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GARÇON

tommy ton for GQ | rafael breier

hey boos! my beau + i have started a men's style blog- GARÇON.
we both get so much inspiration from men's street style looks, editorials and the shows,
that we thought why not make the male equivalent to le fashion. hope you like!

There's Glitter in Your Hair

I was stopped the other day by street style blogger Mark of "There's Glitter in Your Hair". Check out his blog which he's reprised after a short hiatus and which has started to gain deserved traction.

http://theresglitterinyourhair.blogspot.com/

http://theresglitterinyourhair.blogspot.com/

Photos courtesy of http://theresglitterinyourhair.blogspot.com/

PINK CHAMPAGNE

streetfsn | streetfsn for grazia.it

GORGEOUS dress from alexander wang! get it here.

★ want more NYFW style inspiration? check out my posts on WHOWHATWEAR! ★

FASHION COCKTAILS

i don't normally post about culinary goodies, but when my two loves of food + fashion come together how could i not?! apothéke + kanon vodka have collaborated this nyfw to make some amazing fashion/designer inspired cocktails. you can check out all the recipes HERE!

CURRENT INSPIRATION

candice lake | the man repeller | swinging paris

Dublin Fashion Festival

I'm a bit tardy in posting this but hopefully this shall reach you all in time for tomorrow. If you haven't already made it down to Dublin's Dawson Street to check out the Fashion Festival HQ - get your skates on folks! There's just one more day of fashion shows, make-up demonstrations and general sartorial shenanigans afoot. I had the pleasure of giving a talk on wardrobe editing this afternoon to a lovely audience and also got to watch Sonya Lennon in action as she hosted one of the many catwalk presentations. For further information, log onto www.dff.ie or check out Dublin Fashion Festival on Facebook and @DublinFashion for regular Twitter updates. Oh, rumour has it there's some DFF cocktail action happening in town as we speak. (Cue: hasty exit.)

Studying my notes this morning before my talk.

Sonya Lennon hosting one of the many DFF catwalk shows.

Jude Nabney and Theo in 'Heritage'.

How to Wear It - Irish Examiner - Sept 10th

HOW TO WEAR IT...PLEATED SKIRTS
The pleated skirt is a fuss-free way to channel the forties. Annmarie O’Connor shows you how to wear it. 

Outfit 1
Colour blocking needn’t blind one. The bright blue peacock and shoes are subtle enough to make this green mini pop!
Markus Lupfer peacock sweater, BT2 320
‘Closet’ pleated skirt, A|wear €45
Ring, A|wear €8
Cobalt suede shoes, Penneys €15

For the rest of  this article, pick up a copy of the Irish Examiner today!

☆ TOP BLOGGER LOOKS OF THE WEEK ☆

my picks for this week's top blogger looks are now up on FASHION SALADE!
if you have any cool personal style blogs you'd like me to check out- let me know!

xo

THE COLDER THE BETTER

vogue russia

absolutely in love with this! seriously can't wait for winter.

★ want even more style inspiration? check out my posts on WHOWHATWEAR! ★

A GOLD TOUCH

candice lake

Cosmo shoot - Sneak Peek

The Style Snip

The Style Snip has rapidly become my favourite street style blog; not least for its unstudied cross-section of unusual fashion subjects from Tokyo, New York, London and Paris. This image entitled 'On the Street in Soho, New York' would not have been out of place in Dublin this 'summer'. Cue internal monologue: "Do I bring an umbrella?"; "Do I wear a bikini top?"; "Perhaps I should bring a coat just in case..." Inspired.

Photo by: Yo-ko.Berry

America - Simon & Garfunkel

Image courtesy of: Urban Gurl @ http://simongarfunkel.tumblr.com

I was on the DART yesterday listening to Simon & Garkfunkel's 'America' when it struck me how similar this simple elegy is to Eliot's Prufrock with its cache of clothing references:

Unlike Eliot however whose loss is defined by an inability to permeate the hermetic seal of Edwardian society, Kathy and Simon  share a more palpable loss. Despite being tethered together in their search for a better life:

"Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together.
I've got some real estate here in my bag."

And the sense of excitement which the beginning of a new adventure brings:

"Laughing on the bus

Playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said "Be careful his bowtie is really a camera""

The reality of hardship is a familiar stranger they will never escape.

"Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat"

"We smoked the last one an hour ago"

The sense of loneliness and isolation is heightened by their togetherness:

"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping

I'm empty and aching and I don't know why"

a foreboding seense of ennui punctuted by  'counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike '; much like that of Eliot's life 'measured out in coffee spoons':

"They've all gone to look for America"

Seems like everyone is still searching...

