Merry Christmas :)

Merry Christmas everyone :) I hope you've had a nice day x
I got the coolest things this year, my boyfriend got me a fred perry dress, the coolest chelsea boots, a record my Tess Parks and the new Morrissey book. My family cute me a few cute little things like Pandora earrings and this teddybear, you can see it all below

I took some pictures of my outfit today too, I feel so cool in Fred Perry ;) I just love the tennis skirt on this dress

dress - fred perry
boots - office

I'm so happy with all I got, I am well and truly spoilt. I've had a nice Christmas at home in Donegal with my family, how have you been spending Christmas? :)

Photo Diary: Summer in the City

I went to Derry yesterday and I had such a nice time. I decided to walk along the streets for a change because it was so sunny. I found a french vintage shop called Millie and me, it had lovely floral dresses and eighties blazers. I ended up finding some really great stuff at the market. The best part was that I got to go to the record shop yay! :)

left to right - debenhams, yellow moon, miss selfridge

The dress on the left is a little floral dress from debenhams. I think it look really french. The orange dress is from a shop called yellow moon, they sell lots of dresses from sister jane <--- I love their clothes. I also got a black and white shift dress from miss selfridge. 

two mod iron on patches that I bought from a market stall

Johnny Marr's new album The Messenger and  Melody's Echo Chamber's self titled debut album

The record for Melody Echo Chamber is a ying yang with a happy face for Side A and a sad face for Side B

Peggy ♡

Peggy Moffitt for LOVE Magazine - Spring/Summer 2013

Photographed by Tim Walker 

Styled by Jacob K

Who are you Polly Magoo?

Today I dressed up as Dorothy MacGowan from Who are you Polly Magoo? because hey why not!

Me as Polly Magoo from the 1960s french film Qui Etes-Vous Polly Magoo?

sources (moviepostershop.com, ilovehotdogs.net, elenavzintaris.blogspot.ie, strawberige.com)

I watched the film Who are you Polly Magoo? last night. It's a movie that I've been dying to see for ages. I couldn't find a English version so a lot of the time I didn't fully understand what was going on :/ but it didn't matter because everyone looked amazing hehe 

Renowned fashion photographer and film maker William Klein ridicules the fashion industry in this 1960s satire. William Klein was known for challenging the traditional views of fashion and experimenting with fashion photography. Klein's love of avant garde and experimentalism can be seen in a great scene in which Polly discusses her feelings towards her appearance. The shot is layered with picasso like portraits which highlight the influence of modernism on the film. The opening scene has to be my favourite...a runway show featuring models wearing outfits made from sheets of aluminium. 

There are so many famous faces in this movie. It was a challenge just to name them all. I recognized  Donyale Luna at the fashion show, Peggy Moffitt also appeared a few times and at one point I think I saw Richard Avedon. I'm not quite sure (due to my poor understanding of french) but I think some the film's plot is related to the lead actress's life story. I absolutely love Richard Avedon and his artistic style really fits with the movie. He has a really unique way of photographing portraits which captures the essence of the subject in a unique moment in time. I love this famous 1968 portrait of Twiggy and the very late sixties portraits of the Beatles which borderline on pop art.

I read that Dorothy MacGowan was spotted by a talent agent from a crowd of Beatles fans... that's the dream right, meeting The Beatles and modelling for Elle. The eye makeup in this movie is amazing. I was trying my best to replicate it using eylure lashes and L'oreal Paris liquid eyeliner.

I got these fake eyelashes because they say Queen Of Mod on the box hehe 

I also got these giant sixties hoops from a wear, they are similar to ones I wore in this post

Who are you Polly Magoo? in Elle Collections S/S 13 Magazine. Peggy Moffitt looks amazing in this photograph

Vidal's Sassoon's five point cut is everywhere in this film. I got this wonderful book in tk maxx. It has two pages each dedicated to different designers, models, actresses and it girls of the sixties <3

The Mod Squad: Louis Vuitton and Moschino Lookbooks S/S 13

I know I'm about a six months too late to be talking about Spring/Summer but when these collections were released I was very busy making terrible life decisions haha :/ anyway its technically Spring so w/e. My favourite collections are Louis Vuitton and Moschino, theyre so dreamy

Let's relive Louis Vuitton's amazing SS show featuring escalators, colour-blocking, matching twin models. I created some fashion collages inspired by Louis Vuitton's collection.

Louis Vuitton SS 2013 - Green by emmamodonnell

Green dress, €50 / ASOS white pumps, €21 / Zatchels leather purse, €78


I love this green checkered dress from oasap, its almost a perfect copy.

Louis Vuitton SS 13 - Grey by emmamodonnell featuring River Island

River Island midi dress, €32 / CÉLINE white sandals, €110 / River Island clutch, €39 / Reeds Jewelers sterling silver jewelry, €14 / Plastic headband, €5,53 / River Island sunglasses, €17

I know the dress is striped not checkered but it replicates simple, sleek, color-blocking so well. Isn't this bag amazing? It looks so sophisticated for the price.

Moschino's collection gave their interpretation of the sixties fashion revolution in London. Some of the black and white suits clothing remind me of this picture while the more colourful outfits are reminiscent of Carnaby Street fashion and psychedelica

Moschino SS 13 - Black and White by emmamodonnell featuring handbags purses

Dorothy Perkins black and white striped dress, €32 / Kurt Geiger mary jane shoes, €63 / Topshop handbags purse, €42 / Bonnie Jonas brass jewelry, €7,38 / Round glasses, €12 / TOPSHOP Polka Dot Bow Barette, €5,54

I think the best way to create the sixties mod look is with over-sized white round sunglasses, they instantly make you look cool

Moschino SS13 - Colourful by emmamodonnell featuring a a line skirt

Giambattista Valli yellow shirt, €285 / A line skirt, €68 / Topshop cotton socks, €5,54 / Nly Shoes white sandals, €52 / Blue purse, €21 / Plastic glasses, €7,76

This is my favorite outfit ever! The tweed skirt is colourful, cute, the love clutch bag  is from modcloth  is the yellow checkered socks from topshop, they remind of Louis Vuitton's collection. I think the best way to create Moschino's collection is to use color in a fun way while teaming it with sixties inspired accessories and lots and lots of hairspray

Kings Road

pink suit - topshop
white tights - topshop
earrings - awear
pink mary janes - awear

I've meaning to show you guys this outfit for a while now because it's one of my favourites. I got it at topshop. I'm selling my shoes on etsy (I love them but they are just too small) I've been watching lots of youtube clips of Carnaby Street and Kings Road during the sixties. I like this montage of fashion models including twiggy and this documentary on fashion shops by some cynical journalist haha