Spin 103.8

Spin 103.8 are our media sponsors again this year. On Thursday 24th March DIT Aungier Street saw Spin 103.8 come by for a live broadcast, from 9.45 t0 12.45 Nikki Hayes played music and reminded everyone of DIT Fashion Show sponsored by Alfa Romeo. Listen out on all shows as they are offering free sets of tickets as a competition on their station.

Some of our committee and Nikki Hayes


Our two show directors and the spinis


Nikki Hayes doing her show




Check out the link to their gallery from pictures from the day.

Trip to Italy?! yes please

Last few tickets are available for the DIT Fashion show on Tuesday!

Of course you all know it will be in Vicar Street, Doors open around 7, and there will be fabulous goody bags as well as a fantastic show for all!

If you have not entered our compitition this year, here is the link to the Alfa Romeo Ireland facebook page, all you have to do is LIKE it and enter the comp!

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Not to shabby eh?!

see you all at the show ;)

The Art Team

If you're wondering how our models look after their locks, we're letting you in on our secret!

The Art Team is a Dublin hair salon located on Lemon Lane at the side of Awear and BT2. We are thrilled to be partnered with them again this year.

This past Wednesday was the Student Design Semi final. Hair was done by the Art Team and a huge thanks to them! The hair styles were all so creative and suited towards each designers vision. Check out their creations below..

We cant wait to see what they come up with on the night!

Have you got you Tickets yet?

Student Design Semi Final

Last night in The Morrison Hotel 17 became 8 in our student design semi final fashion show.

The final eight student design pieces will be show on the catwalk Tuesday in the DIT Fashion Show sponsored by Alfa Romeo.

The top 17 designers were from colleges all over the country. We were all seriously impressed with their take on our theme this year, "Romeo & Guiliettea - A Bad Romance".

We had the pleasure of having Make Up Forever and The Art Team involved in this semi final fashion show, they of course did marvellous job!

Now drum roll everyone, the eight designers going onto the final are:
1. Mona Atkinson from NCAD whose outfit was modelled by Rachel Kenny. Mona's design is an attempt to convey the essence of Sid and Nancy's romance and the essence of the punk movement. She used a vibrant shade of cerise pink to represent the bold, unapologetic nature of punk and utilised leather and chunky metal zips to give everything a hard edge.

2. Yvette Byrne from Griffith College whose outfit is modelled by Isabella Castillo. Yvette's design is inspired by the Duchess of Devonshire and made using modern versions of 18th century style fabrics, both Brocade, French hand beaded lace and satin suede. Yvette says, "The look is beautiful to the eye but the beauty of the outfit is a disguise to the restraints for the wearer. The corset-like high waist represents the restraint of fashion at the time, while the many panels describe her complicated dramatic life."

3. Anne Carey from NCAD whose design is based on roses - a classic symbol of love - and modelled by Rachel Keane. The dress is made of red silk fabrics which, according to Anne, reflect the delicate, remarkable nature of love while the hand sewn roses replicate the source and echo the beauty of romance.



4. Aoife Conroy is from NCAD and her outfit is modelled by Vita Shevnyuk. Aoife was inspired by the Lady Gaga music video 'Bad Romance'. She created a dress using power net mesh, crinoline, Cather, binding and shuttlecocks. Aoife wanted a design that mirrored the music video and contrasted the feminine silhouette with sharp, structured details, but had a quirky twist due to the fabrics used.


5. Stephanie Kenny LSAD whose outfit is modelled by Candy Inoma. Stephanie's look took inspiration from the passionate love story of King Henry the 8th and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Stephanie used the physical appearance of Anne Boleyn as a thread throughout the undergarment. Her long black hair, jewelled black eyes and long neck are all elements emphasised within this look. Inspired by the voluminous silhouette of the 16th century, she has created a modern and contemporary look.



6. Umit Kutluk from Grafton Academy whose design is inspired by Oscar Wilde's poem "We are made one with what we touch and see" and modelled by Anna Flynn. Umit says "I have used red beading to evoke the image of connecting blood veins to the heart and the fabric is natural silk chiffon, so this connects with nature which is a string theme in the poem."

7. Jenny Massey is from Grafton Academy whose outfit is modelled by Jennifer Murray. Jenny's dress has a bandage style wrapping with parts of the panels breaking out into wing-like features to represent their freedom. She included volumes of folded fabric to give a hidden feeling and padlocks to keep the bursting hidden realm locked away.


