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This week’s selection is a melting pot of styles with a definite air of optimism to them. I hope you enjoy. Helix platform shoes, €90, www.asos.com These platform shoes from ASOS instantly caught my attention, as again they seem much more expensive than they actually are. Platforms are still big news this season, heels may have come down dramatically with kitten and smaller block … [Read more...]
The sales may still be on and new season stock is very slowly starting to trickle into the stores, but not at the speed we would like it to. With unseasonably warm weather for this time of year, we can’t help but cast our eye ahead and wish for bare arms and tanned legs, so this week I have chosen pieces with spring in mind, hoping that if I keep talking about it, it will come sooner and so will … [Read more...]
With a brand spanking new fashion season about to set upon us with a vengeance as soon as the dregs of the sales have depleted, I have put together a wish list of items that are due to hit the shelves in the coming weeks and months to whet our burgeoning appetites. I have also decided to beat the January blues and focus on uplifting colour palettes to remind us that spring, and the hope of a … [Read more...]
I have put together some items that I consider my ultimate Christmas wish list. Some items are pricier than others because at the end of the day, I have been a very good girl this year, and I think Santa knows this! Dress, €799, by Amaya Arzuaga at Kelli Boutique This black and gold leather dress from Amaya Arzuaga is at the top of my wish list; wish being the operative word with that … [Read more...]
Alexander McQueen cream and black shoes, €240, Brown Thomas It looks like old Cinders will be going to the fashion ball this season, but this time her slipper has been truly pimped. This slipper-style shoe is so inventive in its simplicity, using the seamless cut, the curved heel and the monochromatic colouring to huge effect. A modern day re-invention of a fairytale staple, the McQueen eye … [Read more...]
Tanya Grimson's style notes on fetish fashion Every once in a while fashion designers get a penchant for the strange and unusual; and this season that preference was for all things bondage and fetish-inspired. Bondage gear, from whips, to pvc, leather and skull caps all sashayed their way down the catwalk. Over-sized belts in Louis Vuitton’s show were so corseted that Dita Von Teese herself … [Read more...]
This week's style essentials from our resident fashion guru Tanya Grimson Red and snakeskin wedges, €21, Penneys Ok, so I’m cheating a little bit here as I saw these in store at the weekend and had to buy them immediately. In fact there was practically a fight at the stand as people rushed to get their sizes, and rightfully so. These shoes from Penneys are the best they have done so far … [Read more...]
Top fashion stylist Tanya Grimson's weekly must-haves. Melissa black and white pumps, €65, BT2 Brazilian footwear designer Melissa is one of my favourite quirky shoe designers around. Each shoe is made solely of two signature fabrics, felt and rubber, sometimes with felt uppers with rubber insoles or pure rubber from toe to heel. Two years ago my lovely sister bought me a pair of red felt … [Read more...]
Pin-up pendant, €180, at www.etsy.com/people/Jlbjewellery I love this quirky 1950s inspired pin-up pendant from one of our own jewellers, Janice Moger Byrne. Janice is known for her retro and kitsch jewellery range, featuring skulls, dog bones and other variations of curvaceous silhouettes in sterling silver. And most importantly, now more than ever, it is so important to shop locally and … [Read more...]
Top stylist Tanya Grimson's weekly fashion must-haves! Harpers Bazaar Greatest Hits This is at the very top of my Christmas wish list. Harpers Bazaar recently published a retrospective coffee table book chronicling the best of their fashion shoots and stories from 2001- 2011. Brought to life by Editor-in-Chief Glenda Bailey, it features high fashion editorials including Naomi Campbell racing … [Read more...]