Irish Fashion

FinoBlad

Seems most people are happy to buy from all the UK high street chains operating here [not a lot wrong with that I might add]

I'm wondering though how many people like to wear something more unique and clothes designed in Ireland.

So who dares be different?

FinoBlad

Attol

The unique fashion in Ireland is the stereotypical D4 one. O'Neill's tracksuit bottoms and Dubes are only found in Ireland. Over in England the posh girls would never wear anything like them. A-Wear is available but it's not very big here. I only just discovered the first A-Wear store I've seen in the UK a few weeks ago in Selfridges and Co in Birmingham. In all fairness Irish fashion is a mix of English and American. The D4 thing is the only unique part, as far as I can tell. I lived in Ireland 9 years and have lived in England 1.

simu

Yeah - I buy clothes in small, independently-owned boutiques if possible. Some of them have nice stuff by Irish designers too although I wouldn't go as far as saying that there is a distinctly Irish fashion aesthetic.

Join me and beat the high-street monoculture!

Wez

The d4 look isn't all that bad.. It's down the road from me, and so I see it alot.. Hot girls, wearing tightish A+F cotton bottoms, a pair of Dubes, and a good accent.. What more could you want..?

A knacker Northsider, in a tracksuit, a pair of Nikes, massive hoop earings, a knacker haircut, a bad accent, and a lot of debt..?

Get real..

Gillo

Wez wrote:

and a lot of debt..?

Get real..

I think it's more a case of unlike the banks and money lenders, daddy doesn't want the money back, although what that has to do with Irish fashion is beyond me.

irish fashion is generally a mix of American and UK, I've never seen anyone wearign anything and thought yeah that's an Irish trend.

tabatha

is there such a thing??

flyz

tabatha wrote:

is there such a thing??

No there isn't! Irish people tend to take what's currently in fashion and then proceed to do it badly!

Note I'm talking about how Irish people dress themselves, as opposed to Irish fashion designers

*Page*

I wear what ever i feel like puttin on it doesnt matterr if its in or not or if its irish or uk made... if i like what i see and it fits its bought!

Attol

Wez wrote:

The d4 look isn't all that bad.. It's down the road from me, and so I see it alot.. Hot girls, wearing tightish A+F cotton bottoms, a pair of Dubes, and a good accent.. What more could you want..?

A knacker Northsider, in a tracksuit, a pair of Nikes, massive hoop earings, a knacker haircut, a bad accent, and a lot of debt..?

Get real..

I didn't slag it off in any way. I said that it was the only fashion unique to Ireland that I could think of and that it would certainly not be considered commonplace for people of similar status in the UK to wear something such as that. I went to one of those schools and I'm not slagging off those kinds of people. You got totally defensive out of nowhere.

jonny68

attack on another poster, banned for a week!

baby*cham*bell

Wez wrote:

The d4 look isn't all that bad.. It's down the road from me, and so I see it alot.. Hot girls, wearing tightish A+F cotton bottoms, a pair of Dubes, and a good accent.. What more could you want..?

A knacker Northsider, in a tracksuit, a pair of Nikes, massive hoop earings, a knacker haircut, a bad accent, and a lot of debt..?

Get real..

a leisure stlye shoe and a sports pant are never a good look. ie. dubes are for boats/maybe school. sports trousers go with runners
good accent: its totally fake darling

FinoBlad

anybody fancy posting ON topic?

Ania

Neither Irish nor English people are very fashionable, I have to admit.
I am asked many times wheter I'm going to a spacial occasion or to a party because I'm dressed very nice, although I'm wearing these clothes for no special reason.
But anybody who has ever been to Eastern Europe will agree that we have a much better sense for fashion.

Ireland is not a good place for shopping because the clothes are already out of fashion and I never find clothes my size.
It seems that hardly any woman here in Ireland wears XS.
Or maybe I just haven't checked Dublin's shops carefully.

*Page*

what do you think is fashionable?

*Page*

XS isnt an irish size..

6, 8, 10, 12, 14 ect are our sizes..

xs,s,m,l,xl,xxl.xxxl are usa size's!

arrietty

The cornerstone of Irish fashion is Penney's.

FinoBlad

Are Irish people a bit afraid of people laughing at them for wearing more risky clothes?

Do we follow the crowd a little too much?

athena 2000

*Page* wrote:

XS isnt an irish size..

6, 8, 10, 12, 14 ect are our sizes..

xs,s,m,l,xl,xxl.xxxl are usa size's!

In the USA both sizing systems are used by the clothing manufacturers. Generally, the less expensive clothes lines and the popular casual lines are sized with the XS, S, M, L... system.

*Page*

athena 2000 wrote:

In the USA both sizing systems are used by the clothing manufacturers. Generally, the less expensive clothes lines and the popular casual lines are sized with the XS, S, M, L... system.

well isnt a usa size 4 our size 6?

or is it a 2?

Strokesa

I think a USA size 6 is a size 10 here. So maybe an Irish size 6 is a USA size 2...if it works that way.