8. Amy McAlinden is from Grafton Academy whose design "For the birds" is modelled by Jessica Pritzel. Her outfit is heavily embellished and the jacket has been embroidered with elastic to create a feathered effect, then hand beaded to achieve the exciting and detailed finish and the dress underneath has also been embellished by hand. "The silhouette of the dress imitates that of a bird, my chosen theme" according to Amy.
Look out for on Facebook for plenty more pictures from this amazing night!

posters, tickets and videos oh my!

Less then 2 weeks to go now to the show and lots of busy work done in preparation! Have you got your tickets yet? Available at all DIT campuses and from tickets.ie. Unless you haven't seen it from the website, Facebook etc. here's the poster for this years show! Featuring the beautiful Aifric Elian Rice.


It gives all the details of this years events but if you want even more information check out our facebook for details of buying tickets and the actual event itself which can all be found from our fan page.

The wonderful blog Style Siren wrote a piece on some of this years Designers which can be found below in our Links Love! Do take a look at what was written. Our Semi Final for the student designers takes place on the 23rd of March in the Morrison Hotel. Its an invite only event on a first come first served basis so if you want to attend just send your name to ditfashionshowblog@gmail.com.

Also two amazing videos were created for us this week, one by a student from DIT and also one by Pritzel Photography. Below are the links to the YouTube pages but here's the actual videos.




Also ticket sales launch in campuses from Monday so make sure to get your ticket early! Next week there'll be more then one blog so definitely something to look forward to! Hope you all have a fashionable weekend!

Links we're loving!
Check out this amazing video of rehearsals from the eyes of photographer Karen Pritzel featuring the photos of our models here.

And here's the link to our own youtube page! Subscribe!

The Style Siren wrote a fabulous piece on our Student Designers featuring some of them here.

Oh Romeo, Romeo.....

So as mentioned our show is on the 29th of March, are you as excited as we are? Countdown is on now, only 2 weeks from Tuesday 14th! So if you want to know a little about our theme read on....

Our theme this year is "Romeo and Giulietta", A Bad Romance. The theme is loosely based around the famous Shakespeare play but more the aftermath of love. Instead of using the traditional Juliet we took inspiration from our main sponsors Alfa Romeo who launched their new model last year as part of their Centenary celebrations, the all-new Alfa Romeo Giulietta which gave us our Giulietta. It is a tribute to one of the brand's most important models, the 1950's Alfa Giulietta which was notable for being the first Alfa Romeo developed specifically for real people, not just the well-heeled. The all-new Giulietta recaptures the spirit of the original not only in terms of its technical sophistication and stunning good looks but also in terms of being a truly affordable car.

So that was how we got our Romeo and Giulietta, the bad romance is to just make it that bit more interesting. Expect a lot of black and red, black roses and looks with a Gothic feel.

Tickets go on sale very soon which can be bought from DIT campuses and Tickets.ie. Tickets are €15 for students and €20 for non-students from all DIT SU Shops. (All proceeds go to the DIT Foundation student scholarship fund). From all our planning this week for events, goodie bags and general delights to make the show and after party amazing you will definitely want to get a ticket for the show!!

Links we're loving this week!
To our very own sponsor Alfa Romeo's site so you can check out their range of cars. Make sure to check out the Giulietta which will be coming to a campus near you!

Check out ticket.ie, will be announcing on facebook when they're available to get!

Photo Call

Another week over, another week closer to the show. We passed the 4 week mark on Tuesday and we're all so excited now and busy with planning to make it the best show ever! So much done this week from measurings to meetings to our amazing photo call!

Tuesday the 1st March marked the launch of our show with a photo call. The sun was shining, the location was beautiful and we had the wonderful Mr. World 2010 Kamal Ibrahim to appear in shots with our four gorgeous models. On the location of Henrietta street we got some great shots on the street and inside in one of the houses. We also had our very own stylish Alfa Giullietta courtesy of Alfa Romeo for the shoot which made for some great shots, and really caught the eyes of all passerbys!

Kamal Ibrahim, Afric Elian Rice and Gemma Fowler

Ray Byrne and Siobhan Bolton

Kamal Ibrahim and Aifric Elian Rice

Gemma Fowler and Ray Byrne

Gemma Fowler, Ray Byrne, Siobhan Bolton and Aifric Elian Rice

Aifric Elian Rice, Kamal Ibrahim, Siobhan Bolton and Gemma Fowler

Photos by Photocall Ireland

Check out our facebook for some of the behind the scenes shots of the photo call. Make sure to check in next week! Lots of exciting news to announce and many more great pictures to show. Hope you're getting as excited as we are :)

Links we're loving!
More pictures you say? Well how about our front cover picture in the Metro!

Our very own model Aifric Elian Rice has a blog too which you can view here :)