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RTÉ News
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
'Queen of Thrift' Bay Garnett once styled Kate Moss in a £1 top
Stylist Bay Garnett, whose mum hails from Tyrone, has spent over two decades proving that second-hand doesn't mean second best. From putting Kate Moss in a charity shop banana print top on the cover of Vogue, to influencing the rise of vintage as high fashion, Garnett has built a career on a following your fashion instincts and a deep belief in what she calls "thrifting karma." Having styled the likes of Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Chloë Sevigny in second-hand gems; Garnett recently hosted the Style to Sell Studio at Westfield Good Festival in London on May 17, advising shoppers on how best to make a sale from unwanted garments. So, she breaks down her top tips for buying and re-selling pre-loved clothes to get the best look, sustainably and affordably. 1. Remember: some pieces are priceless Garnett's most iconic find was just £1 and has ended up becoming a piece of fashion history. "I put Kate [Moss] in a banana print top that I really, really loved, that I got from Cancer Research," she says. "Phoebe Philo [then creative director of designer Chloé] called me and said, 'Can I borrow that top?' Then she used it on the Chloé runway, and it's gone on to be quite famous." Years later, Vogue interviewed her about the shoot – and the now iconic top. "The Chloé version is now a collector's item – [the likes of] Lily Allen collect them," says Garnett. "I've got the original upstairs still – I talk to it like it's my dog, 'you've done very well, haven't you'," she laughs. 2. "Go with a sense of purpose of what you're looking for" Garnett's cardinal rule for vintage treasure hunting is to have something in mind to give you guidance when shopping. "I do genuinely believe in thrifting karma," she says. "It's really important to go with a sense of direction, and when you have a sense of direction, you have a sense of purpose […] then I believe that you will find something that you love." She shares a story of when her daughter wanted a T-shirt from Urban Outfitters with the words 'San Diego' sprawled over the front. During a trip to New York, "I said, I'm going find you a T-shirt like that San Diego one," Garnett recalls telling her daughter. "So in my head, I was like, San Diego, San Diego T-shirt in a thrift store […] it kind of just appeared out of nowhere and I was like – that's insane." Whether you're seeking a Seventies jacket or a Zara skirt that's now out of stock, she insists: "You can't expect a charity shop to do all the work for you." 3. Check the labels, quality – and the men's rail When it comes to spotting true gems, Garnett is specific. "I personally look for a Seventies label. I look for faded denim that's proper vintage." Checking the labels of clothes to understand the garment's make-up and going in with a list of popular brands from certain decades will help you find good quality clothing that meet your requirements. "I also advise people to go to the men's rail, because you can find amazing men's shirts that can be a bit like The Row," she says. 4. How to resell: Photograph, measure and add a note Garnett doesn't just buy second-hand but sells it too, and has clear advice for making your pieces shine online. "The way that you photograph it is really important […] and what's really important, I think, is listing the measurements," she says. "I want to know if the shoulders are going to actually fit my shoulders." If you're a frequent seller – Garnett says to go the extra mile so you stick in the buyer's mind. She recalls receiving a note when she purchased a jacket from a seller in the US: "It said 'Dear Bay, I have travelled halfway around the world just to be with you.' "If you're a regular seller, I think adding a personal touch is a really nice way to do business." 5. Celebrities and second-hand: "They like it more" You may think celebrities needed persuading to wear charity shop pieces for photo shoots: "Actually, the opposite has happened," says Garnett. "Whenever I put vintage on a celebrity or a model, they go, 'I love this'." She recalls dressing Carey Mulligan in a Seventies puffy-shouldered shirt she'd plucked from her own wardrobe. "She was like, 'I love it,' and it was interesting to me, because she loved something […] that had been worn for years. "It just has a different energy." 6. The red flag when buying new While second-hand shopping is undeniably sustainable – it can get confusing when buying new. "As soon as a new brand says on their Instagram profile, 'sustainable', that immediately makes me [sceptical] – you can't just use that word," she says. Instead, she champions transparency and action over language. "Nothing's absolutely sustainable if it exists, if it's being produced." 'Greenwashing' is part of a wider issue when it comes to the environmental impact of fashion. Garnett believes real change must come from the top. "Things need to change in a really kind of radical way […] we need blanket legislation." 7. Second-hand style icons When it comes to wardrobes she'd love to raid, "The Italian film actress Anita Pallenberg or Chloë Sevigny," Garnett says, "I think they're two people with an absolutely original take on style, and I find their wardrobes very interesting and eclectic, but also probably singularly stylish. But if she could delve well into the style archives, "Marie Antoinette's would be a lot of fun!" Garnett's approach to fashion as a whole is refreshing in a world of micro-trends. "If I see something new that I really love – then I'll buy it," she admits, "but if I'm going to buy something new, I'm going to sling it on every day." Still, for Garnett – and for the rest of us slowly learning to treasure rather than consume – second-hand is more a lifestyle than just a shopping habit: "you have to have a sense of energy when you go thrifting to find something," she says, "and that's part of the fun."