*Page*

my point was that irish and uk clothing companies do not use the XS size.. so there for irish people wouldn't wear XS

Attol

Well I don't see that as a problem personally. In England most of the girls appear to starve themselves to be able to fit in smaller sizes and they aspire to be like supermodels which is very unhealthy. S is still a very slim girl.

segadreamcast

FinoBlad wrote:

Are Irish people a bit afraid of people laughing at them for wearing more risky clothes?

Do we follow the crowd a little too much?

Bingo. I remember wearing a pink t-shirt a year ago (haha, because I'm gay - geddit?). I was lauded for doing such a thing yet, now, a year later - since the British have started doing it, they're all over the place. That's just one such example.

Look at your average French male - even when he visits Dublin you can, I've recently realised, spot him from quite a distance due to his distinct style which just 'flows' unlike anything that any Irish person dares to wear. There's something inherently uncool about Irish guys in terms of fashion - I'm not sure what it is exactly.

The_B_Man

Irish fashion is muck! even them spanish students that come over can be spotted a mile off coz of their clothes, which are a lot more fashioonable thatr wat we'd wear over here! it is so easy to spot somebody from mainland europe coz they're so far ahead in terms of fashion. ppl keep sayin that our fashion is directly influenced by UK fashion...it may be true but even UK fashion is way behind mainland europe! Fact is, Ireland seems to get the leftovers from the rest of Europe.

in fact, didnt somebody say that them new "FANCY" shops in Dundrum only sold the stock that wasnt sold in their other european stores? we're way behind. i dunno if its because our shops are way behind or our tastes are way behind.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Fashion here seems little more than buying yet another pair of blue jeans and bragging about how much they cost you... as if that somehow makes them more interesting.
Anyway, screw fashion, screw "what's hot this season", screw twat designers who make clothes that no normal person would wear... I think fashion is something you buy off the shelf because you have no sense of style.

*Sassy*

Ania wrote:

But anybody who has ever been to Eastern Europe will agree that we have a much better sense for fashion.

Oh my God, are you for real? Eastern European have the worst dress sense EVER!! I am of course going by those in Dublin. Jaysis, how you can say they are well dressed is absolutely beyond me!! It's quite clear that they put effort into their outfits but they always seem to wear cheap market-stall/lap dancing club looking gear. And are almost always sporting a dodgy dye job on their head. Either bleached blonde or that dodgy red tint. Urgh!

I'll probs get flamed for that but purleeeeeease!!

MissS

The_B_Man wrote:

Irish fashion is muck! even them spanish students that come over can be spotted a mile off coz of their clothes, which are a lot more fashioonable thatr wat we'd wear over here! it is so easy to spot somebody from mainland europe coz they're so far ahead in terms of fashion. ppl keep sayin that our fashion is directly influenced by UK fashion...it may be true but even UK fashion is way behind mainland europe! Fact is, Ireland seems to get the leftovers from the rest of Europe.

in fact, didnt somebody say that them new "FANCY" shops in Dundrum only sold the stock that wasnt sold in their other european stores? we're way behind. i dunno if its because our shops are way behind or our tastes are way behind.

You would think that wouldn't you? But acyually that's not quite true. I live in Holland and when I go to Ireland I find that they are ahead of us, trend wise. Even Penney's like! I remember going to Ireland on many occassions and thinking: 'Bloody hell I'm not buying does....(Uggs, gipsy skirts, Ballerina shoes, Muglucks (I know I've spelt that wrong)).....Everyone in Holland will think I'm crazy if I wear that'....And then like 2 months after stuff like that appeared over here....

Wez

So you're saying you'd prefer a knacker to a posh girl? Wearing cotton tracksuit bottoms and runners is pretty knackerish in my oppinion, altough maybe it's just certain ways I've seen girls dressed like that, but I can't imagine a pair of Nike and A+F bottoms going well together. So that we don't re-ignite the whole Dubes debate, let's skip on, but what runner, or casual shoe can you imagine would work well show me some pics..

Feel free to prove me wrong, I'll admit I'm wrong if I see something that looks good, but after thinking about it, I do think dubes and trasksuits look good. That's my oppinion tho..

*Sassy*

Wez wrote:

I do think dubes and trasksuits look good.

Just..... no.

Frankly I'm embarrassed to be from a country where this is what the rich people - who could afford the most beautiful clothes - wear and think is fashionable. Not many people in the rest of the world would be caught dead wearing shoes with tracky bottoms.

I also disagree that we are behind the rest of Europe in the style stakes. That's a load of crap. I've lived in a few EU countries and with some exceptions (there are stylish people in every country, it's not a nationality thing) I couldn't wait to get home to do a bit of shopping. I always found that when I went back with my new clothes I'd bought at home the girls over there loved them. Lots of people on the continent are particularly boring and frumpy fashion-wise at the best of times.

*Page*

OK TRACKSUITS FULL STOP ARE SH!TE!!!!

and abercrombie fools should be shot dead on sight!

