Go inside the eclectic and sophisticated wardrobe of designer, stylist and and creative director Alison Conneely.
All products featured on thegloss.ie are selected by our editors. If you buy something through affiliate links on our site we may earn a commission., is a love letter to the pieces we reach for again and again, the hard-earned investment purchases that make us smile with each wear and the items that supercede mere ‘clothing’ to carry memories and foster emotional connection.opens up her wardrobe which is at once avant garde and ultra-practical.
My favourite piece in my wardrobe right now is an ebony lambskin mantle cape from one of my previous collections Makers Myth in 2019, pictured above. To make this garment, I fly to Bologna, take an hour’s cab ride to a village outside the city. There, I handpick the lambskins from an ancient tannery. This mantle is the ultimate in quiet luxury. I tend to dress it down with. It is my absolute go-to for funerals, award ceremonies and everything in between.
The most recent thing I purchased is a vintage Lanvin blood orange, draped silk dress, in Montmartre, Paris. I will more than likely never wear it as I am more inclined towards an androgynous style. However, it was so beautiful, I couldn’t leave the store without it in my arms. The biggest bargain in my wardrobe is my wedding outfit. I had two weeks to plan my wedding, and less to find an outfit, in August, the worst month, as the AW collections had not yet landed in stores. But the gods did shine down upon me. On a sale rail in one of my favourite stores, I found a black net dress with an interesting, distorted form, a leather slingback with a perspex heel, pictured above, and a mother of pearl headband, all by Simone Rocha.
My most hard-working accessory? My light-tint Balenciaga sunglasses – perfect for cloudy Connemara skies.my collaboration with the United Nation’s Population Fund which was conceived in 2019, in the uplifting aftermath of the Repeal Referendum in Ireland and birthed in the devastating wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the toppling of reproductive rights in the US.
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