Irene O’Brien, trend presenter, model marketing consultant and advocate for aware buying and attire care, is a stylist who encourages her viewers, readers, listeners and private shoppers to have a good time who they’re by sporting garments they really love – in a method that her they really feel like the best possible model of themselves.
Host of The gilded wire – a podcast relaunching this week the place Irene talks to her company about their story so far, advised by means of their hanging model recollections – Irene’s ardour for clothes informs all points of her life. Right here we get an unique take a look at her enviable wardrobe.
How would you describe your private model?
I really feel like that is like making an attempt to explain your persona; no matter I say, it’ll in all probability be utterly totally different from how others see it! I do know my private model is fairly tousled so it actually depends upon the day. I’ll plan my week, however invariably throw away clothes hanging expectantly from closet handles; as an alternative there might be a flurry of motion within the closet and I’ll come out sporting one thing utterly totally different. Temper dressing, that is my factor. Usually colourful, not often tight-fitting, normally not fairly proper.
The go-to shoe/sneakers
Santa introduced me a pair of studded Pinko stamper boots for Christmas 2021 they usually have not left my toes since. They’re the unicorn among the many stamping boots: splendidly lumpy however mild as feathers. I’ve worn all of them winter, all summer time and each event in between. RIP all of the studs I left alongside the best way… I give it some thought usually.
The all-rounder jacket
Jackets are up there with my favourite issues to spend money on (together with sun shades). In Eire we put on them 80% of the time, so to have a enjoyable, well-cut, enjoyable possibility, you are doing your self a significant model favor. My abiding love is a home made military inexperienced and pink coat with a mandarin collar and gold buttons that I purchased years in the past on the Cow’s Lane market. The form is so nice that you may actually put on it with nothing else and nonetheless really feel dressed. Any jacket that achieves that’s certain to be a do-it-all quantity.
The proper denims
Unique Classic Levis – 501s or orange tab. Usually copied, by no means matched. They *should* be classic in order that the denim feels as sturdy because the sheets on a lodge mattress. Stretchy denim makes me unhappy.
The must-have knitwear
We’re so, so spoiled for excellent Irish-made knitwear. My two favourite knits are an outsized cream Aran cardigan with conventional leather-based buttons from IrelandsEye that my mum traveled miles to get me throughout the pandemic. And an excellent mushy navy blue cable knit from Aran Woolen Mills that strikes the virtually inconceivable steadiness between stylish and comfy. Coloured knit cardigans are my dream addition for spring.
On a regular basis jewellery
My ‘purple’ nameplate necklace is a everlasting fixture round my neck. It is a copy of an inexpensive necklace initially purchased with my then-boyfriend in New York’s Chinatown to mark our engagement. Irish jeweler Edge solely superbly recreated it when the unique was misplaced. Certainly one of my favourite items ever. Oh, and hoops. Gold hoops each day.
The go-anywhere purse
Whereas I’ve a silly quantity of luggage of all styles and sizes, it is a now-beaten-up brown leather-based studded bumbag that I initially purchased in a Marrakech souk that I’ve wrapped round me most days. I had the leather-based strap repaired when it wore out – I discovered myself misplaced with out it when it broke. It is the enjoyment of hands-free for me. Massive baggage solely stress me out after I overfill them, lose all the pieces in them and really feel like I am uncontrolled!
The Sunday cozy informal look
Padded jacket, high in mushy brushed cotton, outsized overalls, large cashmere socks. Simply add rubber boots and sun shades for a stroll within the woods or take away the quilted jacket for a glass of wine on the sofa.
The last word pajamas
COTTON! The pajamas from LNH edit are available in many good prints. I lately purchased three pairs forward of a particular journey to Paris for my sister, my mom and myself. They made it an event earlier than we left, and have been worn and cherished quite a bit ever since. However your man’s T-shirt and a giant pair of briefs at all times work, too.
The occasion appears to be like important
A dizzying sparkle in your eyes. Each outfit matches that. And naked legs kissed with Physique Blur. They only dance higher that method.
Probably the most precious piece
It must be all I’ve that belonged to my mom, particularly since she will at all times inform me the place and when it was purchased, and the way she felt about it on the time. A kilt my father purchased her as a present within the Nineteen Seventies is a specific favorite. The tales garments inform are the perfect tales in my view!
The wishlist merchandise
An authentic Nineteen Seventies Halston jumpsuit with beading and lengthy sleeves. The locations the infant might take me…
The classic retailer to know
Reverse one another are Dublin’s oldest classic store, Jenny Vander, and the classic cellar at Om Diva, each on Drury St. And each are a pleasure to spend time in. I at all times depart impressed and with slightly spring in the home. my vintage-loving step.
Who to comply with for model on social media
I really like Superior Model for shade and a dopamine hit. And Billie Piper and Chloe Sevigny for originality. And for essentially the most pleasurable content material to look at, it must be Wes Anderson accidentally.
The sweetness ritual / self-care ritual
My final self-care is to drink a giant glass of water each morning earlier than anything. It isn’t groundbreaking, however these small commitments make it simpler to really feel such as you’re successful in self-care. I sleep significantly better after having my face shone and cremated for ages – I take advantage of Monkstown Laser Clinic’s Jan Marini 5 Step Program, I discover it magical. And *really* flossing is the icing on that routine cake. It is a smug sleep when that occurs.
