee, is a regular on TV3′s Ireland AM and RTE’s Off The Rails. Winner of the first ever VIP Style Awards in 2002, she has not been off the country’s Best Dressed lists since. Off screen Celia is a busy women at the helm of one of the longest-established modelling agencies in Ireland, The Holman-Lee Model Agency, for which RSVP Magazine awarded her their Business Woman of the Year Award 2008. I bumped into her recently at the Harvey Nichols SS10 fashion show and I have to say I was blown away. Here she shares some of her best style secrets…

What five words best describe your style?
Classic, smart and always stylish.

Best style tip?
Always be aware of your posture and dress for your shape.

What’s top of your fashion wishlist at the moment?
A pair of nude Christian Louboutin shoes.

Favourite item in your wardrobe right now?
It has to be my Joanne Hayes black dress because it has amazing shoulder detail and I love the shape.

What’s in your handbag right now?
The essentials – my mobile phone and lipgloss

Worst and/or best shopping experience?
Luckily being in the business I don’t have too many bad shopping experiences!

Best high street store?
A|wear and Warehouse in equal measures.

Favourite place to shop?
Brown Thomas and all the boutiques in Limerick.

Fashion on the web?
Actually I don’t bother with shopping online, call me traditional but I much prefer to go shopping in shops!

Worst fashion moment?
It has to be when I used to model – on one occasion going down the ramp I had two different colour shoes on…not a good look.

Who epitomises great style?
Right now Victoria Beckham and Carla Bruni. Also Jackie Kennedy.

Fave fashion era?
Without doubt, it has to be the 1950′s.

Finally, what do you hope to achieve in 2010?
Continued success of the Holman-Lee agency.