Halloween inspiration

When I first glanced through the spring/summer 09/10 collections I never thought I would discover some ghoulish halloween costume inspiration, but I was wrong. Jeremy Scotts collection, shown at New York  fashion week clearly had a bit of yab-ba-da-ba-d00 about it. Channeling the flintstones, Scott used pre-historic prints on ziz zagged hemmed tunics, modern jackets, dresses and mankinis. The hair and makeup added to the Fred and Barney theme- crimped, braided and sprayed, the hair was pulled back into a top of the head floppy ponytail. Brights of green, blue, pink and orange really made the collection coherently stand out into what was a fun-filled typical Scott show. As a result, I’m putting together my own Pebbles costume for halloween and hopefully will look as chic as Pixie and be a modern stone age goddess.

Jade with envy

Well if you thought nails couldn’t get anymore fashionable, you were wrong, this season its all about the designer nail. Predictably fashion house Chanel has once again driven a nail varnish craze. Like the Chanel Le Vernis Nail Color black noir ceramic from last season, the much anticipated Le Vernis Nail Color in jade green  has sent celebrities and fashion editors in the know on a fashion frenzy. So if your green with envy and have the bank account to splash out on a nail varnish (current bids are £38 on ebay), lucky you. Alternatives are Rimmel sixty seconds Green With Envy, Essie’s Mint Candy Apple or OPI’s  matte Gargantuan Green Grape. All are great polishes that may rival Chanel for top spot for us average girlies!

Student shop at Stephens Green

So you want to get 20% off Topshop clothes? Of course, I hear you all screaming with excitement. Well on the 6th October in St.Stephens Green everyone and I mean everyone can avail of this ‘usually just for students’ discount. This year Topshop is offering all you lucky shoppers goody bags, prizes for the best dressed and so on for what will be an exclusive night of fun filled shopping. So grab your friends girls (and boys if it tickles your fancy) and get shopping.

Just mention my name on the door to avail of this discount even if your not a student.

Chanel avant Lily

 

Lily Allen (to some peoples displeasure) has been announced as the new face of Coco Cocoon, the latest  travel bag range by Chanel. The classic Chanel luxe luggage comes in wintery shades maroon, white and black whilst, their signature quilted lambskin remains. Karl Lagerfeld says of Lily, ‘She looks a lot like Gabrielle Chanel and she is a self-made woman. She is cool, young and extremely witty…She is extremely inspiring and is completely taken with the bags – with her typical English casualness!’ Looking pretty english eccentric in these outstanding campaign shots, it is easy to wonder what Chanel did avant Lily? Sadly, rumoured face of Chanel, Emma Watson , of course.

New York New York

September the 11th will be remembered for generations for one reason but for a more upbeat sartorial reason it will also be savoured as the second day of New York Fashion Week 2009 when BCBG Max Azria brought us a mixtures of mini and maxi dresses that had a Grecian twist. Bared faced models were draped in water colours of blue, yellow and coral which were offset by black sheer fabric. Splashed paint like effect was the pattern of choice for what was a collection full of dresses perfect for the young hollywood, yet surprisingly nice.                                     

Check out style.com for full collection.

Fashions Night Out

Late night shopping with friends is like a ritual for women, an excitable duty better than mass on a Sunday morning.  Fashions Night Out held in London and NY as well as other cities around the globe saw us general folks sip champagne with renowned british designers such as Rupert Sanderson and Nicole Fahri. While models (Jourdann Dunn, Daisy Lowe) were on hand to give styling advice or even parcel up your purchase for you as a shop girl. Whoever came up with this idea?  Genius. From catwalks, to photo shoots this shopping night was the ultimate commemoration to fashion. A hoo-rah for all well heeled ladies. The best thing about it though was that a percentage of proceeds of the £10 specially commisioned t-shirt went to charity and with everyone wanting to get there hands on the Lucinda Chambers (Vogue fashion director) designed tee, it’s no doubt that a lot of good was done while we all drunkenly enjoyed our duties.  Of course, it was our obligation as women to late night shop.

Check out Vogue.co.uk for more information and clips.

Cool as my converse

Ok, so they might not be top of everyones fashion wishlist but Red Hi-Top Converse are one cool, comfortable footwear choice, especially of late for celebs. So naturally I was elated when mine arrived in the post. After a long winded bidding war on ebay I finally won out my competitor and a week later they arrived perfectly packaged. I won’t be wearing them to any fancy do’s now but hey we all have our lazy days when we throw on black leggings, our oversized tee and your new reliables (sorry!), your red converse. Smarten this look up with a fitted blazer, scarf and your good to go a la Lauren Conrad.

Girl of the month- Pixie Lott

There’s a new Pixie in town. Pixie Lott, the 18 year music sensation is one of the long line of fashionable new ladies on the indie/pop music scene.  I just love her look, one of her favs is the shorts paired with a blazer- very on trend.

wow brow

As all us ladies know a shapely brow can change the look of your face dramatically, so how come we continually keep on getting it wrong? From overplucking to total neglect, the women of Ireland including myself should thank Smashbox for their best- selling product, Brow Tech. Ok so I know I’m no Indian Jones, this wonder product has been around longer than your vintage fur coat but I recently had the brow tech applied by a Smashbox makeup artist at the Ultimate Girls Day Out and the result was fab, if I should say so myself. My entire makeup just looked so much more polished. So if somehow you end up with a bent brow, fret no more Brow Tech will save you so you’ll be looking less Burt and more Angelina.

Cocktail

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 It was always going to be hard for Tom Cruise to out do Top Gun for eighties  machotistic virileness but somehow he may have managed to do it in Cocktail. Side note: I’m not a big fan of Tom actually, way too short for me and the whole Scientology thing has confirmed that he is slightly odd. But I have to say he sure knows how to woo the ladies in this retro flick. Tom’s cocktails shirts are one clothing choice of the eighties that I hope stays there. No man should ever wear patterned shirts. Who makes these? If you know you should hunt them down to save all un-stylish men out  there who are victims of these horrible palm tree printed shirts.