NAME: Nasrin Leahy 
AGE: 20
PROFESSION: Model
FROM: Howth, living in New York
WEARING: Top, used to belong to my mother. Shorts, €50; belt, €20; and boots, $80, Urban Outfitters here and in New York. Bag, gift. Necklace, gift bought in a vintage store in Brooklyn.
● What is your favourite shop? Oak on Bond Street in Manhattan and in Williamsburg. They have a great mix of both well-known and small independent designers.
● What was your best bargain buy? A cream chiffon shirt with billowing sleeves and gathered cuffs by Prada for $10 from a market in Brooklyn.
● What is the most expensive fashion item you have ever bought? A long white woollen coat with brown and pink checks and brown toggle buttons for €500 from BT2. I can’t remember the label. ● Who do you think are the best and worst dressed celebrities or style icons? The best is Chloe Sevigny and the worst is Kim Kardashian.
● What is your favourite label or designer? Marc Jacobs.
● Approximately how much would you spend on clothes every month? About €400.
● What or who influences your style? My mood, magazines like i-D, my job and whatever music I’m listening to on any given day from Pink Floyd to Bob Dylan.
● What was the last fashion item you bought? A burgundy chiffon blouse with ruffle trim by Peter O’Brien in the Awear sale.
● What was your worst fashion mistake? Dressing up like J-Lo from the Play video when I was 12. I had plaited buns on each side of my head, a blue leather biker jacket and tinted blue gucci sunglasses.
● Name one thing you love and one thing you hate in fashion. I love good quality, vintage lace and I hate metallic shoes. NAME: Hugh Whelan AGE: 17 PROFESSION: Student and fashion intern FROM: Shankill, Dublin WEARING: Jacket, €7, charity shop. ED Sunglasses, €3, market in Spain. T-shirt, €3, necklace, €1.50, jeans, €26 and boots, €103 all Topman. Bracelets, Georges Arcade and H&M. Bag by Fred Perry, €60, Urban Outfitters.
● What is your favourite shop? Lucy’s Lounge and Smock.
● What was your best bargain buy? A Henry Holland-style, vintage blazer in cream, purple and green tartan for €15 from Lucy’s Lounge.
● What is the most expensive fashion item you have ever bought? A mauve grey, sheer knit, V-neck jumper for €108 from All Saints.
● Who do you think are the best and worst dressed celebrities or style icons? The best is Pelayo Diaz and the worst is Peaches Geldof.
● What is your favourite label or designer? Alexander McQueen.
● How much would you spend on clothes every month? Anything between €20 and €60.
● What or who influences your style? Blogs and bloggers like The Fashionisto and Pelayo Diaz.
● What was the last fashion item you bought? A plain black cowhide wallet with a gold zip by Comme Des Garcons for €48 from San Sebastian in Spain.
● What was your worst fashion mistake? Wearing too much colour all at once.
● Name one thing you love and one thing you hate in fashion. I love real leather and denim side by side and I hate neon.
NAME: Eimear Walsh
AGE: 25
PROFESSION: Model / studying for a Masters in history
FROM: Rathcoole, Dublin
WEARING: Vintage top, €30, The Loft. Trousers, €45, French Connection. Earrings, €15, Monsoon. Bag, €50, The Harlequin. Shoes, €40, River Island.
● What is your favourite shop? The Loft market in the Powerscourt Centre.
● What was your best bargain buy? A long, ‘70s style, red and white, printed cheese-cloth dress with bell sleeves for €80 from The Loft.
● What is the most expensive fashion item you have ever bought? A black lace, kneelength dress with beading and butterfly sleeves by Leigh Tucker for €300 in Costume.
● Who do you think are the best and worst dressed celebrities or style icons? The best is Diane Kruger and the worst are Jordan and Mel B.
● What is your favourite label or designer? Chloe.
● Approximately how much would you spend on clothes every month? About €100.
● What or who influences your style? People I see around me, old movies especially from the 1920s, magazines like Vogue, Elle and InStyle. Also, I’m currently doing an internship at The National Gallery and I love the old paintings and period clothing.
