Durer Street Style.

This is me studying. (Okay, so not technically the making of Durer Street Style images but engaging with the history of images.)

Yes, I do this on a full-time basis. I get to surround myself with the best of humanity daily.

Just finished editing an essay on prints in Northern Europe c. 1480-1550 and that meant lots of reading about Durer. I especially enjoyed the book below - the production costs must have been astronomical but it's so worth it, huge, full-page images in colour and of the most amazing quality.

I've always loved his work, there's something beautiful and yet dark and tortured about him. His self-portraits are particularly intriguing and seem all the more relevant to a world which is now all about the individual, "selfies" and expressing ourselves. They can be somewhat painful to look at as his aspirations, hopes and motives seem so terribly obvious - they're almost too honest and revealing. 

However, he does show himself to be a particularly stylish man. Check out the 'do and fur coat below, held together at the breast almost à la Jil Sander.

TCD Fashion Show 2012

Here are some photos I took. I'll link my piece on their site once it's up!

Freshers' Week Day Five - Last Day of Freshers' Ever

Sweet Jesus! I just realised that...it really is my last ever day of Freshers'. Well, that's an upsetting concept...

Anyway. Moving on and ignoring the impending feelings of doom and terror as the end of college looms closer and closer. Today I wore a loosely punk inspired outfit. This should have fit in on day two as grunge was the genre I was exposed to as a baby with cool parents who liked Nirvana and partied in France and punk was the next huge genre in my life which changed it forever. I found the Ramones the summer I was fifteen and they were what I listened to (no joke) exclusively for three months. Listening to them now makes me feel that age again - rollerblading in the sun with not one single worry in the world and feeling like I'd tapped in to some massive secret.

The tee is my first ever Ramones tee which I destroyed with a scissors one day. It's from HMV and for a dude and made of horrible material but it'll probably always be my favourite.

There's a lot of nostalgia and warm memories going on in this outfit. Not really where I'm at aesthetically anymore but so important to who I became in more ways than style-wise. Punk gave me an identity and a bigger force to hide behind when being a teenager was hard and being idealistic, opinionated, female and from a small town in Ireland was even harder.

And it all began with the Ramones. Thanks for that. I love you guys x

Freshers' Week Day One - Grunge

I said I'd try to post my music inspired outfits each day and I've managed not to disappoint so far - one for one! Go me! Musical inspiration for today was grunge and I went with it (a) for the warmth flannel lends on a windy day on a stand and (b) because chronologically it comes first as a music influence in my life.

In other news, read my articles for The Fair magazine here: http://www.thefairmagazine.com/?p=15572 

And don't forget to check out the magazine itself, too!

Wandering fool.

Here are some pictures of how beautiful the light and city itself were in Dublin the other day and some architectural features that I thought were adorable. Then there are some shots of my outfit from Friday.

Freshers' Week begins tomorrow and as I'm chair of a music society I've vowed to wear only music inspired outfits for the week. Hopefully, I'll get them up each evening but I won't make promises. Keep your eyes peeled!