I’ve taken it upon myself to shorten the Irish Fashion Bloggers’ to the I.F.B in the title of this post - I like how it makes us sound like a Secret Service or something. A covert underground sect of fashion ninjas that attend clandestine meetings once a month to secretly plot their onslaught on the blogosphere. Yeah - that sounds dramatic. I like it. Oh wait…I’m reliably informed the Irish Film Board have this as their eh…secret code name. Dammit.
…While it isn’t remotely as dangerous as that, the Irish Fashion Bloggger’s Brunch IS a lovely thing to do of a once-a-month day, and this month was especially special. It was the anniversary of the very first one, organised then and still by the lovely Annmarie O’Connor of IBlogFashion. She had arranged a special treat for all of us on Sunday to commemorate the occassion, upstairs in the First Floor Restaurant in Harvey Nichols, in the Dundrum Shopping Centre.
The Food & Drink.
The head chef Thomas Haughton had prepared a special menu to celebrate the anniversary. There was a mixed summer berry starter, followed by an assiette of Harvey Nichols amouse bouches..which was a plate full of teeny tiny samples of the Harvey Nichols brunch selection - my favourite way to eat - little bits of everything. Then there was the big juicy lump of meat that was the chargrilled beef skewer and for dessert there was a mango and passionfruit cheesecake served with a selection of sliced exotic fruits. There was also a hell of a lot of Bellinis and Bloody Marys, but as I was heading to a christening in Greystones after, I stuck with the lovely, chilled, freshly squeezed orange juice.
The Goody Bags.
Free Stuff! The people at Harvey Nichols Press Department were seriously generous. The bags were stuffed with :
TWO Nars full sized glow and matte foundations. A Benefit Blusher. Liz Earle SPF and suncare stuff. James Brown Hair Serum. False eyelashes. Collagen facelift marshmallows (!!) Elemis face mask and lots of other samples and delights. Good times. Thank you!
The Peoples.
Such a lovely selection of people from blogs across the country, that are heading into my blog roll… including the very dapper Cillian from Male-Mode, Dublin Streets, Fashion Filosofy, Bluebirds are so Natural, Indigo & Cloth, and loads of others…oh and a big congratulations to Aisling from Beaut.ie on the publication of her new book!
Me outfit.
**IMAGE TAKEN FROM THE BLOG : DUBLIN STREETS!**
Managed to sleep on the ‘hair’ (see below) for the five hours that I got to bed on Saturday night. Had to have a shower with a tesco bag on my head though. Not over my face…that would have been silly. The lovely Dublin Streets took my photo for their street style blog - thrilled! Check it out > here! < on their blog! The outfit was a veritable, and unusual for me, feast from the High Street:
Harem trousers : Topshop
Gladiator Sandals : River Island
Boy’s jacket : Oxfam
Fur stole : Vintage.
Man’s belt : River island
Cropped Vest : Topshop
Finally, a huge thank you to Annmarie for the invitation, and for all of her organisational skills! It was a total success.
x Blanaid
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