On Wednesday night, I attended the annual NUIG Commerce Ball. It’s an extremely popular & sell-out Ball in the university I go to & this year it was bigger & better than ever. It was a busy few days leading up to the event as I was on the committee which organised the whole thing, but it was pretty clear that all the hard work paid off as it was an amazing amazing success. So here are a few pictures from the night…

My dress is from a favourite shop of mine… Mon Amie. If you read my blog regularly, you definitely have seen me mention this store before..you may have seen my post about the embellished collar I bought there not so long ago. Both owners are beyond lovely & I honestly don’t know what us girls in Kerry would do without this fabulous shop. A few months back, one of the owners, Josie, sent me a message saying she had just sourced the most amazing metallic gold vintage dress & that she’d send me a picture as she knew straight away that I’d love it…..& of course, she was right ! I absolutely adored it !! At the time, I knew that the Commerce Ball would be coming up in January, so at least that gave me an excuse (as if I needed one) to buy it. 

The leather cape is actually a DIY item -Josie cut and shaped the leather & then I studded it the night before the ball. I was over the moon at how the whole thing turned out & I can’t wait to get another chance to wear it. If you guys have any balls coming up, be sure to get in contact with the girls at Mon Amie & they might just be able to source your perfect dress :)

I think I briefly mentioned too that the Rizzle Kicks were performing on the night…so frikin cool ! It was one of their birthdays so all the committee members got to go to their room before their performance & present  Jordan with a specially designed birthday cake. They are actually such down-to-earth guys and it was beyond cool meeting them :)

I also had to choose the best dressed guy on the night (extremely tough job, I know !) & it proved to be a very interesting task, indeed. Of course, every guy was wearing the usual suit, shirt, tie, etc. so at the beginning of the night I figured I had my work cut out for me. But then along came, Mark Monahan, with his top hat & cane & it was pretty clear from the get-go that effort had been made & it was about to be rewarded. When I asked about his impressive style on the night he told me that most of what he was wearing was either borrowed or vintage ! The thing about fashion, I think, is that sometimes you really do have to think outside the box to get noticed & Mark, without a doubt, proved that this is oh so true.