what will i wear today?

While over in Spain I acquired myself a fabulous, Mr T-worthy, zebra-print necklace. It is gold plated, chain-linked, slightly iridescent and damn fine. I purchased it in Uterque; a boutique-concept chain of shops set up by Zara and Massimo Dutti. The idea is to provide quirky, affordable pieces mixed with high-end, classic accessories. The result [...]

well just back from a week away in good aul sunny espana and i’ll admit, it was just a week of total over self-indulgence, tanning, pampering, sunning and strolling (though don’t be jealous, i have since been, and will be for the next week, chained to a desk trying to catch up on the strutural [...]

Happy Bank Holiday Hangover y’all. Tis Aideen here. I don’t know why I feel so drawn to this but I think this jewellery is brilliantly unconventional. It’s by Australian company Chewed By Tuesday and will set you back $250 (Aussie dollars that is – comes to about €174 and €7-ish for postage.)

I believe it is a widely known fact that I am a jewellery enthusiast. I am also a recycling enthusiast. So imagine my delight when I came across these sodomised Barbie rings and necklaces. Every childhood fascination with decapitating Barbie has been realised in a unique, if slightly deranged, jewellery collection. Designer Margaux Lange has [...]

i already have a leather jacket. i only recently acquired a new pair of ankle boots (worn twice to date). i paid 2000e for laser eye surgery about 4 years ago to banish the heinous spectacles from my life and i think i own about 10 pairs of sunglasses. but i must i must i [...]

with the din of new years eve still ringing in my ears, there are a few things i am coming to terms with in my life. one is that i am a jewellery fetishist. no chain too dangly, no bracelet too jangly and no ring too sparkly…the proverbial magpie. and nothing too discreet. no siree [...]

are you sick of ripped abs and chiseled jaws and piercing stares and preppy dress and sunny dispositions? gleaming teeth and hairless chests? clean lines and prissy personalities? im talking about the image of the ‘perfect man’ that is projected throughout the modeling, advertising and acting worlds. of course there are exceptions – vincent cassel, [...]

i have finally figured out the snappery-whizzery-pressery-bobbery thing that is the digital camera (did i ever mention i studied photography for 3 years in college? i immediately eradicated that part of my memory space on account of a beastly lecturer and a complete aversion to photoshop. the endless hours wasting away over a cropped selection, [...]

as i sit here at my desk, i look at my blackened fingers and feel enraged. my highly anticipated knuckle duster from galibardy leaves a dickensian coal smear across my fingers when i take it off. this then reminds me of the topshop collection of ‘diamond’ rings that after two wears, resembled the plastic tat [...]

wearing tan (mans) slacks i commandeered at a festival during the nighttime chill, an i love new york t-shirt, black peter o’brien for a/wear blazer i scored on sale for €20 a few years ago, black ankle boots from sacha london and a fur stole i wrangled out of a sisters jacket. (sorry grace) you [...]

I love a bit of finger bling, the bigger the better I say. Generally I stick to gold accessories, just for the fact that they’re more in your face, statement jewellery, but browsing through Topshop online (must really stop this and do some Uni work…) I came across these two pieces that I really just must have.   [...]

well i got a very exciting packet full of nerd delivered to me today. gold ‘NERD’ necklace from galibardy. it’s bling, it’s cute and i’m dying to wear it, but unfortunately have a jumper covered in silver sequins today, so it might not be the most complementary. i say silver sequins V gold brass = [...]

we all need a little sparkle in the day to get us through the monotonous sludge of office life.  a little glitter when stuffing envelopes, a little pizazz when fielding awkward customer queries, a little dazzle for the data entry. so my daily shot of frivolous, impractical office fashion is a nifty little set of [...]

uh oh. i feel a ‘panic-purchase-due-to-intense-boredom-at-work-and-freewheeling-access-to-highspeedbroadband-and-credit-card-funds’ moment coming on… i’ve been meaning to buy some goods off galibardy for a while. all the rock ‘n roll brats are wearing them. this nifty little number tickled my fancy…a sort of guns ‘n roses knuckle duster. i think i’ll do it. at the very least, the lads [...]