CLICK HERE to visit Urban Gurl's Flick site & find out more about the Paint Saginaw project.

SEPTEMBER

1. Equipment Striped Sophie Blouse
2. Elizabeth and James Lafayette Cat Eye Sunglasses
3. Rescue Beauty Lounge Nail Polish in Yellow Fever
4. Elie Tahari Hailey Metallic Pants
5. Alexander Wang Devere Satchel
6. La Mer Collections Vintage Oversized Watch
7. Yves Saint Laurent Arty Dots Ring
8. Giuseppe Zanotti Dip Side Pumps

Priestess NYC - Extreme Regime!

Heading to NYC for Fashion Week? Be sure to check out my friend Cody Ross' S/S12 collection for Priestess NYC. Exhibiting at Extreme Regime - an avant-garde in-your-face mash-up of art and fashion. Now how many hyphenates was that? CLICK HERE for details or see below to RSVP.

ABSTRACTS + POLKA DOTS

nylon | my own collage

these are my favorite prints for fall. how perfect is the touch of leopard in the first image?!
as with all my print obsessions, i went on EZ TEXTILES for some more inspiration.
i am a huge supporter of EZ TEXTILES... it is the world's largest online library of production-ready, royalty-free digital textile designs, which make it a must have site for designers, decorators, DIY-ers + the print crazy like me. plus they've just added some social media buttons next to each print, which is great for keeping track of your favorite prints + sharing them with your friends. my friend helped launch the site, so please show some love + also visit their BLOG!

How to Wear It - Irish Examiner - Sept 3rd

If you missed the Irish Examiner last Weekend (say it ain't so!), you plum well missed the reprisal of our  How to Wear It section for A/W 1. Herewith please find a taster from our twist on heritage. Next week? Pleats...

Team these check capri pants with a crystal collar and poodle sweatshirt for a new spin on walking the dog.
Crystal collar, Forever 21 €20
Markus Lupfer poodle oversized sweatshirt, BT2 €375
Check capri trousers, H&M €19.95
Ochre suede courts, Penneys €15

Credits
Styled by Annmarie O’Connor
Assisted by Bríd Ní Laochdha
Photos by Eilish McCormick

Duplicity

Stylist: Dalya Vidal

BLOG CRUSH!

currently crushing on NORTHERN LIGHT ♥
so clean, so chic.

COVER UP

cover denmark

☆ TOP BLOGGER LOOKS OF THE WEEK ☆

my picks for this week's top blogger looks are now up on FASHION SALADE!

if you have any cool personal style blogs you'd like me to check out- let me know!



xo

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Image courtesy of: www.weheartit.com.

I've been mulling over T.S. Eliot's 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' lately. Every time I read the poem, I am struck by Eliot's clothing imagery - symbolic not only of the strictures of Edwardian society but also those shackles of self-doubt. The style set of the age, with their rigours and sartorial codes - 'my collar mounting firmly to the chin' - have in essence occluded him from any chance of fitting in, being understood - 'smoothed by long fingers' - intimacy as it were:

With a bald spot in the middle of my hair--
(They will say: "How his hair is growing thin!")
My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,
My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin--
(They will say: "But how his arms and legs are thin!")

Despite following the edicts of fashion, his bald spot and lanky demeanour let him down. It's as if he's been through this all before and yet, out of loneliness, repeats the humiliation; still unsure of how to break the hermetic seal:

And I have known the arms already, known them all--
Arms that are braceleted and white and bare
(But in the lamplight, downed with light brown hair!)
Is it perfume from a dress
That makes me so digress?
Arms that lie along a table, or wrap about a shawl.
And should I then presume?
And how should I begin?

Desperate not to be one of the 'lonely men in shirt sleeves, hanging out windows', he can't escape the reality that life is passing him by; and this glossy existence of 'porcelain cups' is parallel to his own shadowy life - one where he plays 'the Fool':

And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,
And in short, I was afraid.

As his sense of mortality deepens, his willigness to take risks begins to ebb.  He realises old age has no place in stylish society. Instead he accepts regretfully that the mermaids (who ironically serenade sailors to their death) will never sing to him:

I grow old . . . I grow old . . .
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.

Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

I do not think that they will sing to me.

O.K. Not exactly the most cheerful missive on my part but it does ring true on many levels I believe. Something to think about...

LUST LIST: STELLA MCCARTNEY VARSITY JACKET

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want. need. must have. it's perfect for dressing up or down ♥