Runners that look good DC's and vans and all stars...Dubes are a pi$$ take...

tracksuits are for the track ie for doing sports in..

baby*cham*bell

referring to the original post:
aren't clothes that are Irish designed genarally very expensive and sold in shops like Carraig Donn and House of Ireland, and purchased by old people/tourists?? and therefore not exactly "cool" for young people to be seen in?
i do think that too many people "here follow the crowd". when you go to places like Spain (more so in the big cities) people tend to try and be different and no to blend in. i think thats cool. if i wear something a bit different i'm always afraid people (my mates especially) will just laugh at me! but i do it anyways!

CathyMoran

Just a quick note - Irish fashion is more expensive as it is more expensive to produce clothes here. There are some really great home grown designers around but a lot of fashion is dictated by international trends.

Attol

blah blah blah

poser blah blah blah

banned for a week

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Cavman

i went to one of those school etc all that crap but i honestly think dubes are kinda bent even though i bought a pair before xmas, they look brand new i rarely every where them.i wear italian pointed leather shoes, if thats the correct name for them, they look really slick and classy and haven noticed many people wearing them as ive been wearing them for around 2 years,
but ive noticed that in certin shops in town they sell plastic like shoes likes like them for around 40 euro, hence the proper ones cost around 180 -240

FinoBlad

baby*cham*bell wrote:

referring to the original post:
aren't clothes that are Irish designed genarally very expensive and sold in shops like Carraig Donn and House of Ireland, and purchased by old people/tourists?? and therefore not exactly "cool" for young people to be seen in?

whayey theres lots more to irish designed fashion than the knitwear and stuff, theres dozens upon dozens really cool contemporary designers around.

TheMurrinator

Well you cant give out to peoples dat wear dubes and o neals beacuse der irish and really comfortable any one of u start wearin dubes and o neals der d most comfortable ting on earth!!1

simu

TheMurrinator wrote:

Well you cant give out to peoples dat wear dubes and o neals beacuse der irish and really comfortable any one of u start wearin dubes and o neals der d most comfortable ting on earth!!1

Say what now?

eth0_

TheMurrinator wrote:

Well you cant give out to peoples dat wear dubes and o neals beacuse der irish and really comfortable any one of u start wearin dubes and o neals der d most comfortable ting on earth!!1

Why can't you talk properly?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

anyone mind if I start banning people for talking like that?

*Page*

Go for it Mordeth!

eth0_

jonny68 wrote:

attack on another poster, banned for a week!

That's ridiculous, maybe you should look up the work 'attack' in the dictionary because she wasn't attacking him! If anything, Wez was being offensive.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

umm
"posh wanker"?

eth0_

*Page* wrote:

XS isnt an irish size..

6, 8, 10, 12, 14 ect are our sizes..

xs,s,m,l,xl,xxl.xxxl are usa size's!

No they're not? In the USA they use sizes 0, 2, 4, 6 etc

*Page*

thanks i wasnt to sure but they use the xs s m etc aswell.

eth0_

Mordeth wrote:

umm
"posh wanker"?

Sorry I was reading that wrong, my mistake!

Wez

eth0_ wrote:

That's ridiculous, maybe you should look up the work 'attack' in the dictionary because she wasn't attacking him! If anything, Wez was being offensive.

How was I attacking!? I didn't pick one person out and slag them. I was called a 'posh wanker' by poverty.. I don't mind, I've got a comfortabe lifestyle..

I agree with Page tho, Dc's, Vans, DVS and other skate shoes look good.. Never thought of them..

I usen't to like Dubes, but I'm surrounded with them over here, so I've grown to liking them.. Like everyone of my friends have them, so I can't really hate them, altough I'd never buy a pair myself, they only look good on girls (well, mainly, some guys can pull them off, but only a rare few)

TheMurrinator

eth0_ wrote:

Why can't you talk properly?

Ok Sorry Im too used to msn.
Well theres nothing wrong with wearing dubes and o neals because in the end they are Irish and you can't give out to us people that wear them seeing as, if you think about it, we are the only ones that wear Irish labeled clothes.
Is that clearer?

Wez

Actually, you make a good point.. It's just the general behaviour of some people that wear those kinda clothes can be a bit snobbish, giving it a bad image.

Lynibeth

I hate all those high street clothes that all look the same. I wear what I like. I do dress gothic and i love black but I add my own flare to what I wear. I have to look behind all the boho sh*t in shops to find the one measly decent thing available. I love to alter my clothes and buy decent quality clothes. I just think that most the scangers in Ireland dress to represent what they are.. scum. That's only my opinion. Of course I get stick because I'm a "rocker" but I don't care tbh. It's what's on the inside that counts! (most of the time)

Lynibeth

FinoBlad wrote:

Are Irish people a bit afraid of people laughing at them for wearing more risky clothes?

Do we follow the crowd a little too much?

Most of us are, but there are alot of us, like me, who don't. At the end of the day, clothes are clothes but they do say alot about you...

marshmallow

O'neill's and dubes shouldn't be worn together. Dubes are leisure wear and O'Neills are tracksuit bottoms. Difference there. That's just my opinion though, today I was in town with my friend wearing O'Neills and dubes together but I never thought anything of it because she's slightly tom-boyish. It's the way you wear them that indicates whether you can pull them off or not.