By Maeve O’Sullivan, Fashion Editor With every world altering event, the fashion industry adapts accordingly. Following World War I, women’s fashion swapped out long skirts for trousers suitable for the workplace. The Great Depression and crashing of the stock market in 1929 gave way for conservative trends. World War II meant resources were at a…
By Maeve O’Sullivan – Fashion Editor London Fashion week is upon us once again, only a far cry from the live runway shows twelve months ago. In true pandemic fashion, the British Fashion Council took to the digital format for the London showing of collections. I got a chance to sit back in bed with…
By Maeve O’Sullivan – Fashion Editor London-based Irish designer Simone Rocha has announced she will be releasing a collection with H&M on March 11th, 2021. The collection, which has been in the works since Summer 2018, caters not just for women’s fashion which Rocha is known for, but also children and menswear. The collection encompasses…
November has always been famous for its mass consumerism. With the lead up to Christmas, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s no wonder. Marketing teams go wild, playing into the minds of the consumer. In a pandemic, why should that be any different? Either it’s my new glasses prescription or I’m actually getting older and…
Fashion editor Maeve speaks with new business Lough Garments, run by UCC student Pádraig, and Sam, who is a recent UCC graduate. Do you believe that sustainable fashion is more important to the younger generation today than let’s say, millennials? I would definitely think our generation is more environmentally conscious than the ones that have…
Fast fashion, slow fashion and everything in between. I am beginning to wonder if this is a race of the Tortoise and the Hare; and who will win? If those terms didn’t baffle you already, then welcome Gen-Z, or Generation Z. This demographic cohort succeeds the problematic Millennials yet precedes the younger Generation Alpha. Gen-Z…
‘’I didn’t just wanna wear a tuxedo and be boring’’ – fashion designer Marc Jacobs The Scottish kilt or the shalwar kameez and kurta are evidence that the fashion world is no stranger to the idea of men wearing skirts or dresses. Despite this, skirts and dresses, ‘feminine clothing’, would incite verbal abuse and slander if worn…
Designers, like you and me, have all been affected by the repercussions of the global pandemic. Their livelihoods stopped, as nowhere to go means no need to dress up. The previous fashion seasons once rolled into one another, designers and ateliers alike churning out collections to fit the times. What happens when time stops? When…
Photo 1: Credit @lilycollins on Instagram Photo 2: Modelling an haute couture creation by Stephane Rolland. Photo 3: Wearing a 21st-century take on Audrey Hepburn’s Givenchy LBD in Funny Face. Photo 4: In a Dope Tavio gown accessorised with Chanel – Emily’s favourite French label. Photo 5: Sylvie’s closet is filled with Yohji Yamamoto and…
If you were like me and binge-watched Netflix’s newest hit show, then you will know all about Ms. Emily Cooper. Travel restrictions aside, we were all transported to Paris last weekend – well, at least I was. The mouth-watering croissants, sublime Parisian architecture and timeless glimpses of la Tour Eiffel were not the only eye-catching…