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Inside Style – by Annmarie O’Connor – featured in The Dubliner – Feb 3 Cream is the new camel. This is the mind-blowing fashion edict which has trickled down from the international catwalks. The Pantone Colour Report also touts tobacco, rust, beeswax and honeysuckle as hot hues. Mix them all together and you’ve got yourself a caramel macchiato (without the calories). Although I can appreciate such poetic nuances (I’m a closet Keats fan); my inner New Yorker yearns for some straight-talking. The moveable feast of fashion can be challenging enough without adding [...]
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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 [...]
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Inside Style – The Seventies
As featured in The Dubliner magazine – January 27thAfter 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 [...]
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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…
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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, [...]
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Inside Style – Sick Bed Chic
Inside Style by Annmarie O’Connor as featured in The Dubliner – January 20thPyjama chic – SS/11Above, from left: Spring 2011 runway looks from Karen Walker, Vena Cava, Suno, Band of Outsiders. Photos courtesy of the designers.Image courtesy of Refinery29.comThere’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 [...]
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Inside Style – Age Limits
Inside Style by Annmarie O’Connor – as featured in The Dubliner magazine – January 13thAge – I never quite act mine. At four years old, I advised my mother to cancel my imminent birthday party as I would not be turning five. This refusal to engage with the process of growing up has stood me in good fashion stead. In an industry where airbrushing and Photoshop blast away the sands of time, my Peter Pan-like proclivities fit in quite nicely. Well, that’s what I thought. A recent visit to a city centre clothing store taught me I appear more hip replacement than hipster. [...]
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Inside Style – New Year’s Resolutions
Inside Style by Annmarie O’Connor – as featured in The Dubliner magazine – January 6th“Don’t Shop” – Prescott, AZ – Brand New Films’ FlickrstreamPhoto credit: Jeff DavermaNew Year’s resolutions. I never make them; if only to manage my own expectations. The way I see it is if I don’t go there, no one gets hurt. Why vow to curb my shopping habit when it obviously contributes to economic growth? Is there merit in swapping skinny jeans for tracksuit bottoms other than to sprawl on the sofa? And someone please explain the [...]
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Man Flu Musings
I’ve been struck down with a serious case of Man Flu. The much derided and seemingly apocryphal ailment germane to the Y chromosome has infiltrated my world. Think raw nose, battery sneezing and enough antibacterial gel to sterilize a Jersey Shore smush room. (Sorry Snooki…) In fact, I’m feeling so sorry for myself, I could probably write a Country and Western song. Instead, I raided the guest room where I keep my second wardrobe and started creating new looks for 2011. I’m thinking of those Grace Jones razor edges for some East Coast preppy. Could this be the psychoactive [...]
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Dries Van Noten – on the Right Foot for 2011
I’ve been hankering after these Dries Van Noten shoes for quite some time now. Having used similar pairs in shoots and shows, I eschewed temptation; partially paralysed by IMF guilt. That all changed yesterday. Ringing out 2010 with a visit to Smock, I purchased the last pair in a size 7.5. and danced about like Dionysus on the tear. It’s true what they say about delayed gratification – so beautifully sweet….on my feet.
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