Category: Articles
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Interview: Simon Mo
Rhiannon D’Averc spoke to Simon Mo after his presentation, which featured animal statues and racing drumbeats alongside models accessorised with collars and fur tail earrings. Images by Simon Armstrong LR: Tell us a little bit about the show! Simon: It was based on one of my dreams, I was able to talk to animals. When…
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LFW Trend Report
Candice reports on this season’s LFW trends. If you were at this season’s A/W20 LFW events or have seen photos online, you may have noticed a few of the trends speckled throughout the collections. Here’s what we noticed while attending the shows and presentations. Romantic Full-Length Skirts/Dresses The age of romance is returning with designers…
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Issue 48 Launch: The Spring Issue
Get your print copy here! The Spring Issue. