Monday 31 January 2011

I Blog Fashion - BREAKING NEWS!!!!


Prepare for some major news folks. I Blog Fashion is STYLING the Joanne Hynes catwalk show at London Fashion Week this season!  The presentation entitled ‘Guerriers’ /‘Warriors’ is inspired by the West of Ireland (Joanne’s home turf), our own warrior queen Grainne Ni Mhuiel and features a unique capsule collaboration with artist Helen Steele.  This cannot-be-missed runway reveal will take place at 11.45am at the Freemason’s Hall, Covent Garden on Sunday, February 22nd.  Tickets can be requested in Ireland from SRMPR (sonia (at) srmpr (dot) ie) or UK and internationally from SNOW PR (vicki (at) snowpr (dot) com). 

PS: To say I'm excited is an understatement.

ROUSSE CHANTILLY







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LOVE! ♥

Inside Style - The Seventies

As featured in The Dubliner magazine - January 27th

After a season of snow, the sniffles and incessant talk about national solvency, the spring / summer collections are bid to return! Yes, I knew you’d be excited; even if there’s no chance of wearing anything that isn’t thermal/waterproof/doesn’t convert into a tent for at least another three months. That being said, if and when, the sun decides to grant us with its presence, there’s a big chance we’ll all be stepping back in time.

It appears the seventies are making a comeback and with it the promise of high-waisted bell bottom trousers, stacked wedges and octopus-inspired felt hats (insert cynicism here). It’s not that I can’t get down with a Studio 54 vibe. It’s just the fact that there is only one Bianca Jagger, there was only one Farrah Fawcett and there will never be, with good reason, another Bee Gees. Self-reflexive irony has cavorted wantonly across the fashion terrain for years (think American Apparel, the Bernard Shaw, Vanilla Ice). It’s gotten so that clothing has become effectively past tense where the spirits of bygone muses are ‘channelled’ into looks with sell-by dates. It’s time we put an end to era recycling. Now! (She dismounts her soapbox.)

I’ll be the first to admit that fashion is essentially postmodern in its reconfiguration of the erstwhile. Yet even last season’s Mad Men homage fell foul to the everyday reality of rain, wind and general ‘can I be arse Spanxing myself into a circle skirt and skin tight sweater’- even if the figure-friendly look did involve more accommodating kitten heels. The truth is despite the days getting longer or mercury potentially rising, there’s only so much a gal can be bothered suffering for fashion’s sake.

Let’s break it down. It’s a balmy evening. I’m having a pasta-free week and decide to opt for a diaphanous blouse, macramé scarf and some Charlie’s Angels denim flares. Permanently inhaling (but happy), I strap on five inch cork platforms and decide it is indeed a night for dancing. Question time! Do I a) get told by the doorman that ‘fancy dress does not mean you’ll get in free; no matter how old you are’ (ouch!) or b) receive an unsolicited edict from the taxi driver that ‘if you remembered it the first time, you shouldn’t be wearing it the second time’? Either way, I think I’ve proven my point.  

Saturday 29 January 2011

Black/Nude



1. 3.1 Phillip Lim Halter Lace Dress with Leather Collar
2. Helmut Lang Shaped Blazer
3. Jordan Scott Rounded Diamond Ring
4. Deborah Lippmann Nail Polish in 'Fashion'
5. Sobral Camile Earrings in Black
6. Club Monaco Ostrich Feather Clutch
7. Chloe Sevigny x Opening Ceremony Mary Ellen Clog Booties

Friday 28 January 2011

Bright



vogue germany 2001

a decade later + oh so relevant.

Thursday 27 January 2011

the basics



elin kling

Wednesday 26 January 2011

camel





madame figaro greece

Students Work - Week 1

Stylist: Maia Jose Yunez

Stylist: Stan Hil

Tuesday 25 January 2011

Gg Personal Shopping


Model: Danielle Hamo
Make up by Shira Lee Azizollahoff 
Styling and clothing by Gg

hot pink lips


vogue.co.uk

i adore everything from the JIL SANDER S/S 2011 collection-
but this lip color is really the cherry on top ♥

Modern Vintage

I popped into Oxfam Vintage the other day on George's Street for a bit of a goo. Low and behold, I found this gorgeous floral number with pussy bow detail - quite the box ticker, eh? I'm not really a pink kinda gal but the knife pleats create a more structured look and there are lovely cameo hues of dove grey and fuchsia that make it less girlie girlie. It has to be said, this iPhone pic doesn't do it quite the justice it deserves, especially since I snagged it for a whopping €10. Bargain! Nice one...



Sunday 23 January 2011

sheer maxi





vogue russia

ps- these BALENCIAGA WEDGES are still available!
three different people committed to purchasing them + then didn't follow through. argh.
so please only email me if you are serious about buying these beauties!

snap crackle pop



1. Acne Wannabe Suede Top
2. Marc by Marc Jacobs Retro Sunglasses
3. Rescue Beauty Lounge Nail Polish in Bangin'
4. Rebecca Minkoff Boyfriend Mini Bag
5. Citizens of Humanity Amber Mid Rise Boot Cut Jeans
6. Alexander Wang Kasia Whipstitch Wedge Sandals

Saturday 22 January 2011

IMAGE - Ireland's 100 Most Inspiring Women

O.K. Picture this. It's Saturday afternoon. I'm finishing a deadling, drinking coffee and basically chilling in my comfies at my laptop. I realise if I don't head up to the corner shop to get some provisions, I'll feel to lazy to move and just order Chinese. Bundled up, I truck on down to the KCR where I grab some provisions and the February issue of IMAGE magazine. Low and behold, my name appears in a feature entitled: Ireland's 100 Most Inspiring Women. How amazing is that? I love it when you have no idea of something and you see it and think 'Wow!' So, thank you IMAGE and 'Wow!' As an avid reader of your magazine, I'm very pleased indeed. May I also add, I am deleriously exicted about the reference to my frame as 'enviably slim'. Given that I am still nursing the post-Christmas mortification of splitting my leather Joanne Hynes dress (with my arse), this is a MAJOR ego boost. I would marry you all if you'd have me (and said burgeoning bum). Thanks again! xxx






Friday 21 January 2011

emerald


style clicker

Hair





Model: Sandy K. - MUA:  Neta Hirsh

Thursday 20 January 2011

Inside Style - Sick Bed Chic

Inside Style by Annmarie O'Connor 
as featured in The Dubliner - January 20th

Pyjama chic - SS/11
Above, from left: Spring 2011 runway looks from Karen Walker, Vena Cava, Suno, Band of Outsiders. Photos courtesy of the designers.
Image courtesy of Refinery29.com
There’s nothing stylish about being sick. Once claimed by the winter lurgy, even the idea of looking good induces a sense of nausea. Sure, Victorian literature may have drip fed us images of consumptive heroines, pink-cheeked and febrile, dressed in layers of tulle but the reality is much divorced from that of those wacky Brontës.

This I know. For the past week I’ve been laid out in my Dunnes fleece PJs and snowflake robe vowing to kill the spore-sprayer who bequeathed me with such a vile dose. Let’s face it.  There’s no way of sexing up jim jams; especially when you’re sporting an attendant case of unkempt roots and abject jaundice. 

At least there’s the prescient comfort of being alone, in bed, without being forced into public glare...until those critical supplies of Lemsip and Lucozade dry up. Cue:  the epic journey to the corner shop dressed in two fur coats, three snoods, a Cossack hat and a redundant slick of MAC Russian Red seeping into large dehydrated crags that were once my lips.

This is when I start to feel sorry for small children and those with underlying heart conditions. They shouldn’t feel forced to witness this hobbling creature from the deep stocking up on fluids, however low her electrolytes may be.  Even my adopted stray cat, Mr. Scruff, has been noticeably absent at the back door.  I however take no responsibility for the recent rash of birds dropping from the sky. That’s simply an insult too much.

Thankfully, I appear to be on the mend and to celebrate I’ve dusted down my new pair of Anne-Sofie Back trousers which have been waiting in my wardrobe to fulfil their manifest destiny. As cosmic spite would have it, I’m probably the only person to have gain weighted after enduring local shame and a liquid diet for over seven days.  Looks like the closest thing I’ll be getting to Swedish avant-garde is an odd glance into that random-looking Ikea mirror in the front hall.

Although I may still be a little soft around the post-Christmas edges, at least I have my health back. Now it’s just a question of bringing myself to wear a tracksuit and MBTs while these mince pie saddle bags shift.  Sigh. I guess my fashionable new year still awaits...

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io donna

Wednesday 19 January 2011

this is what i'm all about...


vanessa jackman

casual, chic + comfy ♥

Tuesday 18 January 2011

WHITE



vogue españa

damn.

The Location, The Model and The Shoot


Location: Floral & Hearty - Model: Julia Roma - Stylist & Designer: Patrizia Rondelli

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