Street Style: Spotted on the High Street

Lifestyle & Sports
06 Mar 19

By: Ellie MacLean

This week's catwalk: Grafton and Suffolk Street, Dublin 2.

This week we strolled from Grafton to Suffolk Street to explore the myriad styles and fashion statements – from the subdued and simplistic to the vibrant and offbeat.

Shireen Marcus

70, French Teacher at La Maison

What are you wearing?

Shoes - Sanders

Skirt - Carolyn Donnelly

Jumper - Jigsaw

Coat - Twincess (online)

Purse - Kate Spade

Glasses - Chanel

Who’s your style icon?
Oh, golly, well you see, all the older women are. I mean I love Helen Mirren and I don't know... It's very hard to say. I sort of take bits from everybody. The older women, Monica Bellucci I love, and I'm watching a fantastic thing on Netflix called Call My Agent!, and it's a French thing, and they have all the stars like Monica Bellucci, Juliette Binoche, all those. I do love French style, and Italian because it's curvy. I'm not a casual person. You know the way a lot of trends are men's trends now? Trouser suits, all of that, that's not me. It's really hard, actually, to dress me. I love clothes that suit curves. And my car, which is at the end there, it's like a two-seater. It's got a big boot so it's the same shape as me, with a big bum.

What’s your favourite trend?

I do love all the trends at French brands like Sandro, but their sizes are very small so I have to sometimes shop online.

What are your go-to shops?

Carolyn Donnelly is very good from an Irish make, she tries to do that wider look. And COS is fantastic, but the only thing about COS is you might bump into someone who looks exactly the same as you.

What’s your wardrobe staple?

Oh, maybe my leather skirt because I can wear it with anything. And I've got a lot of jumpers, with bits of lace and stuff like that.

Dedic Adna

23, COS Sales Associate

What are you wearing?

Shoes - COS

Culotte Trousers - Monki

Shirt with Silk Panel - COS

A-Line Coat - Brooks

Backpack - Rains

What’s your favourite trend?

I'm not really into trends, to be honest. I always go for something that kind of suits me at the stage, it's mostly kind of modern, gothic, that inspiration behind just darkness. I like that, to keep it minimal.

What are your go-to shops?

COS, Monki, I don't usually shop that much, to be honest. Like I always kind of go to COS because I love their brand. But then there's some of the guys online, they're like Russian designers, I think it's called @Aumorfia, so I kind of follow that on Instagram. So it's basically work with black leather and just normal silhouettes, something like that, avant-guard kind of stuff.

What’s your wardrobe staple?

A long black dress.

Siobhán

23, Mad Egg Server

What are you wearing?

Shoes - Bershka

Trousers - Dublin Vintage Factory

Jumper - Bershka

Coat - Betty Bojangles

Backpack - Local fair in London

Who’s your style icon?

God, I don't really know. I feel like you get stuff from loads of different people. Like I love Jorja Smith, I love like vintage syle, I love '90s... I don't really know.

What’s your favourite trend?

I really like that there's a lot of pastels at the moment, I love pastels, as you can probably tell.

What are your go-to shops?

Bershka, Stradivarius, Pull and Bear and then like vintage shops and charity shops as well.

What’s your wardrobe staple?

A good mom jean.

Fiagha McLysaghth

2o, Sociology Student at UCD

What are you wearing?

Shoes - Nike

Jeans - Urban Outfitters

Velvet Crop Top - Top Shop

Cardigan - Charity Shop

Puffer Jacket - Pull and Bear

Tote - From an exhibition

Who’s your style icon?

Grimes, Isabella Blair.

What’s your favourite trend?

I saw this puffer scarf, which I'm really into because it kind of doesn't do anything, it's just a statement piece.

What are your go-to shops?

Charity shops mostly, AliExpress.

What’s your wardrobe staple?

The puffer.

Beulah Augu

19, Social Science Student at UCD

What are you wearing?

Shoes - Nike

Jeans - Zara

Top - Pretty Little Thing

Jacket - Weekday

Tote - From a shop in Budapest

Who’s your style icon?

I like a lot of low-key Instagram girls. I like @omgtiffany, yeah she's definitely a favourite.

What’s your favourite trend?

I love a trend, I love when people combine all of them together and then it just looks really wacky and weird. I like the whole neon, snakeskin, like all together.

What are your go-to shops?

ASOS.

What’s your wardrobe staple?

I like a big jacket.