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Yahoo
Church of Jesus Christ begins 10-day public open house for Antofagasta Chile Temple
The public is now welcome to tour the Antofagasta Chile Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The open house begins Wednesday but it kicked off with a news conference on Monday, when the church released the first publicly available images from inside the temple. Elder Craig C. Christensen of the South America South Area Presidency led tours for the media Monday with Elder Joaquín E. Costa, Elder Alan R. Walker and Elder Eduardo Gavarret, who are General Authority Seventies. The public can visit the temple May 14-24, except on Sunday, May 18. Elder Christensen, who also represented the church's Temple Department, served a mission in Chile 48 years ago, when 30,000 Latter-day Saints lived in the country. Today, there are 600,000 church members. 'Temples are the house of the Lord, sacred places where we learn about God's plan, perform ordinances for ourselves and our ancestors, and feel a deep reverence,' Elder Christensen said. 'This temple represents the sacrifice of millions of members worldwide, and we are happy to share it with the community during this open house.' President Russell M. Nelson announced the Antofagasta Chile Temple in April 2019. 'We regard a temple as the most sacred structure in the church,' he said. 'As we announce plans to construct a new temple, it becomes part of our sacred history.' Construction began in November 2020. The Antofagasta temple will be Chile's third temple, joining temples in Concepción and Santiago. Other temples announced or in planning and construction phases in Chile are Santiago West, Puerto Montt and Viña del Mar. Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the temple on Sunday, June 15, 2025.
Daily Mirror
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Josie Gibson says 'I'll never diet again' after major health scare
This Morning's Josie Gibson joked she once ate 'a week's worth of food' on the way home from a diet meeting Josie Gibson says she has tried 'extreme' diets in the past but has vowed not to mess with her body anymore after a 'health scare'. The This Morning host has been tucking into unusual foods for her new TV series The 1970s Diet for Channel 5. But asked about her own dieting past, she said: 'I've been on the Cambridge Diet, and I ate about a week's worth of food on the way home from the meeting. Some people love it, but I just can't get on with it. I've done everything, I've taken diet tablets back in the day. I have done some extreme things, but I can't mess around with my body anymore. I cannot mess around with my metabolism, so I am where I am.' Speaking to Closer magazine, Josie also spoke about changing her lifestyle habits which she hopes is making her a better mum to son Reggie, six. She was told she might have gout after tucking into plates of food for her new Seventies series. 'I thought only kings like Henry VIII got gout. I was like, I'm a 40-year-old woman, this is really embarrassing,' she added. In February, she also told This Morning viewers she had to take some time off after damaging her foot on holiday. A vanity unit came down on her foot leaving her on crutches. So In the last few months she has cut back on work and tried to look after herself a bit more. She explained: 'I got a bit of a health scare while filming this show, so it knocked me into submission a bit, I had to do something about myself. I've learnt more about my sleep as well, I had to track how many hours of sleep I was getting. 'I was living on four, five… six hours at a push but now I make sure I get eight or nine hours, and I feel like a totally different human being. I'm a better mum, I'm better at my job, I remember things a lot more. I try to walk a lot more than I did now, because I was so tired all the time I'd take the car everywhere. 'I've got more patience. Before I took on this experiment I spent too much time on my phone, being at home and cooking a home cooked meal was a complete luxury, I run around the country, I'm so busy trying to work everything out. Trying to be a mum, be on the road being a TV presenter, it was a lot. But now I'm getting better sleep, and I've said no to a lot of work for my own health benefits. I'm spending more time at home and I'm prioritising my son and my health. When I turned 40, I always said that was what I was going to do.' Asked if it had made her a better mum, she added: 'Yeah, I reckon so because my patience and understanding are a lot better. I'm a better human being.' Josie won Big Brother in 2010 and since 2019, she has been a regular segment presenter and announcer for ITV's This Morning, as well as a relief co-presenter from 2021.
