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Issue 66 – The LFW Issue
Get your print copy here! The LFW Issue. Featuring: Bora Aksu; Ajoy Sahu interview; Paul Costelloe; Edward Crutchley; Tiger of Sweden; Aadnevik; Atelier Tammam; La Dama Lingerie; Miss Polski UK & Ireland; Des O’Connors Model Search; why we form an emotional attachment to our clothes; retrospective on Alexander McQueen; interview with model coach Maxine Griffiths…
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London Runway Issue 65 – The Red Issue
Get your print copy here! The Red Issue. Featuring interview and editorial with Charis Michelsen; the winners of the Face of London Runway 2021 announced; Chabs; our LRVF live photoshoot editorial; age vs youth in fashion; red colour looks for the new season; how to start dressing for the office again; quirky trends for 2022;…
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London Runway Issue 64: The Originality Issue
Buy your print copy here! The Originality Issue. Featuring: the finalists of the Face of London Runway and what went down at our semi-final round; the rise of virtual celebrities; regaining power through feminine dresses; Graduate Fashion Week; unisex jewellery; arts degrees and whether you should bother with one; interview with up and coming designer Bryony…
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Issue 63 Launch
Buy your print copy here! The Rock and Roll Issue. Featuring: performative activism and why it has to stop; best camping destinations in South-West England; LFW recap; Face of London Runway updates; signs you need model training; Bethany Williams; Qasimi; Auroboros; Chromatics; Fashion Show Live; seven gorgeous editorials; and more!
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Issue 62: The Green Issue
Get your print copy here! The Green Issue. Featuring: how to wear spring colours; finding strength in adversity; 1940s fashion; fashion in F.R.I.E.N.D.S.; interview with influencer Laura Blair; why BTS aren’t going away anytime soon; Parnell Mooney; Christian Cowan; Edward Crutchley; Temperley London; Matty Bovan; Linus Leonardsson; Fashion Scout Made in Armenia; and more!
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Book Club: Mary Beard’s Woman & Power
Each issue, London Runway’s very own Book Club discusses their favourite book of the month. For our fourth recommendation, Cara Balen reviews Mary Beard’s Woman & Power: A Manifesto. Do you feel like you need a little bit of feminist wisdom in your life? Or do you like ancient mythology and would like to find…
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Issue 61: The Bloom Issue
Buy your print copy here! The Bloom Issue. Featuring launch of the Face of London Runway 2021 Competition; Logo Design Challenge finalists; the language of flowers; interviews about mental health, fitness, and the dangers of jaundice in children; all about Karl Lagerfeld; how Bridgerton and Pose are influencing today’s runways; exploring minimalism as a stylist;…
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A Regency Era Revival: How ‘Bridgerton’ is Changing the Future of Fashion by Bringing Back the Past
This issue, Maria Henry explores the sensation that is Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ and how it is influencing the fashion of the future, by digging up the past A couple of months ago, a new trend began to emerge on social media. This trend involved big skirts, ballgowns, costume jewellery, pin-curled hair and dainty shoes. Yes, you…
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Olivia’s Journey
A heartfelt message from Vicky DePiore, the mother of a model with Down Syndrome. She was rushed to another hospital and I couldn’t see her. When I walked through the lobby that night, just after having a C-section, the elderly volunteer at the front desk asked me, “Are you the mother of the Down Syndrome baby?” This…
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Issue 60: The Independence Issue
The Independence Issue. Featuring Silk Road Fashion, Fashion Scout, House of iKons, Apu Jan, London Runway’s favourite archives; logo design challenge, restyling your mum’s vintage pieces, the history of Burberry, natural beauty products recommended, how manufacturing is the key to sustainability, and more.
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Logo Design Challenge: Enter Now!
Keeping up with our tradition of launching regular competitions and giving the chance to talented and ambitious people to shine, we are now putting together a logo competition. Whether you are a graphic designer, a student (over 18), an established artist, or just a creative amateur, we would like to see you designing a new…
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YOUR GUIDE TO VINTAGE SHOPPING IN LONDON
This month, Cicilia suggests some of the coolest stores for vintage shopping in London. Every self-respecting fashion lover has at least one vintage item in their closet. Suppose you are a Londoner, for sure you’ve bumped into some vintage shops or iconic flea markets such as the famous Portobello Market. London is full of exquisite…
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Interview: Ellie Gill
This issue, we speak to actress and model Ellie Gill, the winner of our advent calendar giveaway! Who are you and what do you do? I’m Ellie. I’m originally from Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, and I have a degree in Sociology. I went to the University of Warwick and did four years there. Haven’t used…
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HOW I TRAVEL LIGHT WITH PHOTOSHOOT ESSENTIALS
Chief Editor Rhiannon D’Averc shares her secrets to always getting to every location shoot with just one bag – super useful for moving around the city! I travel around to photoshoot locations a lot, particularly in the summer, as I prefer to work on location. However, this means I have to take everything I need…
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LONDON RUNWAY SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS: THE INTERVIEWS
We chatted with a few of the brands you selected as your winners, to get the scoop on what goes on behind the scenes… IPSEITY What’s the story behind your brand? IPSEITY ip·se·ity | \ ipˈsēətē\ (n.) selfhood – the quality of being oneself. | the essential element of individual identity. IPSEITY is a London-based concept…
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NEW RULES: HOW ALTERNATIVE MUSIC HAS BECOME A FASHION TRENDSETTER DURING LOCKDOWN
This issue, Maria Henry explores the revival of alt music and fashion, the issue with using sub-cultures as aesthetics, and the wonder of women with mullets. One of the most interesting things to come out of the lockdown style-wise was the abandonment of any set fashion rules. Without anywhere to go and anything to do,…
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INTERVIEW: SUSANNA MERRICK OF AURA WEAR
Cheyanne Greig-Andrews interviews Susanna Merrick, intuitive aura reader and founder of a truly unique personal styling business, Aura Wear. Susanna Merrick is a New York Citybased personal stylist with an approach unlike any other. Her company, Aura Wear, combines her energetic gift of reading auras with her love of fashion to help her clients look…
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LONDON RUNWAY SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS: THE RESULTS
This winter, we’ve been collecting your nominations and votes for the best fashion brands and individuals who are making a difference with sustainability right now. The voting was fierce with several nominees fighting it out for the titles, and now we’re able to reveal who the winners were! We held a short, but sweet ceremony…
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Issue 59 – The LFW Issue
Buy your print copy here! The LFW Issue. Featuring: LFW coverage of Bora Aksu, Yuhan Wang, Jenn Lee, IA London, Burberry, Gayeon Lee, Tighe-Mearns-Smith, Mark Fast, Bethany Williams, Vivienne Westwood, Edeline Lee, Jamie Wei Huang, Paul Costelloe, and Bmue(te); Full LFW review; femininity in men’s clothing, and for Black women; retrospectives on Pierre Cardin and Burberry;…
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Book Club It’s Not Ok To Feel Blue and other lies
Each issue, London Runway’s very own Book Club discusses their favourite book of the month. With 2020 coming to an end, Darcey Sergison reviews the inspirational collection of stories curated by Scarlett Curtis in It’s Not Ok To Feel Blue and other lies. While 2020 has not been the ideal start to our Roaring 20s,…
