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Erika Fox is one of Ireland’s leading Fashion Bloggers of the moment.

Not only has she worked with the well-known Irish label, ‘NATALIEBCOLEMAN’ but she has even spent a summer in New York working with a Fashion Stylist from The New York Times. And if that wasn’t enough, Erika has even worked with Whitney Port (yes, Whitney from The Hills and The City!) during New York Fashion Week.

So, it’s no surprise that Erika has set up a place to blog about her ultimate style tips and fashion inspirations on Retro Flame.

Erika has also been featured in various national and international magazines, including Teen Vogue, SEVENTEEN, W Magazine, The Sunday Times STYLE Magazine, Stellar, IMAGE and H&M Life.

SHEmazing! caught up with Erika, who let us in on her own fashion must-haves:

What item do you think every girl should have in her closet?
A fitted black dress.

What’s the most expensive item of clothing you’ve bought?
My debs dress.

What’s your best bargain?
Marc Jacobs heels found in a thrift store in NYC for $15.

What would you say is your favourite accessory?
I just love fedora hats & my Nixon gold watch.

If you could only shop in one store for the rest of your life, which would it be?
Zara -I just love how on-trend & affordable it is.

Don’t forget to check out Retro Flame and follow Erika on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

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So you’ve got your ticket and you’ve got your tent for EP – now all you need is your outfit. Festival fashion can be tricky because you have to cater for all kinds of weather, which is hard to do while looking effortlessly chic at the same time. If you’re stuck for what to wear, then read on for our head to toe tips on rocking it at EP.

Head
You need a hat. End of. If it’s sunny it’ll save your skin from the sun, and if it’s raining it’ll save your hair from the frizz. What kind of a hat? Well, that’s up to you! We would recommend some kind of straw, cowgirl hat. Or if you’re a bit of a raver you could go for a funky peak cap. Wool hats are all well and good, but when it rains, they get soggy. And that is NOT nice.

Upper body
Layers, people! Layers! You need to be able to strip down easily when the sun comes out for those ten minutes, and then layer it back up when the rain comes. Try a string top, under a funky off the shoulder t-shirt, under a loose fitting cardigan or zip up hoody, under a raincoat. You get the drift.

Bottom Half
What you don’t want is a pair of jeans that are going to drag on the ground and get all wet. Go for skinny jeans if you don’t want to show any leg, or a pair of shorts. If you wear shorts, it’s not a bad idea to wear tights underneath for two reasons: 1) for the warmth 2) because fake tan runs in the rain.

Footwear
Wellies are a girl’s best friend at any Irish festival. By all means bring a pair of comfy plimsolls in your bag, but you’ll be in your wellies for most of the weekend. Even when it’s not raining the ground will probably still be mucky, and you don’t want to be worrying about things like that when you favourite act hits the stage!

Little extras
When deciding on what bag to bring, one thing is vital: make sure it has a zip. Losing your phone or money will put a real dampner on your weekend. You’re going to need something that’s you don’t need to hold onto all the time, so a bag pack or a satchel that goes across your chest. The more colourful, the better.

As for hair, plaits are the go-to style for festivals. But if you can’t do those fancy plaits you see on Pinterest, don’t worry. A cool, flower head band will create the same hippy chic look that the plaits do. And bring plenty of bobbins – you know how those things can go missing.

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We’ve just fallen that little bit more in love with Jessica Alba!

The actress was at a Comic Con signing in Las Vegas yesterday for Sin City: A Dame To Kill For with her co-stars Josh Brolin and Rosario Dawson.

The actress clearly had a busy day as she posted a snap to her Instagram from her hotel with the caption “pooped”.

But just look at that outfit…And those shoes!

 

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There have been so many days where we’ve been standing in front of our wardrobes wishing, that there was an exact science to putting together the perfect outfit. Getting dressed in the morning would be so much simpler, would it not?

Well, a new study asked 239 subjects to rate how fashionable men and women were from drawings, and then they used the results to devise a chart which could predict judgements across four different colour palates.

The results were very disappointing: “Maximum fashionableness is attained when outfits are neither too coordinated nor too different.”

Could they be any more vague?! They continued:

“…selecting a colour combination that is neither completely uniform, nor completely different. Certainly, moderate matching is not the only key to fashion, which varies across time and culture and depends upon many factors including cut, design, and trendiness.”

So what they’re saying is you need a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

The only advice we can take from this is that those matching skirt and jacket suits are OUT.

Back to the drawing board, ladies.

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There are always some people we encounter at festivals. And here they are: 

1. The Underage Ones

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These are always very easy to spot…

2. The Middle-Aged Ones

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Spot these bad boys in their faded Metallica tour t-shirts from 2007, rocking out with their significant other half, loving life and hating the masses of children that surround them. They’re here purely for the music. 

