I will often replace buttons that I don’t like with ones I buy in Trimmings on Capel Street it’s a way of personalising things. The shirt is by Moschino which I got at Oxfam on St Gt Georges Street for €4. I then dyed it myself with Dylon and the embroidery came out in green and red. I am wearing an embroidered waistcoat by Strength of London that was originally navy – and I don’t wear navy as I prefer black – which I bought at the Irish Cancer Society in Rathmines for €5. I also buy things for other people if I see things they might like. I don’t look at the high street – because by going to charity shops you are giving to charity and that is important for me. “I played in bands for years and always love finding stuff that others didn’t have.
His nose for finds includes a stylish black jacket with silk lining bought for €10 and he paid another €10 to have it tailored "and I often do that", he says. He has a popular Instagram account – – about charity shops and bargain finds and covers the area from Dorset Street, to Capel Street, Georges Street, Camden Street and Rathmines, over 20 shops. Steve Reddy, DJ, plays in House in Leeson Street every Saturday, mostly electronic music and also books bands for the Castlepalooza Irish music festival in Tullamore.
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Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times Steve Reddy in his embroidered waistcoat. I wore it twice last year to the VIP Awards and to my sister's 21st." I look at what I wore in 2011 and I cringe, but this never dates and it is so cool. I love the colours and that it fits all sizes because me and my mum and sister are all different shapes and it is kind of timeless.
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I wore it to London Fashion Week in 2015 when Mum was showing at the exhibition of Irish fashion called Unfold and I also wore it to the movie premiere of Brooklyn and Kerry Fashion Week. It has been worn by Saoirse Ronan and when my older sister wore it to the Trinity Ball, it came back in ribbons. Mum wore it first and then I stole it from her wardrobe. It is digitally printed in cotton/silk from an artwork piece featuring Fallopian tubes. "Mum – the designer Helen Steele – designed this dress for her first collection, a collaboration with Joanne Hynes in London Fashion Week for autumn/winter 2011. Halle Steele is a third-year schoolgirl at Alexander College.
Halle Steele in a dress designed by her mother, the designer Helen Steele. We asked six people of varying ages, men and women, to tell us their stories of clothes that mean something special to them. Next week is Fashion Revolution Week, the global movement with teams in over 100 countries campaigning for greater transparency in fashion and calling on brands to answer the question, Who made my clothes? This year’s campaign #lovestory calls on people to fall in love again with an item of clothing in their wardrobe that has emotional value for whatever reason instead of buying something new.
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