Communion/Confirmation Outfit.

Phoenix3

Do you remember what you wore and more importantly where was it bought? What are your memories of those old Stores such as Frawleys,Douglas,Murphys,rather than those such as Arnotts that have survived the times?

Ruu_Old

White shirt, beige cardgian (ah isn't he lovely! :mad:) and beige trousers, can't remember where I got the stuff. We were made wear our school uniform for our confirmation.

Zaph

Communion was in the early 70s, so a lovely chocolate brown suit (with flairs!), beige shirt and patterned kipper tie were the order of the day. I might forgive my parents one day.

Phoenix3

Lads(I assume ye are by your descriptions of outfit) Any ideas where they were bought.?

Of course thats if they were new rather than hand me downs

Zaph

Not a clue, it was over 30 years ago. :eek:

monkeyfudge

When I made my confirmation Batman was out in the cinema so I insisted on getting a purple suit so I'd look like the Joker.

In retrospect I should have gone dressed as Batman.

Ruu_Old

Probably got my stuff in somewhere local like Navan shopping centre. Would have loved a nice velvet suit.

January

Communion dress was bought in Alexanders, I think it's on Parnell St across from Cineworld/UGC, one of the girls in my class had the exact same one, even the bloody head dress!

Confirmation stuff was bought from a combo of St. Stephens Green SC and Blanchardstown SC, can't remember the shops though. I wore a lilac skirt, lilac top, white jacket and white shoes...

Nightwish

I had a gorgeous communion dress, which I kept for years. I had the famous Magic Steps shoes too.

My confirmation outfit was naff in the extreme. Navy & cream jumper with matching pedal pushers and navy and creme shoes. I had my hair in a spanish plait (which I had to show the hairdresser how to do)

70s

My outfits were bought in McElhinneys Athboy! My communion dress looked naff for years and years, until Eimear Quinn wore an almost identical design for her Eurovision win in 1996.
My confirmation suit was a red jacket and skirt, and a white blouse with a hideous frilly collar (from the Victorian era).
I was astounded when I sponsored my goddaughter for her confirmation in 1998, and they were all wearing the latest fashion! At least the parents were guaranteed their kids would wear their outfits more than once.

_blank_

Just asked me mam about mine. I remember my blue suit for the communion.

All the gear bought in Hamill's on Parnell Street.

I got a deadly leather jacket for the confo. Trousers shirt combo aswell.

DublinWriter

Phoenix3 wrote:

Do you remember what you wore and more importantly where was it bought?

It was 1977 and I looked like a reject from the Osmonds.

Collars so wide that I could have taken off in a high wind, trouser legs that looked like two massive triangles sprouting from my hips.

Although we didn't have that much money, I do remember my Mum bringing me down to some tailor around the area where the Winding Stair Bookshop is now to have it made.

Of course there was the obligatory individual picture taken in school of us in the suit holding the First Communion prayer book piously and a seperate group shot of us with all the single plank who forgot to wear the suit that day standing out like a sore thumb.

Horrible, horrible, horrible. Although I do remember that I made out like a bandit on the day and made £7 from relations (about €140 in today money). The girl next door was so impressed that she asked me to marry her!

Mrs. MacGyver

Navy sailor jacket with a cromwellian collared shirt (really large collar), navy pinstripe culottes and matching navy shoes with bows on! Hideous and it was 1992. Still have the outfit gathering dust in a wardrobe. 90's fashion had a lot to answer for. Lets hope culottes will never again enter the realm of fashion....ever! It was brought in Roches Stores in Cork (alas a reminder of a bygone day...sob..)

jb91

School uniform for both. It could have been worse

Gaspode

Communion was in the early seventies (we made it very young then. I was only three honest) so I had the short trousers and everything. I think we got them in Frawleys. Probably my last purchase in that dump!

The confirmation rig out was a 'safari' suit and the trousers were too tight in the crotch - ended up with a blister on the side of my nuts after a day of being dragged around the extended family.
No wonder I dropped Catholicosm!

I hereby propose that people submit photos (heads off to find scanner.......)

Kojak

I amde my communion in the early 90's, and I think I wore a greyish jumper, a red/orange shirt and dark trousers. It was absolutly roasting on the day I made my communion, and here was I walking in with a jumper that would do for a snowstorm

For my confirmation, I wore a blue shirt, and dark trousers.

Unpossible

monkeyfudge wrote:

In retrospect I should have gone dressed as Batman.

why? was there another person dressed as joker too or something?

We had school uniforms for the conformation, I was 6 for my communion and can't remember where I got the suit (I have a fuzzy memory of being in a store in dubin getting it), but it was.... odd. Didn't look too bad, but the jacket of it had a zip so there was no need for a tie.

stovelid

Thankfully made the communion in Manchester. The school had a communion uniform. Slacks, white shirt and red tie.

We moved to Dublin just in time for my confo so it was into town for a light brown tweed suit (with cord shoulder patches) and a brown patterned kipper tie .

That said, I was insanely jealous of my best mate (about 3 years younger than me) who had trendy parents and was allowed to get a flecked suit and red leather skinny tie for his confo. I was almost relieved, years later, to realize that he looked like a tit as well.

Phoenix3 wrote:

Lads(I assume ye are by your descriptions of outfit) Any ideas where they were bought.?

Of course thats if they were new rather than hand me downs

I have vague memories of Wicklow /Exchequer streets for some reason. Can't remember the shop though.

jos28

Also made my communion in UK. Back here in time for the confo. Mother was not happy with the Dublin shops so I was brought to Belfast on the train to buy a 'fabulous' orange crimpolene dress(I am much older than you lot),matching coat and a jockey hat. Trip to Belfast gave me a chance to stock up on Opal Fruits and Toffee Treets. Couldn't get them in Dublin at the time.

Faith

I had a gorgeous white dress for my Communion, with loads of beading and a huge hoop. I still remember the elastic in the sleeves around my upper arm being just that little bit too tight, and being driven mad in the church. I was also chosen to bring up the wine. It was like my wedding day, walking up the aisle in my big white dress and headdress! I had a very intricately beaded heart-shaped bag too. I was only gorgeous!

We had to wear our school uniforms for our Confirmation - a lurid green pinafore, cream shirt, green tie, and cream tights. I'd just had my pinafore taken up and it was unexpectedly short and flared out weirdly...

anniehoo

My communion dress was handmade by my mams aunty...loadsa gorgeous lace...didnt think it was gorgeous at the time tho cos everyone elses was shop bought and looked fab! Also had a kind of a popes cap kinda thing instead of a tiara so was well pissed off about that..had a million brown clips in it! Half my photos are with my mams hand on my head tryin to keep it on!
As for confirmation...christ...a navy get-up with shoulderpads(oh yeh) white tights and ballerina shoes..lookin back i deffo wasnt the worst..we all looked like we got dressed in the dark for some dodgy michael jackson vid