Author: londonrunway
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London Runway is raising funding
We’ve been offered the chance to get some free funding, so long as we can match it ourselves! We’ve set up a crowdfunding campaign with Crowdfunder, which will help us on the next phase of our journey as we head into the new year. There are plenty of rewards open for those who back us,…
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BICYCLE SHORTS: THE MARMITE OF FASHION TRENDS
Tyffaine Akkouche looks at bicycle shorts, a love them or hate them trend that keeps hanging around. A lot like marmite, this Tour de France necessity turned night-out-must-have either leaves a bad taste in your mouth, or makes you eager to take another dip into the jar. Years ago, the mention of bicycle shorts would…
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S URVIVING FASHION WEEK
London Fashion Week is hectic, chaotic, confusing, thrilling, pell-mell, and exciting. Our team take you with them as they attend shows, rush across London from one venue to another, and generally figure out how to survive fashion week… Illustrations by Lauren Rowley RHIANNON D’AVERC – CHIEF EDITOR This season, I was determined not to succumb…
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Issue 44 Launch – The Black Issue
Buy your print copy here The Black Issue. Featuring Invisible Man, Luxury African Wedding, Luna del Pinal, Bora Aksu, Hazzy’s, Wan Pen, Seven Continents in Couture, London Edge, House of iKons Kids, Joshua Kane, Light & Shadow, YCH, Larissa Reit, Underage, Atelier Zuhra, thisnorthat, and Tran Hung. With dicussions around mental health in the fashion…
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2000 TREES FESTIVAL 2019: LIVE REVIEW
Neil Dowd looks back on his visit to Upcote Farm, for a festival renowned by many in the British Rock community as being the nicest midsize festival of our time… 2000 Trees! It’s true what they say: there is no other festival quite like 2000 Trees. No other festival can make a bill compiled with…
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MISS TRANSBEAUTY 2019
Just as our last issue was being released, our Chief Editor headed down to the Miss TransBeauty pageant – where she was asked to be one of the judges. Here’s her account of the event, produced by StarVision in association with London Organic. It was a night of glamour and riotous fun, as the supporters…
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INTERVIEW: ANGEL NOKONOKO
Words and images: Rhiannon D’Averc I meet Angel in his studio – the home of NokNok London, in Whitechapel. From the denim-covered cushions and seats on the sofa and armchair to the racks of jackets, it is immediately clear that this is the domain of a man who knows his denim. The designer originates from…
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STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS FOUNDING A GREEN FUTURE
This week Darcey Sergison looks at the increase in student-run companies at universities around the country and explores why their sustainability has sparked their popularity amongst other young people. Today’s students are defining their futures and ours. They are not just gaining degrees from prestigious institutions, but they are also proving they can multi-task with…
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WHY THE HOLLYWOOD FEMME FATALE IS A DANGER TO FEMINISM
Focusing on Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Tyffaine Akkouche explores the female roles present in Hollywood film culture and the way women are villainised, portrayed in a damaging way to society and the progress of feminism. Female villains are either portrayed as two things: A man eater, or a man destroyer. More often than not, they fall…
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HOW TO GET INTO LONDON FASHION WEEK AS A PHOTOGRAPHER
Rhiannon D’Averc explains how to get those elusive passes when you’re just starting out. With illustrations by Joe Bailey If you dream of being a runway photographer, you can’t get much better than London Fashion Week. As one of the main fashion capitals, it’s a place to see and be seen, with big designers coming…
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LONDON MEETS KING PRINCESS
In this article Emmie Cosgrove discusses how King Princess gives queer people a voice in pop music and reviews her latest London gig. Mikaela Strauss, better known by her stage name King Princess, has performed in London just once before, and it is no surprise that her second gig sold out in only a few…
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INTERVIEW: DREAM STATE
Neil Dowd sat down with CJ and Rhys, one half of the Welsh, posthardcore band that are taking the alternative rock scene by storm, to discuss Dream State’s leap to the Main Stage, self-care in relation to mental health, and flying shoes. So we’re here at 2000 Trees where you guys played the Main Stage…
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Issue 43 Launch
The Autumn Issue. Featuring Manon Planche, Roberta Einer, Bobby Abley, House of iKons, Miss London City, London Pacific Fashion Week, Rocky Star, Push Button, Edeline Lee, Marta Jakubowski, Hong Kong Designer Renaissance Foundation, Shocktoberfest, Vin + Omi, Alice Archer, Paul Costelloe, and four gorgeous editorials. Discussions on The 1975 vs climate change, the future of…
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BEHIND THE VEIL: a bridal experience
Many of us dream of the day we finally get to (legitimately) step into a bridal boutique and search for the perfect dress. As our Chief Editor, Rhiannon D’Averc, prepares to get married in May 2020, she went on the hunt for a gown – and a story… I stepped into the first boutique not…
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THE LONDON AESTHETIC IN FASHION
What is the London aesthetic in the fashion industry? Join Ashutosh Kukreja as he traces down the legacy of the time-tested fashion capital ofthe world, London, and what it has to offer the world in terms of its style aesthetic. Inked on the maps of history for the past two millennia, the city of London…
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A DAY AT SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL
Neil Dowd attended Slam Dunk and brings you this review – along with plenty of nostalgia for events past… As the first festival I ever attended back in 2013, returning to Slam Dunk for the fourth time with a press pass in order to review the event felt like a very significant, full circle moment.…
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A GUIDE TO LONDON’S TOP CHARITY SHOPS
Emmie Cosgrove shares with you the best places in London to find secondhand clothes. With the increasing growth of the slow fashion movement, charity shopping has become a popular way to shop more ethically. Buying clothes in charity shops usually means they are cheaper than high-street retail brands. By purchasing recycled clothes you’re helping the…
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WARDROBE DETOX AND SHOPPING DIET
THE REAL SUMMER FEEL-GOOD PLAN Summer holidays: the pressure to look thin and flawless in your bikini is HUGE! And while we women can demonstrate exceptional strength and willpower to achieve this goal by adjusting our diet accordingly, it might prove a bit of a challenge to do so with another area of our life.…
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IS PLUS SIZE REALLY PLUS SIZED?
This week, Madeleine Oakley explores the complex issues surrounding the labelling of models as plus size. We are a generation of label rejecters. We embrace fluidity regarding categorisation more than ever before. We might check before assuming someone’s gender pronoun or may find ourselves on a spectrum when it comes to our sexuality. If this…
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WHY FASHION BRANDS OWE LGBTQ+ CUSTOMERS MORE THAN JUST PRIDE COLLECTIONS
This week, Olivia Elliott explores the issues surrounding Pride collections and what more fashion brands can do to support the LGBTQ+ community. I would be forgiven for thinking that every day earlier this month was both rainy and sunny, as everywhere I turned I could see a rainbow. Maybe there was a contest involving pots…