what will i wear today?

I keep getting notifications from Ebay about free insertions. I also have it as a calendar reminder on my phone…I’ve been pressing snooze on it for about 6 months now.  The digital revolution still facilitates long-finger-syndrome. Anyway, point is, I’ve been genuinely trying to initiate a wardrobe clear out for some time now. You know…the [...]

So my BF, also my roomie, is a compulsive shopper. The term shopoholic was designed with her in mind, she makes the WWIWT gals look like clothing conservatives. She literally has shopping blackouts where she cant remember what she bought on the return home…sweating, shaking, night terrors – the lot! Me being sensible Sarah, I’m [...]

New Years Eve. The final blow-out. The full stop to the party calendar of the year. The night of hi-jinks and debauchery, mayhem, madness and merriment. It is all of that yes; but it is also the night of desperate lunges, inappropriate confessionals and dubious dialling. My NYE memories are littered with taxi queues and [...]

Any smuggers out there starting their New Year’s Resolutions in advance? FYI, Caggie, of the Made in Chelsea school of acting, is boot-camping her way through early December in order to pre-empt the mince-pie binge. Although, in fairness, it’s more likely so she can release her own fitness DVD and become a panelist on Loose [...]

Ah the sexy, elongated flick of black eyeliner. Come hither, it says, let me welcome you into my world of mystery and excitement. That teasing, seductive lick of black paint above the lash line has been reducing men to quivering wrecks for aeons now. It transforms the eye into something exotic, something powerful, something entrancing. [...]

Life can be so cruel. I mean you get up every morning, work for the man, pay your rent on time, donate to charity, separate your recycling, eat quietly in the cinema, dock your Dublin Bike near to the paystation, eat your 5 portions of fruit and veg a day…the list of virtuosity is endless. [...]

I love shoes. A lot. And handbags. And necklaces. I love edgy little labels from the far corners of the earth; I love indigenous Irish labels. I love the high-octane glamour of designer labels, I love the versatility and immediacy of the high-street. I love shopping for me and I love shopping for others. And [...]

Is it ok to use a sports-bag? Not in the true essence of sports-bag parlance; not as an accompaniment to the gym, or a prop for climbing mountains, not in-transit on a round-the-world trip. No; not using it for it’s true functionality – is it ok to use it as your day-to-day handbag? As a [...]

Afternoon Tea beckons this weekend. Ah, clotted cream and triangle shapes, slivers of delicacy and indulgent sugary puffs of loveliness. I can’t tell you how much I love Afternoon Tea. In one tiered blink of an eye, you are transported back to a bygone era of manners and time-keeping and ritual and idle gossip. I [...]

So, like the entire nation, I have no money. Not a scheckle. I have some natty receipts from various bike punctures, car services, doctor appointments, NTL bills, phonebills, replacement bin bags (the glamour!), cotton ear-buds, dry-cleaning (the decadence!), emergency umbrella purchases and a sneaky 6 Chicken Mc Nuggets here and there. But not an iota [...]

A dashing suit has been knocking around the annals of fashion since Marlene Dietrich and the YSL blazer ‘n slacks combo. Power dressing was big and brash in the 80’s; shoulder pads and hairspray were key. Balmain reinstated the iconic shoulder, albeit softer, and Commes des Garcons made their imprint on the fashion world by [...]

Where do you sit on the nude leggings spectrum? VPL showcased them Pre-fall 2011 and then I spied some by organic label Free People and edgy label Two Weeks on Need Supply Co. I then spotted a pair of beige lace Day Birger et Mikkelsen leggings on Zalando and I thought: two is a coincidence, [...]

Animal prints are a trump fashion card as they add a bit of fruity to an otherwise staid outfit. However, this season, the animal kingdom has been completely re-ordered. Dalmation is in. Python is in. Leopard is out. Calfskin is teetering. Zebra is workable. And what about the actual animal print itself? Wolves are out. [...]

Raise your hand if you have a soft spot for Sarah Jessica Parker? Who couldn’t love her as the happy-go-lucky, vivacious, if slightly narcissistic, Carrie Bradshaw of the nineties? And for those who are slightly older, her first big screen debut in Hocus Pocus? Gave me nightmares for years…don’t think that was the point really [...]

Ok so the weather in Ireland this year has been shocking, so what better way to blow the dust off the summer wardrobe than a wedding in the idyllic surroundings of the south of France! When dressing for this type of occasion, it is important to remember that the weather is really hot but the [...]

So it’s been the coldest August on record. That’s not news to most of you out there but it IS official according to Met Eireann. June was the coldest in 40 years and August the coolest since records began in 1851. I suppose it could be worse, the last three summers have been a washout, [...]

Ah, Irish models. Irish models and boobies. Irish models and boobies and Brendan Courtney. Could life get any better? And sure you may as well throw some bum into the mix. A denim-clad bum. That’s what it’s really all about. Denim Warfare. Are you sick of muffin tops and builders cracks and camel toes? When [...]

A MAHOOSIVE apology to all our loyal readers out there and a SHEEPISH half-smile to all our new readers. We seem to have somehow upset the Gods of Fashion Blogging (yes they do exist – very small, very buffed, operating from a retirement village in Florida, clad entirely in Versace and Prada Resort) and now [...]

Holy snakeprint Batman, we’ve been shortlisted in the final 20 for the Look Show AW11 Blogging Competition. Chuffed don’t even come into it. Bamboozled, and overawed more like. Our submission was a little irreverent, a little quirky, a little cheeky…similar to ourselves really. But don’t be fooled by the rocks that we got. We’re mad [...]

Why just shake it up a bit of course! These new shots/clips/videos (insert new-age appropriate word for this sort of thing) by Opening Ceremony, I believe, may just be…THE NEXT BIG THING (and cap locks is definitely appropriate here). What could be better than seeing how your clothes work and move on a real life [...]