Fashion is one big adventure
Hello world, Today it was the turn of Chanel, Armani Privé and Givenchy to showcase their latest haute couture collections, but I’ll focus on Chanel first. This season proved to be much darker in theme than the Spring/Summer couture collection, with colours such as ochre, burgundy, navy and camel. the dresses resembled a dark tapestry, …
Hello world, The first of the couture shows of the week was Christian Dior, and as usual John Galliano pulled out all the stops for his couture show. This collection was heavily inspired by flowers, as can be seen in the props on the catwalk to the dresses and to the Stephen Jones created headpieces. …
Hello world, For the next week, I’m gonna take a week off from covering fashion on the high street or vintage wear, and focus purely on my first love, designer and couture wear. It’s the most fabulous time of the year, when we get to oggle the beautifully crafted outfits and sigh with longing as …
Hello world, For this week’s Shop of the Week, it has to be the new Pearl Lowe collection for British high street brand Peacocks. It is once again modelled by her daughter Daisy Lowe, and this collection is full of colourful dresses with ditsy prints and very fifties vintage style clothing. The tea dresses and …
Hello world, Look what came out yesterday! It’s the new Louis Vuitton ad campaign for autumn/winter and they look absolutely fabulous. Shot by the acclaimed photographer Steven Meisel in New York, it features three generation of supermodels posing in a very ‘Mad Men’ scenario. Christy Turlington, Karen Elson and Natalia Vodianova star in this beautiful …
Hello world, Dannii Minogue’s first collection with her friend and designer Tabitha Somerset-Webb to launch her Project D capsule collection. Now for the first two weeks it will only be available online or at Selfridges and Harrods, but after that period the rest of us can get them on ASOS or mywardrobe.com. These dresses are …
Hello world, So something cool’s happened. I finished my final exams and essays a week ago and we finally managed to finish our group project, a magazine, that we had to produce. It was called SCOPE magazine and a few of us from class have decided to keep up the magazine as a free Dublin …
Hello world, There’s no doubt whatsoever that the iPhone is the coolest phone around. There’s no doubt that some of the apps released for it are naff and brilliant at the same time. But for any serious fashionista with a penchant for the latest gadgets and a wardrobe overflowing with items, the Closet app is …
This is the obligatory first post in my new blog. These things are usually quite boring so I’ll skip the who’s who and ask a question. Is Sex and the City still relevant for fashion? The tv show epitomised a unique style that goes against convention by mixing normal brands with kooky vintage pieces and …