3. The Uber-Cool Parents

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These cool rents probably live in a loft converted apartment by the cool canal district, with their one year old “Finn.” Finn is probably dressed in a striped babygro and a quirky hat, to match his parent’s quirky style. They’ve brought Finn along, so that when he’s 5, they can tell him he has already witnessed Haim live. It’ll really add to his street cred.

4. The Very Drunk Ones

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Yes, pretty much everyone could be considered drunk at a  festival, because pretty much everyone drinks at a day festival. However, there is a delicate balance between drunk and very drunk. Drunk is dancing, laughing, having fun. Very drunk is sneaky naggins, vomming your ring up near the main stage and spending four hours in the medical tent. That and ruining everyone’s day.

5. The High Ones

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Find the high ones in the quirkiest corner of the festival. They’ll be hanging out in the techno meets house meets “you’re not hipster enough to be here” corner. 

6. The Couple

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There are two types of couples at a day festival. The ones who attend because they both love the line up and the ones who attend because their other half loves the line up. 

7. The Fashionista

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Every girl at a festival thinks that she’s going to stand out. But then we all end up looking the same…damn. 

8. The Boys On Tour

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The lads are here to have the time of their wee lives. They’ve kitted themselves out in River Island’s spring/summer collection. They’ve had a six pack in the house before they even left and now they’re kick-starting on the pints inside. 

9. The Next Spielberg

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These are the ones who, instead of watching the gig like a normal person, insist on holding their phones a meter above everyone’s head to record a fabulously shaky, screechy video that’s unlikely to make it any further than their hard drive. The point of it all is to seemingly prove to everyone that they were in fact, there. Promise.

10. The Attention Seeker

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There’s usually a scattering of these about the place. They’ll be dressed in either a onesie, swimming gear, a mask, a hat bigger than the average car, a morph suit, a variety of neon shades or just fancy dress in general. 

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Wow, how amazing did Glee’s Naya Rivera look at her wedding in Mexico?

The bride went for a stunning lace gown with long sleeves. Her hair was worn long and with a beautiful headpiece.

It looks as if the bride also went for a veil, we have a feeling this was one seriously romantic wedding! 

We wonder if any of her Glee castmates attended?! 

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We’ve seen Kim Kardashian rocking a lot of different looks – but gothic was not one we pictured!

However, the reality TV star showed off her new image in an Instagram photo recently, and can be seen sporting dark purple hair, dark lippie and a nose ring.

While it isn’t clear whether the hair colour is just a filter used, we have to say we really like this new look on Kimmie!

What do you think, should she keep it or ditch it? 

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German jewellery label THOMAS SABO is a luxury favourite among Irish fashionistas, for their unique designs and timeless elegance. The brand have just announced Love/Hate actress Aoibhinn McGinnity as their Irish brand ambassador, and Ciara O'Doherty popped along to the Autumn/Winter Collection launch in the Marker Hotel to chat to the woman herself about the brand, and what her favourite pieces were.

Aqua Quartz Eternity of Love Ring  €379 Rose Quartz Lotos Flower  €149

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It looks as if Selena Gomez has had enough of being the good girl of the pop world!

The stunning singer, who is going through drama with on-off boyfriend Justin Bieber at the moment, was spotted out and about looking a little different from usual.

Selena has gotten the whole world talking about these photos that feature the beauty going, er, braless!

Hey, we’ve all been there – can’t a girl wear no bra in peace anymore?! Burn it, Selena!

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Vanessa Hudgens has done the unthinkable and cut off all of her long mermaid hair!

The actress posted a before and after of the chop, writing: “Goodbye mermaid” before showing off her new look, saying: “And then this happened … always make me happy … meet my summer alter ego miss daisy.”

Her new bob has that same ombré bob Vanessa loves, and we have to say we think it is very cute!

What do you think of Vanessa’s new look?

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River Island has to be one of our favourite highstreet stores here in SHEmazing HQ, so when they invited us into their showroom to get a sneak peek of their new Autumn Winter collection before it hits the stores, well we jumped at the opportunity! Ciara O’Doherty popped into their showroom recently, and saw everything from basic leather pieces, gorgeous full coats, and even some fabulous statement flats. Check out the video above to see her top picks for Autumn Winter, and let us know in the comments below which are your favourites!

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Chanel are the latest fashion house to suffer an embarrassing dose of the photoshop fail.

Many people commented on the obvious photoshop of the model’s neck, which looks strangely longer than it probably should.

The bad photoshop job was first noticed by followers of the Chanel Facebook page who commented that the model’s neck took away from the amazing watches on display.

Do you think fashion houses go too far with unrealistic photoshopping, like this one?

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