![]() Winner of the Kerry Designer of the Year award Caroline Matthews agrees. Kerry women love their style, but they really love their accessories." Indeed at the designer show in the Ross Hotel we were blown away by the array of amazing shoes on display both on, and off the catwalk. "I tend to be more conservative in my fashion. Incidentally, it also proved a fantastic showcase for the fabulous sense of fun, love of colour, and expert accessorising with which Kerry women approach their fashion.įrom the moment adopted Kerry woman Marie Chawke greeted us on the sun-bleached terrace of Aghadoe, in her canary-yellow cardigan donned in honour of the good weather, to Orla's own beautifully tailored Victoria Beckham-style cream dress by local designer Karen Moriarty, worn at the awards' ceremony lunch, we were greeted by a constant panoply of colour. Now in its second year, Kerry Fashion Weekend, held between the Aghadoe Heights and Ross Hotels, combines boutique and designer shows with an awards ceremony, this year awarding Young Designer of the Year (Catriona McCarthy), Accessories Designer of the Year (Lisa O'Connor) and Kerry Designer of the Year (Caroline Matthews). Originally from Portmarnock, Orla has been living and working in Kerry for 15 years in PR and event management.Ī tall, slim blonde, she is a non-stop whirlwind of enthusiasm and incredible energy, a perfect example of the sort of strong work ethic, self-starting business acumen, entrepreneurial spirit and joyful creativity we saw on display at last week's Kerry Fashion Weekend. ![]() ![]() Kerry Fashion Weekend is the brainchild of Orla, a one-woman dynamo, and the founder of Upfront PR and Upfront Model Management. So we decided the easiest thing to do would be to create one," says Orla Diffily. We would do a lot of ladies' day events and fashion events, and then we realised there was no platform for them to achieve wider national sales and profile. And unlike that leather and shearling jacket you’re planning to add to your fall wardrobe, this fashion won’t cost a pretty penny.'WE started Kerry Fashion Week to promote Kerry designers and those working in the boutique industry. Added features include a production collaboration with Nowness on a video series and interactive shopping vids that take you from editorial to e-commerce. The necessary fashion show coverage is included in the same format (thumbnail images and full slide shows), but in a clearer, larger picture that lets you examine S/S10 from the likes of Prabal Gurung and Suno like you’ve never seen it before. Not quite convinced? Click here for an insiders look in the jungle.įor those of you with a fancy new iPad to start off the year, try giving it a wardrobe of its own with ’s new iPad app. There are only two weeks left until they close shop, so make sure to head over before September 25. Further back is a rotating art gallery courtesy of Lot F, which has its fair share of eye candy. Organized by two Northeastern students under the guise of their line, Annie Mulz, the shop features a panoply of Boston designers specializing in clothing, shoes and accessories for men. While you’re on Newbury Street, check out urban street wear pop-up shop, Concrete Jungle (297 Newbury Street). The collection launches worldwide on November 23, but you can preview the pieces three weeks before you shell out the cash via a film on H&M’s website.Ĭoncrete Jungle - Photo by Natalee Ranii-Dropcho ![]() According to Creative Advisor Margareta van den Bosch on the H&M website, “it is very much a Lanvin collection, using their cut and tailoring, with lots of focus on form and details for both women and men.” This may mean a higher price point than usual for the mass retailer (significantly more so than the shocking $5 dress), but it’s worth the sacrifice considering a Lanvin piece can set you back $2,000. Designed by Albar Elbaz, beloved by fashion editors and celebrities alike, the Holiday Collection will feature both mens and womenswear in what everyone is hoping to be the signature Elbaz style– pure beauty. In other collaboration news, H&M plans to add a Lanvin notch to its designer bedpost. But if you want to grab a piece of Alexa, you’re going to have to run as far as your clogs can carry you when I stopped by there were only a few pairs of these velvet shorts, all of which were size 4 and under. Offerings look exactly what you would expect, from the It-Brit come MTV host- think velvet, peter pan collars and high-waisted everything. Just in case you didn’t spend your second weekend in Boston perusing Newbury Street, Alexa Chung for Madewell launched in-stores on Saturday.
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