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FLYING THE FLAG (RE)NEW KICKS Any sneaker-heads s
till nursing the Nowhereshaped hole in their hearts should drag those forlorn feet to Saint Street; a Temple Bar consignment store chock-full of pristine stock. Their knack for sourcing some of the rarest drops around denotes a keenness to fuse hype culture – characterised by adrenaline-spiked buys – with slower, greener habits. Those eager to cull some premium finds will also relish the profit ratios: should their donations sell, customers can swipe a cool 85% of the purchase price. @st.streetsneakers HEMLINES words Amelia O’Mahony-Brady Refresh your Rigout... with a foursome of colour-trimmed specs, each supplied by Ambr’s seasonal range, Equinox – I’ll be sporting ‘Spring’ come Friday 20th. From €55 - ambreyewear.com From time immemorial, the female form has been sliced and diced by fashion’s ephemeral fancies: Elizabethan trends clasped our necks in stiffly-starched ruffs whilst locking up our legs, and the crinoline which commanded 19th-century skirts restricted its wearers to a snail’s pace. Such whimsies define our silhouettes as objects on display, prompting design which works against, rather than for, the bodies societally forced to sport it. Sure, the pick-n-mix pastiche of modern fashion has garnered us (on paper) greater choice than ever before, but subjective standards of beauty, decreeing the perfect body and how best to echo it, still pervade the spaces we occupy and the content we consume. This corporeal hierarchy of sorts is shattered by Sinead O’Dwyer’s practice. Intent on dismantling the damage wreaked by bodily elitism, her silicone wearables are moulded by casting an assemblage of body shapes and sizes, each unshackled by fashion’s transient demands. Having presented ‘Wear Me Like Water’ – a liberating, colour-bursting collection – at London Fashion Week SS20 last September, a selection of O’Dwyer’s existent works, curated by Waves and Archives, has just decamped to New York for a month-long solo show launching Friday 6th. Considering the sculptural splendour of her work, vibrantly boasting a fibreglass finish, this exhibition seems like a seamless next step – especially upon scanning through the Waves and Archives manifesto which, among other mould-breaking statements, endorses “the right of fashion to be acknowledged as one of art’s mediums”, thus fostering a site “where fashion artists can operate as contemporary artists”. I swear, system disruptors will save this sector. @sjodwyer + @wavesandarchives TRANSPARENT THREADS A stalwart of sustainable, rainbow-tinged wares, Aisling Duffy’s ‘interactive residency’ on Om Diva’s first floor, running until next month, sees her inspiring supply chain – wherein water-free digital printing and repurposed materials reign – laid refreshingly bare. Open House-style design studios may routinely sweep across the city, but most clam up after a day or two. Conversely, Duffy’s set-up has been thriving for almost two months now – whether sewing vegan-leather patches onto florafilled coats or vanquishing a spot of admin, those who stumble upon her shoppable workplace are free to linger at their leisure, seven days a week. @aislingduffydesigns x @omdivaboutique 18