As the name suggests this is a shop selling a particular style of clothing: bling, bling and more…read morebling. This shop almost exclusively stocks dresses of the short and shiny variety. And if that's what you're looking for you could do worse. Most of the dresses sell for about 40 euro which means that the blinging look comes fairly cheap, although they probably are dresses that stand out and they might not be the kind of thing that will get more than one wear. Their sizes are of the S/M/L variety so finding one of these dresses to fit you just right is probably more down to luck than anything else. Of more use and adaptability are the top and little bolero cardies that they sell. Some a blingy but not all of them. Certainly a place to swing by if you're looking for a little cardy to go over a dress or going out top.

Ah, so that's where all those snake skin tunic tops are coming from…read more In a move that's sure to enrage designers and buyers who take good quality clothing seriously, Fashion Outlet delivers their own brand of coture to the masses with incredibly cheap goods. Now, you do get what you pay for here, and most of the fabrics used for their lines of trousers, shirts and suits are of a disappointingly low quality (suffering from the dreaded Three Ms: Man Made Materials). As a silver lining, you won't pay more than €5 or €20 for most of the items on the racks. As a rule I give this shop a miss, but for ladies in the market for black work trousers good for a few months, or an acrylic sweater sure to unravel on the drive home, this is your first (and hopefully last) stop.

I think that while reading these review you should remember that different people have different…read moretastes and different senses of fashion and different opinions on quality versus price. So very different, okay? So with that in mind let me tell you that this shop is one that i do not really frequent and one that when i have gone in i have never ever walked out with a bag in my hand, well not one from that shop anyway! Everything in here is really cheap and not very nice in my opinion. Nothing looks to be particularly well made and the materials that are used are not the type that I normally like to wear at all at all! ( I sound like someone who insists on egyptian cotton bed sheets and the like, im not, i promise!) Anyway, as i said i may be very different from you, the lovely reader, but i have given my honest opinion anyway and sure what else can i do?

So I was mostly scared off from all the independent clothes shops in The Square because of the tack…read morethat lay within but i decided to give Gerbera a chance, an open mind, an oppertunity to change my mind of Tallaght's fashion sense. Now, it didnt deilght me particularly, it didnt have me throwing clothes over my arm marching for the dressing rooms but it did slightly restore my faith in the shopping centre. there were no tacky tops or emblazoned jeans in this shop. Everything lokked normal enough, in style for normal people. Nothing really swept me off my feet and i didnt buy anything but i wont be walking by this place a quickly as i can like the other shops, i might go in and have a browse in case i really do like something.

The Irish version of a department store i suppose!…read more this is not somewhere i go regularly, the clothes rarely tempt me to buy them, there is an air of "small town ireland and no where else to shop" about it,ijust dont think the clothes in here are ones you would choose when there is so much to choose from in the way of clothes. one redeeming thing about heatons is the household section. if you are renting ordo not want to spend lots on household stuff this is the place to go. you still get fairly good quality and variety but for much cheaper than lots of other stores. There is usually a stand with books and dvds for good prices in this heatons too. you just have to go in to see what is on offer! Oh and when its September this is a great place to go and get school supplies like copies and school bags and big sets full of markers (remember them? you could never get tehm back into the packets once you had taken them out!) so in summary a big no no no for the clothes but for bargain on the other stuff its a great shop!

I forgot all about Heaton's until I visited the Square recently. It is a really good shop, and in…read moresome cases the stock it has is cheaper then Penney's and as the Square doesn't have a Penney's this is the next best thing. There clothes are cheap in both price and quality but sometimes if you are on a budget that is exactly what you are looking for. They have a great selection of shoes and under ware. Really nice bras for 6euro and sexy undies three pairs for 5euro. They have a men's, women's and children's section and is great for workout gear and tracksuits.

I have no idea why people would classify Monsoon as granny wear. It is soooo not granny wear! I am…read more25 and I want to buy every single item of clothing in this store. Sure, it is absolutely nothing like the young, trendy style that is sold in Topshop or Miss Selfridge, but the style sold at Monsoon is better. It's floaty, flirty, bohemian and beautiful. On the bottom floor they have pretty patterned tops. a lot with really cool details, and tons and tons of fancy dresses and gowns that make me wish I had an event to go to just so I could have an excuse to buy one. Upstairs they have accessories and bridal wear, which is just as pretty and hippie-esque as the downstairs stuff. But just calling it hippie doesn't do the stuff justice. Monsoon is really elegant as well. I seriously adore this place, though a major drawback is that it's mostly out of my price range :o(

