Galway Designer and Blogger Showcase

Hi Everyone!

So, a few weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking at the Galway Designer and Blogger Showcase, hosted by Sorcha Browne of Sorcha Style's, in Monroe's Live. 

I had such a lovely night, there was a fashion show of six local designers, 

the host, Sorcha Browne, of Sorcha Style's

Anna Kurylik, of Red Mouse

Erika Vukovic of Erika's Crochet

Ann Petrov and

Kiera Murphy, Textile Designer

and two speakers;

Doris Vukovic of Doris Vukovic Artist and I.

I will share my speech with you all in my next post, but for now, here is a photo diary of the night!

Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoyed the night!

Top and Trousers: Vintage
Clutch and Shoes: Primark
Necklace: Topshop

Here are some of my favourite looks from the night;

 Erika's Crochet

Beautifully hand crafted crochet outfits by Erika Vukovic

Kiera Murphy Textile Designer, 
from the collections La Dolce Vita and Retrometric 
Textiles and graphics inspired by cupcakes and circuit boards 

Sorcha Style's

A collection of structured dresses by Sorcha Browne

There was also a performance from the Dirty Circus, a burlesque performance, and one with hoola hoops!

Performance from Les Culottes
of the Dirty Circus

<3 Tamsin

Look Book Shoot for Cotton Face

Hi Everyone :) 

So, I had quite an exciting weekend, this week!

I  was helping out at Cotton Face Vintage, helping style some look books for their new website cotton-face.com. It was a beautiful, sunny day at the beach in Spiddal, Co. Galway, where were shooting with the very talented photographer, Lisa Griffin, who came down from Dublin for the day, with model and friend Deirdre Feeney, and of course, the owner of Cotton Face, the lovely Sinead Lally. 

It was so much fun, we shot about 7 looks from Sinead's new stock that she just individually sourced in Paris and other pieces from the winter collection. 

I wont show you pictures and ruin the surprise, but definitely keep an eye out here, and on Facebook for when the shoot is live on the site!

Here are the links to Cotton Face, Its Facebook and Instagram and Lisa Griffin Photography and Her Facebook.  

I really can't wait to see the final shots, from what I saw, they're going to be amazing!

Watch this space for the final product :)

<3 Tamsin

A/W 14 Trend: 60's

I thought I'd mix it up a bit from the same old outfit posts and do a few trend reports that interest me from this season; ones that I can't wait to try out. I have always been interested in high-fashion so it's abut time I share that with you all!

The first one that I have noticed features quite heavily this season is the return of the swinging sixties!

A-line coats, baby doll dresses and knee-high boots can be seen paired with Kohl-rimmed eyes and tousled bee-hives. 

Large lapels, thigh-high hems and polo necks feature heavily in earth tones at Louis Vuitton, which is the first collection for designer Nicholas Ghesquier since he left Balenciaga last year. 

Miuccia Prada plays with a sort of school-girl silhouette at Miu-Miu with mini skirts and ski jackets in sweet pastels and primary brights, tied together with charcoals and navies. 

While at Valentino, baby-doll dresses with brocade collars, Art-Deco prints and capes prevail.

Not forgetting, of course, Topshop's latest campaign featuring Cara Delevigne, with this Chelsea girl leopard print mini and biker jacket, with Kohl-rimmed eyes and Brigitte Bardot-esque hair.

I'll definitely be doing more trend reports so if there's anything you would like to read about, let me know! 

<3 Tamsin