I have never fully understood the manic merry-go-round on which, what was ultra fashionable a mere six months ago becomes sooo last season and what was fashionable many decades ago becomes the dernier cri in desirable this season. I confess that I have a fondness for the policy espoused by one of my favourite shops Agnes B, of having a small permanent collection of popular timeless pieces, which acts as a backdrop to the myriad of different garments in each new collection.
Category Archives: Style
♥ Shopping my Closet
Filed under Fashion, Musings, Shops/Shopping, Style
♥ Favourite Shops//Bow
If I were a tourist in a foreign city Bow is exactly the sort of shop I would like to stumble upon; Dublin is fortunate to have this unique addition to the city’s retail landscape. Bow is co-owned by three talented people, Ellis Boyle (creator of ethereally pretty clothes), Margaret O’Rourke (jewellery designer and founder of her own label MoMuse) and Wendy Crawford (finder of vintage treasures). The mix in the shop is thus clothes, jewellery and vintage items.
Filed under Designers, Dublin, Fashion, Shops/Shopping, Style
♥ Thread
Thread is a new free fashion magazine for Dublin that will be published quarterly. It’s the very clever idea of the owners of six independent Dublin boutiques (Bow, Costume, Dolls, Indigo & Cloth, Smock and uCCa) who banded together to showcase their stock (often original and sometimes quirky) and to shine a light on Dublin’s vibrant creative fashion scene.
Filed under Designers, Dublin, Fashion, Shops/Shopping, Style
♥ Scarforial Art
Christine Legarde (previously the French finance minister and now the new head of the IMF) was ranked forty-third on the Forbes 2010 list of ‘The World’s most Powerful Women’. Despite her high-powered international career, it was interesting to see that in a recent FT article (admittedly not specifically about her, or her new job) one of the first things that the journalist honed in on, when describing Christine Lagarde giving a speech, was that ‘she was wearing a scarf tied in a perfect geometric circle’.
♥ Coco Chanel by Justine Picardie
Coco Chanel and the brand she created fascinate me: despite this fascination I knew very little about Chanel’s life until I read Justine Picardie’s biography of her. I love the way the well-researched book delves beneath the myth and mystery in which Chanel’s life is shrouded to arrive at a hugely human portrait of the legendary fashion icon.
♥ Favourite Shops//AMOC
I find that the shops I like the most are the hardest things to write about on the blog, as there is always the fear that my words and photographs will not do them full justice. AMOC Jewellery is a special favourite of mine. It is not your average jewellers selling a mass of homogenous manufactured items. Instead it is a veritable treasure trove of handcrafted jewels designed by Mette, AMOC’s talented owner. The prices are amazingly reasonable.
♥ Nothing to Wear
When I am having a wardrobe crisis, I can be heard uttering that most plaintive of cries ‘I have nothing to wear’. Naturally if I peer into my closet there are umpteen sartorial possibilities, so when I use those words, what I really mean is usually one or a combination of the following.
♥ Fashionable Effect
Fashion is a multi billion-dollar global industry, providing a mass of employment worldwide (designing, manufacturing and retailing). There are of course countless ancillary jobs such as PR, journalism, shop-fitting; the list goes on and on.
♥ Style Icon
I wrote a while ago about Parisian Chic, Ines de la Fressange’s aptly titled book see here. I am fascinated by her look and she is one of my style icons. If you are similarly obsessed with her, you might like to read this recent article in The New York Times click here.
♥ Knitwear: Lainey Keogh
Ireland has no honours system, no lords,dames, sirs or chevaliers. Being on an Irish stamp is as good as it gets. In 2010 An Post (the Irish postal service) issued a set of stamps honouring six contemporary Irish designers. Lainey Keogh was one of them. (the others were: Philip Treacy, John Rocha, Orla Keily, Paul Costelloe and Louise Kennedy.)
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