When did DKNY get so cool?

Like, seriously. 

It's always been the younger, cooler Donna Karan diffusion line but they've really stepped it up a notch. It-Girl and name on everyone's lips, Cara Delvingne is the current campaign girl and their A/W 2013-4 collection is so New York, so modern and impossibly cool. It's been described as an on-point reworking of nineties grunge and sport shapes with playful use of colour. The styling, however, is perfect and makes it particularly relevant to today; sleek, unassuming, unfussy and expertly layered. Expect this to be seen all over the streets next Autumn.

(All images from vogue.co.uk)

Let's do lunch.

I haven''t done an outfit post in a bit - I know, I'm awful. Blame the dissertation! (Which is almost done - woo!)

For the first time in ages, I happened to have a camera, someone to take the photo and some daylight. So, here is a shot in Temple Bar - taken by the lovely Kate - while the sun made a brief but lovely appearance and we had lunch.

Guy clothing in a girl way.

I haven't done an outfit post in a bit so here's a quick one! The tee is a recent purchase and is from the men's section in Penney's, I like the idea of wearing guy's clothing in a way that is not manly at all. This outfit comprises a lot of things I like, actually, despite being simple; menswear, luxe sportiness, really modern, urban dressing, staying within a tonal family and breaking "fashion rules". Yes, I've paired black and navy once again. Shock horror. Also, excuse the mess, for some reason my brother is the only one in the house with a full-length mirror - go figure.

Sportswear actually being worn during sport...huh?!

Randomly sunny and lovely today. Chaos of new furniture continues in the house so James and I escaped for a while to play tennis down in the ball alley. The graffiti there is some of the lamest, most ridiculous in the world. It's so embarrassing, I posed in front of only the most innocuous of it. For once I was actually playing sport while wearing a sporty outfit. I guess the universe aligns itself like that every now and again.

Being Cool.

Spent the day hanging with one of my oldest and most stylish of friends, Bev. For a day of chilling, Inbetweeners binging, avoiding my Granny's random grumpiness and assing around the house, I needed comfort and slouchy mixed with a touch of fashion. This River Island shirt was purposefully bought over-size so I could wear it as a dress if I so wished but is worn here with Alexander Wang-esque shorts from Topshop underneath for my modesty's sake. Have to give the shirt and the Office runners props for making my legs look so uber-long here! My hair was not behaving so I added this hairband from Topshop to tame it. Not a huge hairband fan (there's something a little childish about them) but I really like this one and the studs complimented the sporty-grunge feel of the outfit. And the sunglasses? What did they bring to the table? (Geddit?) They were just because I'm cool.

Friday the Thirteenth....

...and no real disaster befell me. Quite a nice day, in fact. Sure, I had to get up before ten in the morning (I know, I'm a lazy, terrible person) but it kinda went uphill from there. Shopped in Dublin and tramped all over the city with Mammy and my sister, had lunch out, got free money from Mammy, had cake and tea, bought more cake, helped Dad move and build furniture, had tea and cake again, scored one of Dad's old Aran jumpers, po-goed, go-carted, punned and hung out with my bro. To do all this in warmish, showery weather I went for my uber-reliable and practical Docs, a loose t-shirt dress in cream (which was lovely and airy when I got too warm), my trusty vintage cream blazer and thick-knit tights for warmth and rain protection - simplistic, functional, easy and chic and with a touch of Alexander Wang-esque sportiness. 

Taking the yellow (Apparently it's some sort of cycling reference)

Entirely yellow and sportswear/urban-inspired outfit today. One stressful trip to Ikea and the sudden disappearance of the sun once more and reappearance of the drizzle meant that a sunshine-bright outfit was very much necessary. Nice to spend the day with just me and the 'rents. Added a black hairband to the outfit to lend a touch of the really modern sensibility seen in the styling of Sonia Rykiel A/W 2012. I liked the play of lengths - an over-long Cos muscle tee and cut-off Desigual jeans to a peddle-pusher length - and the simplicity of the restricted palate and clean silhouette.

Sports day.

This is a dress I love but wear infrequently. It's very unforgiving and I originally bought it as a teenager before I lost the puppy fat. Now I feel confident enough to wear it in general but need to be in the right mood to do so. I was hanging out with Daniel today and as we were seeing each other for the first time in a couple weeks, I'll admit, that I was putting extra effort into looking cute. However, I remembered that he wasn't hugely impressed by trying hard and I jumped at any excuse to slip into something a little more comfortable; a schlubby tank and comfy (but tiny) shorts. Still sportswear inspired and cute but a little more relaxed and a little more me.

Dress - Urban Outfitters - Tights - Dunnes - Open-toed runners - Boutique in Spain - Earrings - Topshop

Tank - Topshop - Shorts - New Look

Kate Bosworth - Isabel Marant Sneaker Wedges and Style Soulmateness

I kinda really love Kate Bosworth's style. It's like super-compatible with mine. There's a lot of different looks and it's hard to pin down. Her style seems fluid and to change with her moods. I will admit that she is probably a tad more boho to my goth but still, I LOVE how she dresses. I like the mixing of styles and juxtaposing of sensibilities like girly versus "practical" and sporty. This is kinda how I would dress if I had more money and similar enough to how I dress anyhoos.

Sportswear + flowy skirt = love

Sneaker wedges by Isabel Marant. I need me a pair!

Looking awesome at Coachella no less.

Just looking pretty.