Fashion Forward: Soaked? Style advice for grey days

A TRICOLOUR TREAT

A scarf in green, white and orange, but not as you know it, has just been launched by Stable, Sonia Reynolds and Frances Duff’s company, which produces stylish Irish scarves and textiles.

Their tricolour is in more muted, subtle colours of orange and green, is 2.8 metres long and 1.4 metres wide and made from the softest cashmere modal fabric. It folds easily and can be wrapped around the neck for volume, warmth and effect.

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Melanie Murphy’s style secret is to invest in outwear, we do live in Ireland afterall. Iron these badges from Penneys (€4) onto everything and await the sun.

“We chose the colours because they remind us of things we love about this island– rich green seaweed, Wicklow mosses, deep orange montbretia and the russets of autumn ferns” they say. Their pop-up shop opened at the Westbury Mall on Thursday (19th May) and will run until June 4th. The Stable tricolour scarf costs €195 and can also be had from their website. stable.ie

STEAL VS SPLURGE

Treat your belongings with care in this leather bumbag for €125 Whistles at House of Fraser (above) or keep an eye on your wallet with this bum bag for €12.99 from H&M (below)

SHADES OF GREY

Next Saturday, May 28th, the Lighthouse Cinema in Smithfield will host an afternoon celebrating Irish architect and designer Eileen Gray with the release of movie The Price of Desire and documentary Gray Matters. The event will feature screenings of both (Gray Matters matinee) and The Price of Desire (evening). Following both will be Q & A sessions with Mary McGuckian (writer/director), Peter O Brien (costume designer), Jennifer Goff (Eileen Gray curator, National Museum) and moderated by former Irish Times Environment Editor Frank McDonald.

Tickets (Gray Matters €8), (Price of Desire €10) can be bought online with a bundle deal of €16 for both available to book over the phone only, 01 8728006.

The event will also exhibit stills from the movie by Julian Lennon and a selection of Eileen Gray furniture courtesy of Minima.

STYLE SECRET

“Spend time choosing a stylish trench coat! So many people only ever see us Irish in our coats, so why worry so much about what’s under it? Outerwear can also save you on bad outfit days, or days when your favourite clothes are in the wash.”

Melanie Murphy, YouTube Vlogger

STEP OUT IN BOATING STYLE

Boat shoes, first created in the 1930s, are classic examples of utilitarian, fit-for-purpose items which became standard wear, sported not just on decks but on city streets in summer – without socks. Timberland made its first one in 1979 and its modern versions, top-stitched in the traditional way, come in summery colours of blue, red, yellow and green leather. Those who buy a pair, which cost €130, can also avail of Timberland’s customising service, which allows you to apply different coloured laces (with the appropriate needles) and five different design patches including a heart, strawberry, flash, comic hand and a star.

You can find out more at its Dublin flagship on South Anne Street.

WEAR IT

We love this four-pack of badges from Penneys (€4) for the summer. Iron on to everything and await the sun.