PICTURES | Great celebrations at Fabiani Longford as elegant Nomi crowned overall Best Dressed winner at Punchestown 2023

The overall winner of the Punchestown Best Dressed Competition has been crowned, with Wednesday's daily winner Nomi Brennan taking the title for the 2023 Festival.

32-year-old Nomi from Leitrim, who works at Longford fashion boutique Fabiani, wowed the Bollinger Style Council in a stunning pink dress by Kika Vargas, which is exclusively stocked at the Longford retailer. 

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Nomi's headpiece was by Longford's Wendy Louise Designs, the jacket was a cream wool cashmere mix by Anine Bing, her shoes were by Dutch brand Wanderer and the YSL bad was borrowed from her mum.

As the overall winner for the week, Nomi will receive a ‘money can’t buy’ trip of a lifetime for two to the home of Bollinger.

The amazing prize includes flights to Paris, five-star hotel, Michelin star dining, a private chauffeur, and an exclusive Champagne Bollinger experience including private tour of the cellars, vineyards, gardens, house and overnight stay in the beautiful capital of the champagne region Reims. Plus one year’s supply of Bollinger.

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Nomi, from Co Leitrim, has been working in Fabiani for the best part of two years and is readily viewed as being an invaluable part of the leading Longford store's team, offering expert style advice to clients who travel from far and wide to shop at Fabiani. 

She was on a Fabiani staff day out to Punchestown at the Longford GAA Pavilion, when she first wowed the Bollinger Style Council in here stunning pink dress by Colombian designer Kika Vargas. 

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Last November, Fabiani was named Fashion & Footwear Store of the Year award winner at the AIBMS Retail Excellence Ireland Awards 2022, and boutique owner Louise Brennan was also among Wednesday's Bollinger Best Dressed finalists, making it a memorable day for the renowned Longford retailer. And there was a also a third Longford finalist on the day in the guise of the elegant Fiona Mulleady.

And the Longford connections didn't end there as Longford's Kate Nally McCormack, herself a former winner of the Bollinger Best Dressed, is a member of the Bollinger Style Council.