Telegraph
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Hatinators and the new rules of Ascot dressing
How to dress for the famous horse racing meet in June has always been a fascinating blend of tradition with a dash of modernity. As Ascot racecourse releases its official lookbook overseen by creative director of the festival, British designer Daniel Fletcher, we assess the changing style and social mores in the enclosures. The Gentlemen by Stephen Doig When King Charles casts his eye over the crowds at Ascot 2025, set to take place from 17-21 June, he may well alight on some looks that are something of a departure at the rigidly decorous occasion. A flash of mannish bare leg, for example – hitherto an absolute 'no no' at Ascot, but granted within the Windsor enclosure. Actually, there's no dress code for the Windsor enclosure, but 'smart daywear' is the order of the day. Dare you bare in shorts? You certainly have permission, because they feature in the official lookbook that has debuted today, curated by British designer Daniel Fletcher, who balances his work with Chinese brand Mithidrate alongside acting as creative director to Ascot. The guide lends some suggestions for ensembles to wear within the various enclosures, as well as some general stylistic themes, from 'Best of British' to 'Prints & Patterns'. While you might not agree that revealing some acreage of calf isn't quite the done thing at Ascot, there are plenty of outfits that will happily stand up to anything the King – a regular attendee – might wear, according to the dress codes of the various enclosures. Let's start with the most lofty and prestigious; the Royal Enclosure. There are handsome morning suits, with Pall Mall formalwear outfitter Favourbrook acting as the official outfitter RP. There are subtle sartorial mores associated with morning suits and the fine details of how to wear them – more on that to come later – but patrician eyebrows were raised in 2021 when navy was granted as a colour for morning attire. That was deemed controversial as it's a shade associated with citified, corporate attire; the old guard presumably deeming it a tad arriviste. King Charles, as it happens, tends to wear a grey Anderson & Sheppard morning suit with lilac and pink accessories, if you're looking for a point of reference. There are also suggestions for the less formal set-ups within Ascot; colourful suiting features by way of a handsome sage-green suit, and elsewhere suits are worn with sweaters and a little foulard, if you're feeling rather outré. There's also a nod to sensual Seventies style in silk shirting, as well as the more classic varieties of single-breasted suits worn with pinstriped shirts and club ties, for a hint of Gordon Gekko. Perhaps a more soft-focus and English take on suiting is the cream chalk-striped suit worn with pastel shirting, bi-coloured loafers and a jaunty straw panama hat. It's just the thing to see you through the 'season' – as it was ceremoniously called during the Edwardian era – from Henley to Glyndebourne and various garden parties, and has just a touch of Sebastian Flyte about it. Which is no bad thing. The Ladies by Jessica Burrell Ever since men were required to wear top hats in the Royal Enclosure in the late 18th century, headpieces have been a focal point of the Royal Ascot dress code. For women, regulations require a minimum base diameter of four inches, along with a dress or skirt falling 'just above the knee' – or, as of 2017, a jumpsuit. But this year, fashion-forward racegoers might trade their traditional hats for 'hatinators', which are mentioned in the official dress code. As the name implies, these combine the features of a hat and a fascinator, with a larger structure worn on a headband or hair clip rather than directly on the head. They are also a frequent feature in this year's Royal Ascot lookbook, which was launched today. Introduced last year as an inspirational guide for attendees, the lookbook is styled by British designer Daniel Fletcher, whose namesake brand is popular with young tastemakers including Alexa Chung and Robert Pattinson. Among this year's suggested looks for women are a striped and floral Vivienne Westwood suit styled with a large blush-pink hatinator by Merve Bayindir, which resembles a rose. It's an elegant look from a 'Best of British' section in the lookbook, which also stars pretty pink pastels including a top and skirt by Suzannah London paired with a bow-adorned hat by Lock & Co. Another hatinator highlight comes courtesy of Filipa Cardoso's sheer pastel-blue face-framer, which looks fresh paired with a shirt and skirt from Rotate Birger Christensen. Clearly, separates are going to be the order of the day in the Royal Enclosure this year. Classic hat styles stray towards the rather more outré, including a towering oversized yellow pillbox style and something resembling a lampshade from Harvy Santos, as well as a fully feathered peach basket style from Rachel Trevor Morgan. The latter is worn with a vintage Prada dress sourced from Sign of the Times, a luxury resale store in London and online, so perhaps Fletcher is appealing to younger racegoers. In any case, one must commend his suggestion of bringing pre-loved fashion into your occasionwear wardrobe. For those looking to play things a little safer, on-trend polka dots look set to be a winner. This classic look dominates the 'Prints & Patterns' section of Fletcher's look book and recalls Julia Roberts' race day look in Pretty Woman, which was also channelled by the Princess of Wales in black and white Alessandra Rich polka dots for Ascot in 2022.
