YOUNG Limerick women are now rocking to a vintage look made popular by Irish singing star, Imelda May.
The sassy rockabilly revivalist has not only brought the hip-swivelling sounds of the 1950s back in fashion with her new album ‘Tribal’, but she’s also helped make women’s fashions from the era of rock’n’roll hip again.
With her signature quiff, blonde kiss curl and long ponytail, Imelda has singlehandedly revived the fifties look by dressing in vintage floral, polka and leopardskin dresses with a retro twist.
The Edge clothes shop on Limerick’s Cornmarket Row, has been selling vintage clothing to the city’s sharp-dressed men and women in the Milk Market since 1984. And, according to proprietor John Coughlan, Imelda May’s fifties look is currently very popular with young Limerick women in their twenties.
In fact, the Dublin-born singer even visited the shop on two occasions and she is a big fan of London label Collectif, whose clothes are big favourites with Limerick ladies at The Edge.
“When Imelda played the Milk Market in summer 2012, she dropped into the shop with her sister after the soundcheck and she bought a Gingham dress and a seventies top. When she returned to Limerick for a second show that December, she dropped into us again to have a look,” Mr Coughlan told the Limerick Post.
“She’s a lovely person and she’s a great ambassador for vintage clothes. She was well impressed by our selection when she visited,” said John.
The Edge caters for a broad range of fashion conscious people on the lookout for the most up-to-date and funky outfits with labels such as Pop Soda, Hell Bunny, Criminal Damage and Collectif. Over the years, the Limerick clothes shop has also been frequented by other cool cats such as The Coronas, Sharon Shannon, Mary Coughlan, Chic’s Nile Rodgers and the wife of aptly-named U2 guitarist, The Edge.
And while the city’s vintage clothing store predicts the1960s to be back in vogue for young Limerick women this summer, for men ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ look is supposedly back in fashion with wacky, yet irresistibly colourful tracksuit tops all the trend.
