Pippa O'Connor - pipsy_pie

[Mumontherun1990]

I'm not sure how to do that? Would love one for them all to be honest.

Mrs make up is the biggest beggy Mitchell there is. Its actually shocking. Don't believe a word that comes out of her mouth.

 

[Jenna89]

What does he do apart from play golf and be "the brains of poco" - RTE clearly want feck all to do with him anymore, haven't seen him on the telly in years.

I’d say he’s absolutely raging his insta handle is ‘BrianOrmondTV’ - a constant reminder to everyone that he is literally never on tv anymore

 

[Juleslmc]

Her and Brian Dowling at it again thinking they are hilarious. The way she fake laughs at everything he does

She also made another video with a filter trying to be funny about the message she got. Lol ‘but she’s not bothered at all’

 

[Lilly38]

Stopped following Pippa when she was charging 50 euro for a candle, like notions seriously. She has some neck charging 110 euro for a pair of trainer, serious reality check needed.

 

[wotzsnots]

Brian Dowling is the greatest pain. Absolutely mind numbing. The laughing with Pippa, sorry, nobody is that funny. He's an awful clown.

The laughing its so false, it hurts my ears

 

[MaDenFreude]

Drives me insane when pippa gets all preachy about drinking water and green juices, she does that for about two days and then shes back to her whispering angel... The latest instahun accessory must have

Apparently she works with a nutritionist and trainer but will never ever admit it because it doesn't tie in with the 'relatable' image she tries so hard to portray. Although I have to admit, selling generously sized jeans that fool women into thinking they're skinnier than they really are, is marketing genius. Why more people can't see it for what it is, really baffles me! Also, has anyone else noticed, right before we get a whole load of Poco ads, she comes on and goes through her makeup routine or gives a full run down of where her outfit came from, to drum up interest in her page again (which is otherwise mind-numbingly boring) so that people are watching when the ads come thick and fast

 

[Quackers]

No balls either

 

[Teatimespillage]

I 100% believe Brian got that girl pregnant and subsequently paid her off so as not to tarnish 'the brand' (you'd swear they were the Beckhams!). Heard it from 2 separate sources (1 who is related to the Ormonds through marriage and the other from a girl who worked in the Dundrum pop up a couple of years back). I unfollowed Pippa at that stage. Seems a lovely girl but lost all respect for her. She'd have been better to give him the boot and move on with her life rather than continually posting about this 'amazing husband' when he's anything but. Let's be honest, she's the reason for their success, not him.

Pippa has to be one of (if not my only) favourites - I don’t watch her religiously but I think you can feel how genuine she is through the screen and she has generally always stuck to the advertising guidelines, which I respect massively. You can tell she has money but there just doesn’t seem to be any pretentiousness. She seems like a nice person so I am so shocked about the rumours of Brian. If it is true than it makes me really sad that he could do that on his family!

 

[Ciaragh]

Pippa is ok it’s Brian is creepy.. that time she was on the late late and they showed him watching from the side of the stage like he owned her!!
You have to give it to her though she is doing well her house is just fabulous she has amazing taste and she adores her 2 kids ... couldn’t live with him though!!!

I’m sorry but I don’t rate her taste at all. Her entire house is just that awful ubiquitous greige. I think it’s actually very dated. And her POCO sweatshirts are like those cheap auld yokes we all had out of Dunnes in the 90’s that no doubt she’s charging a fortune for. They’re shrewd operators the pair of them

 

[ela87]

€110 for the trainers, sure you would buy Veja ones for that, her prices are way too high.

I don't get who is advising her to market rhis as same price as a semi luxury brand. I bought a pair of Vejas online from BT during lockdown when they had 30% off for 70e. No way in hell would I be paying 120 or 140 for hers. That is more expensive than popular established brands like Veja, Kurt Geiger etc. Will be a flop apart from the usual 'cool' school moms who will be queuing up to buy anything that comes with a sniff of Pipsy.

 

[Mumontherun1990]

Could you tell us anything more about this? Was it well known? Was it long ago?

God he's an awful idiot with a wife and kids to be cheating.

It's very well known yeah. Apparently Pippa is lovely but he is a complete knob. Pippa knew about it and they agreed to pay her off. Apparently he's away on golf trips etc cheating flat out.

 

[MadeinFulham]

Brilliant article & very detailed. She will be fuming Fair play to ya Niamh Walsh ya legend!

I’d put my house on it that Niamh Walsh is a reader here!

 

[Goss_Goddess]

Cannot stomach the "hilarious" bantz between the two of them. I don't find brian d funny in the slightest, she does be doubled over fake laughing at him to make it seem like shes great craic. Insufferable carry on

He’s an attention seeking idiot, so cringey watching her in stitches at him acting the thick!

