Fashion Week’s Beauty Trends
Oh Fashion Week, how very inspirational you are, but also how very unrealistic! While one half of us squeals at the intricacy of some of the stunning looks produced by designers to enthuse the masses, the other half rolls our eyes, knowing that we wouldn’t be caught dead in half of them. Bold, jewelled brows [...]
Dress for Success : Interview Style
With the end of another year of college approaching, and with most of us looking for work over the summer – or life if it’s the final year! – it’s time to look at what to wear for an interview in the increasingly competitive job market. Before ever setting foot over the threshold of your [...]
Ladies We Love
Carrie Bradshaw, the fictional narrator of Sex and the City is without a doubt an iconic fashion figure, she lives and breathes style always expressing her own personal taste, wearing things which only she could pull off. She defies all categorization. Bradshaw is a New York columnist and fashionista. She looks too the lives of [...]
Mixing Prints like a pro
Print blocking this season is the radical evolution of last year’s colour blocking trend as maximalist styling is gaining a lot hype and mixing prints is hot on every fashionista’s agenda. As this trend is a tricky one to pull off, certain guidelines should be maintained to ensure that you’re looking effortlessly chic and not [...]
Blazers of Glory
Fashion Editor Cathal O’ Gara takes a look at the essential male sartorial for 2012. Here at The Siren Fashion we talk a lot about style essentials – from the quintessential basics no modern man should be without, to those distinct items that will improve your wardrobe tenfold. Men’s blazers lies neatly between these two [...]
Fashion Blogs: Do they have an Influence?
Tara D. Derrington discusses the influence of fashion blogs on the fashion industry. The rise of the internet has given birth to a new class of fashionista. They’re sharp and witty – and so influential that these days they get front row preference at events such as the Brits, rubbing shoulders with celebrities and [...]
History of: Ray Ban
Laura White comments on the iconic sunglasses of choice for all nonchalants It’s almost the norm to see students wearing a pair of the iconic shades on campus, and while many can attest to the “cool factor” of the Bans, a much smaller number actually know the history behind one of the world’s most popular [...]
Whip Your Hair Back and Forth: 2012 Men’s Trends
With men becoming more worried about their hair than current affairs, Cathal O’ Gara investigates some of the trends to ask your barber for in 2012. Men obviously don’t care as much about hairstyle trends as their beloved counterparts. Women’s hair trends are short-lived, often lasting no more than a year, if even. In contrast, [...]
Givenchy Haute Couture Salons: An Inside Look
From tourist to Tisci, Roisin Sweeney details her rare visit around LVHM’s houses On the 15th and 16th of October, LVMH, one of the worlds biggest luxury goods companies, opened 25 of their houses to the public for a once off and completely exceptional opportunity to allow people to learn more about their heritage [...]
The Beauty Spot: Men’s Skincare and Make-up
From Guido to guy-liner, Julie Kirwan takes on the tough topic of make-up for men Primping, preening, and pouting. Strangely enough, I’m not talking about women. When we think of ‘skincare’ and ‘make up’, ‘male’ is not usually the next word to come to our heads, yet over the last number of years men [...]