● What was the last fashion item you bought? A red and white Breton t-shirt from Pull & Bear.
● What was your worst fashion mistake? A pair of shiny, greenishblue, platform Buffalo’s.
● Name one thing you love and one thing you hate in fashion. I love high-waisted trousers and I hate underwear as outerwear.
NAME: Hugh Whelan
AGE: 17
PROFESSION: Student and fashion intern
FROM: Shankill, Dublin WEARING: Jacket, €7, charity shop.Chloe sunglasses, €3, market in Spain. T-shirt, €3, necklace, €1.50, jeans, €26 and boots, €103 all Topman. Bracelets, Georges Arcade and H&M. Coach bags by Fred Perry, €60, Urban Outfitters.
● What is your favourite shop?
Lucy’s Lounge and Smock.
● What was your best bargain buy? A Henry Holland-style, vintage blazer in cream, purple and green tartan for €15 from Lucy’s Lounge.
● What is the most expensive fashion item you have ever bought? A mauve grey, sheer knit, V-neck jumper for €108 from All Saints.
● Who do you think are the best and worst dressed celebrities or style icons? The best is Pelayo Diaz and the worst is Peaches Geldof.
● What is your favourite label or designer? Alexander McQueen.
● How much would you spend on clothes every month? Anything between €20 and €60.
● What or who influences your style? Blogs and bloggers like The Fashionisto and Pelayo Diaz.
● What was the last fashion item you bought? A plain black cowhide wallet with a gold zip by Comme Des Garcons for €48 from San Sebastian in Spain.
● What was your worst fashion mistake? Wearing too much colour all at once.
● Name one thing you love and one thing you hate in fashion. I love real leather and denim side by side and I hate neon.
NAME: Jasmine Murray
AGE: 16
PROFESSION: Student
FROM: Glasgow, living in Rush in Dublin
WEARING: Top, €12, New Look. Shorts, my Mam’s from the ‘80s. Belt, 50 cent and gucci bags, €4, both Penneys. Boots, €111, River Island.
● What is your favourite shop? Lucy’s Lounge and Smock.
● What was your best bargain buy? A Henry Holland-style, vintage blazer in cream, purple and green tartan for €15 from Lucy’s Lounge.
● What is the most expensive fashion item you have ever bought? A mauve grey, sheer knit, V-neck jumper for €108 from All Saints.
● Who do you think are the best and worst dressed celebrities or style icons? The best is Pelayo Diaz and the worst is Peaches Geldof.
● What is your favourite label or designer? Alexander McQueen.
● How much would you spend on clothes every month? Anything between €20 and €60.
● What or who influences your style? Blogs and bloggers like The Fashionisto and Pelayo Diaz.
● What was the last fashion item you bought? A plain black cowhide wallet with a gold zip by Comme Des Garcons for €48 from San Sebastian in Spain.
● What was your worst fashion mistake? Wearing too much colour all at once.
● Name one thing you love and one thing you hate in fashion. I love real leather and denim side by side and I hate neon.
● What is your favourite shop? The Loft market in the Powerscourt Centre.
● What was your best bargain buy? A long, ‘70s style, red and white, printed cheese-cloth dress with bell sleeves for €80 from The Loft.
● What is the most expensive fashion item you have ever bought? A black lace, kneelength dress with beading and butterfly sleeves by Leigh Tucker for €300 in Costume.
● Who do you think are the best and worst dressed celebrities or style icons? The best is Diane Kruger and the worst are Jordan and Mel B.
● What is your favourite label or designer? Chloe.
● Approximately how much would you spend on clothes every month? About €100.
● What or who influences your style? People I see around me, old movies especially from the 1920s, magazines like Vogue, Elle and InStyle. Also, I’m currently doing an internship at The National Gallery and I love the old paintings and period clothing.
● What was the last fashion item you bought? A red and white Breton t-shirt from Pull & Bear.
● What was your worst fashion mistake? A pair of shiny, greenishblue, platform Buffalo’s.
● Name one thing you love and one thing you hate in fashion. I love high-waisted trousers and I hate underwear as outerwear.
