Outfit of the Day #1

So this is what I wore today! ( well.. yesterday now) The photo isn't great I know, just bare with me until I get my actual camera back! (left it at a friends after her debs)

So the military camouflage coat/parka is from a store in the Ilac, I checked where they buy them in from and they get them in from a Army Supply Store in England, I might as well have made a trip to our own Army Supply Store on Mary Street! I've been saving up for quite a while to get a coat like this in Zara but when I saw this during the Dublin Fashion Festival I thought.. It's half the price.. It's 'vintage'.. It's pretty awesome.. And so I found mysef walking out of the store with a new coat for college! I'll do a look book later in the week of ways I'd wear this through the coming winter

My shirt is a pink silk shirt with gold buttons from penny's which I bought about two years ago now, one if the best buys I've ever made.

The turquoise and gold necklace too is from penny's, and I wore gold triangle earrings from Topshop.

I'm wearing dark blue denim shorts, which were once city shorts from Zara from two years ago, these are my DIY project -which by the way is still in action, the bleaching didn't go as well as planned... TBC!

And finally my choice of shoes were just low top pink converse, to balance out the toughness of the army coat.

P.S I do have another collecive haul on the way from my trips into town over DFF so keep an eye out for my new swagged out army coat.

Fashion Workshops with Debbie O'Donnell

From day to night, Debbie O'Donnell had all the hints and tricks for everyone in Stephens Green Shopping Centre last Friday.
She styled a variety of looks that we're classy and stylish.. Everything was bang on trend and affordable too. Debbie herself of course looked brilliant in a jade green body con dress and gold-sheen heels.
Personally my favourite style she put together was the military look paired with a red scarf with white skulls from Asha.

Deciding to be daring, I got a quick conversation with the stylist herself after the fashion workshop. I asked her about her career, and what it's like to be a stylist and just how much work one would have to put in to make it just as she has done! As it turns, its a hard career to break into, but my Debbie knows what she's doing seeing she's been playing the stylist game for 16 years.

Debbie started out in the Sunday Independent with Derek Long on the style column, and over the years has achieved a long list of accomplishments including working with Tyra Banks in 2000. To presently grooming a new boy band called Level 5. Her advice to aspiring stylists is to assist,assist, assist! Make yourself approachable and confident, and of course experience is priceless.

There's the red silk scarf with white skulls from Asha <3 it, it would go with everything too.

This baroque style skirt will work great for office to club use, as it can look edgy and chic with a crisp white shirt and flats, to utterly glamorous with skyscraper heels and a leather clutch.

Dublin Fashion Festival

My Goodness, what a great weekend.Who knew I could last so long on my feet all day!
Thursday was the first day of this year's Dublin Fashion Festival. I decided to head in on my own on Thursday to suss it out, see what it's all about and to enjoy the summer weather we never got during the summer.
I floated between Arnotts, Zara and Ilac while I waited for the first catwalk show to commence on Henry/Liffey Street Junction. It was such a beautiful day too, that I just got a zumo and took a few photos of their preperations.


The street catwalk shows were great, the whole idea of them being just well...there for shopper,tourists, work goers and lunchdoers is brilliant.

Dublin Fashion Festival; Barnados Pop-Up Store

The ever growing in popularity Barnados pop-up vintage store was one of the shops I was most looking forward to visiting over the past weekend in the spirit of Dublin Fashion Festival, in the hope of finding a hidden gem amongst the reems of clothing between their two levels. Although I didn't find anything that shone through the colour coordinated rails, maybe others did.

I had a bit of a 2 minute interview with Maura Kenagh, it was very nice of her given that they were just back from electric picnic (from which they got a great response!) and still sorting out the shop and quite tired.
Surprisingly, she told me that until recently a lot of people didn't know that Barnados is an Irish charity and currently the leading Irish Children'scharity helping over 6000 children. And more surprisingly that 80%-90%of their clothing is Brand New!