The Guardian
20-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘I could have sworn they were flying': California skateboarders
A new exhibition commemorates skate photographer Hugh Holland, who died on 1 February at the age of 82. Holland first began photographing skateboarders in southern California in 1975, capturing the burgeoning early scene its most vibrant, radical, free and rebellious. His two main bodies of work Angels: Street, Skate, Seventies and Locals Only will be on display. The exhibition will run at Crane Kalman Brighton and online until 11 April Hugh Holland: 'One afternoon in the summer of 1975, I was in my car, driving up Laurel Canyon toward Mulholland, when I noticed a group of kids skating in a drainage bowl. They called it the 'mini bowl'. It was small with very steep sides, and they were going up and down those banks. Out of the corner of my eye, while driving, I could have sworn that they were actually flying. The bowl was mostly below street level, so I just saw skaters bobbing up and then sinking back down out of sight' 'I parked the car on a side road and walked down to the bowl with my camera. That was the first time I saw vertical skating. As soon as the skaters saw the camera they perked up. I was immediately welcome. In those days there were far fewer cameras around so that was my 'in'' Though not a boarder himself, Holland had an ability to capture the raw energy, sun-drenched streets and effortless grace of the young skaters who defined a movement – preserving a fleeting moment before the sport exploded into mainstream culture The series of images compiled in Holland's book Locals Only is testament to his skill as a photographic artist. Shot with a special colour film and often taken during late afternoon, the images are bathed by the soft illumination of the low-lying sun, transforming the snapshot images into carefully composed film stills Holland: 'I used recycled 35mm movie film. This was Hollywood after all. It was low cost, but I came to appreciate the way it looked. I did it to save money and it was convenient since the lab was near my house, but I think it looks nice and 'retro'. It gets grainy when you push it, and I did a lot of push processing for late in the day and for the action. The film had a warm, soft quality to it – not out of focus, not blurred, but soft. It was kind of perfect for the times' From capturing the everyday social interactions of groups of skateboarding kids from Kenter Canyon and Brentwood, to the notorious Z-Boys and now famous names of the sport, such as Jay Adams and Stacy Peralta, Holland's fervent enthusiasm for the energy of the scene quickly certified his acceptance within the community Holland: 'I love the images more and more as time goes by. The work I did during that brief time now looks to me like something amazing. A huge pile of beautiful images. Little did I know that what I was doing then, just because it was fun, would be such an attraction. I was in the right place at the right time' Holland: 'I started loving wide-angle lenses. Not only for the closeups but also for the wide shots. It makes for lots of drama … with limbs flying out and boards flying everywhere' Holland: 'When I look at the pictures, I can tell which ones are from 1975, 76 and 77 just by the way they're dressed, the surroundings and what kind of skating they're doing. There was a big shift in three years and the sport became commercial really fast. When I started recording them, there were a lot who were barefoot and without helmets, but by the end of 1977 that was rare and most were all trussed up in gear' Holland captured this shift at its core. His photographs immortalised a generation that rejected the mainstream and, in doing so, redefined it. The effortless style of these young outsiders – cut-off shorts, Vans sneakers, sun-bleached hair – became the blueprint for a movement that shaped fashion, music and street culture for decades to come Following exhibitions in LA and New York, the work premiered in the UK at the Crane Kalman Brighton Gallery in 2007. 'The response was phenomenal,' remembers gallery owner Richard Kalman. 'We opened the show on national Go Skateboarding Day and had people queuing around the block to get in. The appeal was huge from current skater kids to dads from that era coming along to show their kids what they used to look like. Nostalgia played its part, but there was an attitude, a rebelliousness to the kids in the images which transcended both the sport and the era' Richard Kalman: 'Hugh came over from the US for the opening of the exhibition, so I was lucky enough to spend a few days with him. He had never heard of Brighton before but quickly felt very at home with the laid-back nature of the city. He was thrilled by the reaction to his work. He was also incredibly warm and funny and generous with his time. His photographs will live on as a once-in-a-lifetime record of a groundbreaking era of youthful rebellion'
