Lost Fashion of O’Connell St
O’Connell Street as Ireland’s greatest thoroughfare has a wealth of hidden fashion history. Saints and sinners, rebels and Queens, rockstars and Dukes have all strolled down its wide boulevard.
The Merchant’s House New York
On a particularly sweltering day in New York last September I found my way to 29 East Fourth Street to the Merchant’s House Museum. I had heard that a visit to this town house would offer a of what it was like to live in New York in the mid to late nineteenth century.
Time Travel on 5th Avenue
Last September before going to NYC I was looking into weird and wonderful tours of the Big Apple and I discovered The Municipal Art Society, this is really a group of New Yorkers who – so I looked up their line-up and found The Vanderbilts of 5th Ave were on their schedule amongst other amazing tours like Downtown Deco or Brooklyn’s Brown Stones.
Dublin’s Fashion History Comes To Life With Blogger Ruth Griffin, Image Magazine
A feature on how I am bringing Dublin’s fashion history back to life!
Summer Tours…
Dust off your golden dancing shoes or Victorian walking boots! I am hosting a series of Lost Fashion History of Dublin Tours this summer.
Rua Ruth Loves
Hello Saturday! Hope you are relaxing somewhere with a cuppa in hand. Here’s this week’s selection of inspiring things to browse, plan and do.
Dublin’s Flower Sellers
Flower sellers on the streets of Dublin have been part of the theatre of the city since Viking times. Fast forward to nineteenth century Dublin when Grafton Street and Henry Street became the shopping destinations of the city. This is when small stallholders began to trade from the footfall of these streets
Rua Ruth Loves…
Pull up a pew, here’s what I am loving this week…
May Day, May Day
It’s May Day and the beginning of my favourite month of the year because its full of flowers and warmer days (hopefully).
My Vintage Eye- Art Deco
Welcome to a new series of blog posts called #MyVintageEye where I will select vintage finds from my favourite stores in Dublin and further afield. First up is The 3rd Policeman, an amazing vintage store which I will be focusing on over the next couple of months.
Rua Ruth Loves…
Hurray! It’s February and whether you like to think that this is the beginning of Spring or not it’s cause for celebration. Here’s some loves to mull over this week!
Rua Ruth Loves…
A new delivery of Ruaruth Loves through the virtual letterbox for you to enjoy this week…
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There’s lots to love about 2015. Here are some of my favourite things I collected from around the web this week to get you started…
Fashion on Bridge
Arthur Fields was the Man on Bridge who for 50 years took photos of people walking over O’Connell bridge in Dublin’s city centre capturing the changing times, people and style of everyone who crossed the bridge.
Ghost Signs of Fashion’s Past
I am a curious person and I love walking - put these two things together and you get an unhealthy interest in everything from old buildings to all the weird and wonderful things you discover at street level.
Trois Coleurs: Bleu
Marjorelle blue is a shade of blue loved by the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, it is a deep cobalt blue colour that can be found in his Marrakesh garden- Jardin Marjorelle.
A Tale of Tailoring
Today’s blog is a tale of tailoring in Dublin.
Rua Ruth Loves…
Ever since I learned how to copy and paste links into emails I have created a habit of sending links to friends and family of things they might like from articles, ideas, books, things to note, recipes, events, things we should do and just random whimsical things I come across. With that in mind I…
Lost Fashion Tour
If you are on the tour with me today in Merrion Square, welcome! If you are reading from home you are now on a virtual tour of the Lost Fashion History of Merrion Square.
Lost Fashion on Merrion Square
I’m moving uptown! I am delving into the Lost Fashion History of another part of town. Moving from the rag-trade streets of South William Street to the couture fashion businesses and flamboyant fashion figures of Merrion Square.