For the men....London Fashion Week F/W '13

Hello lovelies!

Happy weekend everyone hope you all had a wonderful week. With all the snow forecast for Ireland and England I thought I'd warm you up with a review of London's Fashion Week's men's collections for Fall/Winter 2013.

First up is Topman. I have to say although it's their high fashion collection and its therefore supposed to be weird and out of the box the loose trousers and parka material reminded me of new age astronaut uniforms. Not really attractive if I do say myself. 

  







I'm all for kilts but really?

However they were saved by just a few pieces.


This knit jumper teemed with rough brown leather boots. 



And I have to say I'm in love with this straight edge jacket and well fitted suit.

Now if you're into clean cut and well fit suits Lou Dalton is your girl. I was very impressed by the modern aesthetic brought about in these looks.












And of course the classic tux.




Hackett London didn't fail to produce some handsome pieces of classic English gentlemen-ship. Tweeds, wool blends, suits, bow ties and even velvet. 









 


And lastly Jonathan Saunders came through with a pop of colour and youthful designs for guys who don't necessarily want to feel like they're walking down Saville Row in the 1800s. 

 



 








So that's it from me about some of my favourites from London Fashion Week Men's F/W '13.

Enjoy the weekend,
Ciara.

Impressive People's Choice Awards

Good Sunday Lovelies

So right now I'm still sitting in my PJs all wrapped up in a blanket and watching some episodes of good old House. For all you who had an eventful and productive Sunday I salute you.

With the People's Choice Awards all wrapped up and the Oscars just here I thought I'd do a little post on some of the winners and fashion at the PCAs the other night.

First up it Taylor Swift the winner of Favourite Country Artist award. 

 

This gown is by Ralph Lauren and its classically gorgeous cut and neckline is right up Taylor's alley.

 

I'm also loving the shot of light blue from the earrings that gives a bit of youth to the look.

Of course Emma Watson, winner of the Favourite Dramatic Movie Actress didn't fail to impress wearing a dress by one of my favourite designers. Peter Pilotto.

 

The ever so pretty Chloe Grace Moretz zinged with colour in the latest S/S 13 Simone Rocha daisy dress and I've got to say even though I'm incredibly jealous of this girl you've gotta give her props for pulling off yellow.

 

Ok so I have to confess Jennifer Lawrence didn't do anything for me in this Valentino number. Granted she did score on her own with awards for Favourite Movie Actress and Favourite Face Of Heroism this dress really didn't show off her amazingly gorgeous 

figure. 

   

Next up is Favourite Comedic TV Actress Lea Michele who really 

could not look any more beautiful in this wonderful Saab number. 

I'm guessing wild pink will be in this Spring.

 

And I'm sorry but even though he wasn't nominated for anything I just had to stick in a photo of Mr. Redmayne at the PCAs.

 

Heck why not throw in Ian Somerhalder and Liam Hemsworth for good measure.

  

And last but not least we have Kaley Kuoco in a fabulously pretty Christian Siriano frock with frost pink detailing. 

 

So I hope you enjoyed this post about the creme-de-la-creme of the People's Choice Awards I'm actually quite impressed by the standard of designers that were featured seeing as usually you'll only see one or two high fashion names out of the bunch. Well done stylists out there!

Whilst I'm dreading going back to school tomorrow I hope the rest of you have a great week. 

Thank's for reading,

Ciara.

Early Morning Ramblings in Castletown.

Hello lovelies!

Hope you're all quickly adapting to real life after getting back from the Christmas Holidays unlike me who is most certainly dying. 
I'll be having mock exams in two weeks for basically the biggest set of exams I'll ever have to endure, The Leaving Cert. For anyone who isn't from Ireland the Leaving is the equivalent to the English A levels where instead if doing 3 subjects to be examined on I have to do SEVEN! Sounds easy? Yeah not really when I tell you whether I get into university or not is decided on the exact results I receieve. No special interviews. No personal essays. So right now I'm cramming like a crazy woman just to make up for all the work I haven't been doing. Let's just say I'm definitely addicted to green tea by now!

Moving swiftly on to today's post however. On New Years day my friend and I decided to get up insanely early after a night of partying and go on a little photography trip to the great big old estate near where we live.

With less that 3 hours sleep off we ventured in the freezing cold and here are some of the photos we took with numb fingers.

 This is the lovely avenue leading up to Castletown House.

The back of my friend's beautiful head!

Bit of Irish Pride never hurt.

 
I'm very precariously perched on that fence you can see my hands gripping on for dear life!

Two absolutely gorgeous dog's I couldn't help but take a picture of.

My friend and I trying to be artsy standing on top of a pole.

That's most of the good photos I managed to pick out of the bunch we took. Thanks to my friend too who took some of these pictures as well after becoming a little obsessed with my camera the night before.

Sorry the last couple of posts have been a little short but it's hard to write good ones right now, what with my relationship with my texts books taking over my life.

Enjoy the weekend and thanks for reading.
Ciara.

New Instagram Addiction

Hello Lovelies!

Ok I have to admit it, I'm addicted. And they say the first step it admitting it so I've taken it.

It all started when I got an iPhone for Christmas. At first I was reluctant to get Instagram because I knew me being me I'd instantly become hooked. And of course I was right.

Feel free to follow me, my name is fazed_and_dazed and I make an effort to post good photos everyday. Here's a taste of my amateur Instagramin'
















Hope you are all enjoying the last of the holidays and making the most of your remaining days of freedom.

Thanks for reading,
Ciara.