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For a magpie, anything shiny and silver catches their eye but for us it is anything that is unique, colourful and beautiful. Having discovered this brand by Aya Tabari a few months back, Mochi is the name on many people’s lips (and hips) in Dubai. Featuring unique embroidery designs with strong colours and stitching, it is a collection featuring separates, bags and even pieces for your home.

Taking shapes and styles that are on trend and contemporary, they are transformed into exquisite pieces of craftmanship, hand made by artisans. Always prefering something unique and bespoke, each piece from Mochi is individual …

Dublin’s newest hotel hotspot, The Marker, was host to the Peter Mark VIP Style Awards on Friday night. Ireland’s glitterati was out on the red carpet for the awards ceremony of style with titles including Most Stylish Woman, Most Stylish Man, Most Stylish Newcomer & Look of the Year up for grabs.
The awards went to Love/Hate star Susan Loughnane, who walked away with  ”Most Stylish Newcomer”, TV presenter Darren Kennedy took the title of “Most Stylish Man”, former Miss World Rosanna Davison won “Look of the Year: and TV Presenter Kathryn Thomas scooped the most coveted title of “Most Stylish Woman”.
 In true …

If you follow Classic with Colour, most certainly you will be familiar with Úna Burke. An Irish designer who masters art and fashion with creative leather work, her designs embody a futuristic fashion creating statement pieces for those who are willing to go out on a sartorial limb.
Being the focal point of SHOWcabinet: Prosthetics, the latest exhibition and fashion film directed by Nick Knight, many of Úna Burke’s pieces take the form of physical limbs with countless pieces of leather structured and joined together to replicate conjoined arms, neck and torsos. Contrasting the idea of empowerment using a strong material and emphasising …

They days of wearing blazers outdoors are very numbered in Dubai with temperatures hovering around the mid-30′s after a week of red sand filled skies. A longtime fan of silver, finding the ideal shoe style in this colour has been quite the challenge, the internet has been trawled, Dubai Mall paced and finally these beauties popped in everyone’s favourite Spanish retailer Zara during the week. Paired with a mix of texture and colour,a true Classic with Colour outfit, I may have found my new perfect heel height (for daytime, of course!).

Images courtesy of Classic with Colour
 

First port of call -Ladurée!

Tonal fabric display at Parc d’Expsoition

Clever concealling of computer labs, Library look wall paper.

Delicate waist detail on dress.

Eiffel Tower at night – with the not so sharp iPhone camera!
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With very little activity over recent months on our Dubai/Dublin based fashion blog, Classic with Colour, for various reasons (and well justified ones too!) we have made a few small changes to how we look and what we will share!
The foundation of the site, the reason we set it up, our passion, will still be young educated, talented, hungry and ambitious designers in Dubai and Dublin and anyone we pick up along the way.
Living in two different cities, on two different adventures, you will see us share things from fashion and lifestyle events with some of Rachel’s favourite brands in …

Dubai has many positive aspects to living here. The novelty of a blue sky morning still hasn’t worn off after 3 years, an incredible group of friends, endless retail opportunities to indebt myself with, set amongst an emerging city filled with Middle Eastern culture and values mixed with many Western amenities and norms.
The Fashion Network, founded by Dora Peric, helps young emerging brands in the city flourish and reach their fashionable potential around the region. Having recently held a media event at The Westin showcasing some of the stunning AW’12 and SS’13 ranges from a host of Dubai based designers …