Having moved to a larger space from across the street Monsoon opened this shop dedicated to clothes…read morerather than the accessories. Monsoon designers are really not afraid to take inspiration from different sources than the usual highstreet stores and genuinely have a different look and feel to other clothes. While they do a range of clothes I always think of Monsoon as a dresses shop. They have daytime summery ones as well as formal, cocktail and evening dresses. Their cuts and fabrics are generally very feminine and they delight in little details. The prices are not cheap but the quality of the clothes are quite good and when they do a sale they can sometimes knock 70% off an item. I actually lusted after a grey silk evening dress there some years ago but couldn't fork out the 250 euro for it. I got it two years later when I stumbled on it for about 50 euro. And because Monsoon are more concerned with classic style than the latest trend the clothes don't date so badly. That said they do add an element of the current trends to their clothes, they just don't lose their own style in it. Monsoon have branched out into wedding and bridesmaid dresses, which you can see upstairs and their clothes come in sizes 8 to 22.

Remember Roches Stores? it was one of he original department stores in Ireland, well it died and…read moreDebenhams took its place. I miss roches, it always reminded me of being a kid for some reason, anywho i like Debenhams too. The reason i like this paticular debenhams is that it is the only place in The Square that i can shop in some of the shops that i love for clothes. Debenhams has concessions for shops like oasis and warehouse and monsoon and you cant find individual shops for these stores in the square. The other great reason to visit debenhams is you get to look at all the (what i call) Fancy make up stands that you cant find in boots, things like Bobby Brown and Benefit, ones that i love but can find in your normal kind of shop, its for things like this that you totally need Debenhams!

I'll hand it to Debenham's, they've made a lot of inroads to improving the overall feel of The…read moreSquare in recent years. As an international retailer, the shop is able to offer bigger, plusher brands to shoppers than it's previous incarnation as Roches Stores would have managed. Geared mostly to women (aren't all these shops?), Debenham's at The Square offers beauty, home and fashion choices from high street brands the likes of whom wouldn't normally be found in Tallaght's single shopping centre. That said, there's still an edge of chaos here, and my foray into the shoe department was on frought with danger: winter boots scattered on the floor, no stock other than what was on the racks, and if I was looking for a size 8 shoe (er, for... a friend) I'm out of luck. Sorry 'bout dat. I'll take Debenham's presence here as a sign of better things to come, and not take it too personally that those better things aren't here yet.

Coast mainly stocks evening and formal wear for women. They usually have a beautiful array of…read moredresses for occasions and certainly whenever there's a formal night out the talk is about what's in Coast. They have lots of interesting dresses in both classic styles and some stuff influenced by what's in at the moment. As a result you can usually get something that suits your shape and figure here. The downside is that you will certainly be paying for it. Coast dresses don't come cheap. So you wouldn't be looking for a once off dress but rather something you can take out of the wardrobe and wear on future occasions. The classic nature of the style of dresses here makes that possible, but you definitely have to be committed to wearing it more than once to pay these prices!

Coast is notorious for selling occasion wear that appears especially fitted and rich in value. The…read moredresses look like they have been sculpted onto the women in question, molded onto their bodies creating something chiseled, almost carved. The dresses are aligned with abounding upholstery and rich underskirts all working towards creating these fitted, prosperous-looking dresses. If you are looking for an impressive frock to wear to a black tie event, day at the races, wedding or prom then you are duty-bound to visit Coast. Coast's occasion wear is genuinely very beautiful and remarkably rich in quality but the design team more often than not keep within the same colour format of royal blues, reds and blacks, in addition to their 'fitted' outline. Renowned for silk organza fitted bandeau dresses, rizzo boleros and maxi floor length show-stoppers assigned names like, 'Victoria Jane Dress', 'Allure Dress' and 'Duchess Satin dress' it becomes obvious that the style employed is conventional, smart chic as opposed to anything alternative. That's not to say the clothes ever feel unadventurous but certainly the shop does radiate a mode of conservatism. If anything the abounding satins and flawlessly fitted contours created go most of the way to nullify any misgivings about the shop lacking in any avant-garde influence. This shop is more 'serenity cardigan' than hippy tunic or flirty chiffon vintage, devoid of any floral patterns, frills or stuff more generally frolicsome, yet like I said this does not downplay the exquisite quality on show and if anything, the shop is refreshing in it's steadfastness to correspond to magnificently embroidered garments and not conform to the current drift towards everything shop's like Om Diva and Lucy's Lounge epitomize, that being eccentric hippie oddities.