 

[Laura31]

He’s so unfunny! Makes me mad to see the laws being flouted this weekend. Kick in the teeth to us frontline workers

 

[Peppy23]

Ive the feeling chloe or missy keating are going to end up on a show like love island or whatever the next big reality show will be

Chloes lips are awful. Maybe I’m just old fashioned but I don’t understand young girls these days. All fake tan and highlighter and hair extensions and drawn on eyebrows? They all look the same? It’s sad nobody looks like themselves anymore

 

[Cbh8]

I agree that she looked shook in her recent stories. Her brand is in its infancy and marketable in one country, a relatively tiny island on the periphery of Europe. She has no business charging, worldwide renowned brand prices because she’s not remotely in the same league.

Pippa got greedy and too big for her overpriced boots and I’m guessing it will backfire spectacularly. This pandemic has really shone a spotlight on the false, fickle world these Instagrabbers inhabit

I think she has shot herself in the foot with the price points. I actually really like the bomber jackets, some of the trainers and the leather jacket. I’d be her target market too. But the price of them is outrageous.

I’d have happily paid €40/50 for the bomber and €80/90ish for the trainers (I was fully planning on buying both before I saw the prices); a higher price than that simply isn’t warranted, she’s not an established brand and her clothes are NOT high end quality (I can confirm this, having bought her jeans, which, while look nice, are no more than New Look/River Island quality, and two pairs of them fell apart after a year). I do agree there’s an element of greed. If the clothes were priced what they were worth they would have flown off the shelves, but because they got greedy I’d say they’ll struggle to shift the stock. Same thing happened with her grossly overpriced planners and notebooks. Who the hell is advising her.

 

[Sandyclaws]

I was in a book shop when they were on the cover of some Magazine for their engagement.
Minding my own business and this young wan and her mam were beside me and she goes "mam do you know my friend Siobhan? She was with him" And points out the Ken doll.
The mother just goes "oh right" And the daughter goes "while he was with her"
My eyes were on stalks while I was leafing through a magazine

 

[not_influenced]

She's a business woman and putting her foot in the water to see if it works.

Makeup Palette with Blank Cosmetics, worked but makeup not as lucrative- idea shelved.
The diary note pad things- don't think they are still going but I could be wrong?
Candles/Homeware- too expensive for audience, not selling, I think once stock is gone this won't continue.

Jeans- success & lucrative look at POCO Ltd €850k in first 15 months of business, so now is expanding the retail side and if you look at the collection it's a bit of everything to test the market- runners, bombers, trenchcoat, tshirts, hoodies, sweatshirts. From this collection she'll pick the products that are working and take them forward with jeans.

Not my personal taste in style of clothing but it's obviously got it's market, credit where credit is due she's her head screwed on and is a very smart business woman.

 

[I'mbringingtheteaback]

Don’t be ! We went to castle martyr for 3 days honeymoon rather than go abroad and it was pure dung. Baltic rooms, snobby staff and mediocre food. Gifted or not wild horses wouldn’t get me back

We went there for my birthday and my husband had ordered a bottle of prosecco for the room. There was no opener in the room so we called down for it. Half an hour later we said we would go for lunch and hopefully have the opener when we get back. While at lunch I overheard the staff talking about whether anyone had bothered to drop up the opener to room (can't remember the number but it was our room). They were laughing and joking and said 'ah I'll do it soon'. This was about an hour and a half after I asked for one. I turned around and said that they were talking about our room. The faces on them was priceless.
On the same occasion, while walking out of the dining room, the woman at the desk shouted to us 'have you paid your bill'... Totally unnecessary.
We had a couple of more incidents during that one night visit. I said it to the receptionist when checking out. The manager rang us but it was too little too late really.
So I agree, don't be jealous. They put on a show for the influencers and that rightly turns me off a place.

 

[Sayit4real]

Tell us more about Brian!!

It’s the worst kept secret ! He did get another girl pregnant around the time she was pregnant with Louis if I’m not wrong ?! I have a friend who moved home from London working in PR .. she had no clue who he was and basically at an event the carry on of him . People at the event telling her who he was and she was shocked that he had such a well known wife and the carry on . He left that night with someone .. but similar to what has been said here we all know people who have seen him on nights out with other girls . Apart of me thinks she know and is aware but it’s all part of the image she is trying to create - happily married successful business etc .. and doesn’t want to have a broken marriage ! I think she is very savvy - too savvy to not know what he is really like as Dublin is such a small place - no doubt she has heard all of this !