Archive for August 2007

Trend Alert – Gray

Aug 30th, 2007 | By Irie Diva | Category: Trend Watch

So the cities that dictate fashion trends have been telling us to go out and get grey. Coming out of a very bright and colourful summer and heading into a time where they are getting ready to don boots, mittens and scarfs, they could definitely use a little toning down! Of course here in [...]



Shoesies!

Aug 30th, 2007 | By Irie Diva | Category: Accessories

So because of the imminent move in the very near future, I’m keeping all my hot, new, local stuff under wraps to be revealed on the new blog. Tho its burning me up so! Meanwhile, I thought i would rant a little more about my obsession with what some may deem odd shoes. Hey I [...]



STAR Girls – The Eyebrow Diva

Aug 22nd, 2007 | By Irie Diva | Category: Beauty

Oh lord! Now I have seen Winston Sill’s photos many times and wondered if he’s just a pervert taking pics of anything exposed or if he’s a comedian having himself a good laugh when I view these pictures he offers up in the Jamaica Star’s "Femme Fashion" column. Seriously, let’s analyse some of these beauties [...]



Hurricane Dean and FOS

Aug 21st, 2007 | By Irie Diva | Category: FOS News and Press

Well fashion has taken a backseat to clean up efforts and the seemingly never-ending wait on water and light to return after Hurricane Dean came through and broke all my trees. My ackee tree was downed *tears* don’t get me started on that ackee tree man, yes I really LOVE ackee and salt fish and [...]



Man Bags

Aug 17th, 2007 | By Irie Diva | Category: Male Style

My new blogger friend Celena wrote an article on man bags recently and I of course posted the article on my favorite Idle talk forum . Of course, many of the guys burned ’nuff fire (read: Jamaican for "denounced") on these man bags, especially the ones pictured in Celena’s [...]



Speaking of seasons…

Aug 8th, 2007 | By Irie Diva | Category: Male Style

Following the Mohawk, I notice that the day of males shaving out all manner of designs in their head is back. Somebody tell me if I’m late btw…but for me, it could have stayed where it was. Quite expressive it is though, and quite brave for some of y’all. Next, we’ll see the fuzzy Kangols [...]



Seasonal Change

Aug 7th, 2007 | By Irie Diva | Category: Trend Watch

One of the many great things about living in a tropical climate is that we are not confined by seasonal changes and the wardrobe upheavals involved. Our more northern neighbours have spring sandals, summer shorts, fall jackets and winter boots, here in sweet sweet Jamaica…we have lots of summer dresses, mon! (Don’t you just hate [...]



Style Find – Wrap Tops

Aug 1st, 2007 | By Irie Diva | Category: Style Talk

I wear alot of shirt blouses to work because they are comfortable, they give me smooth lines and come in a huge variety of styles and colours to match my mood that day. Its a great way for a bigger person to accentuate the right assets while downplaying other areas. I found a gorgeous [...]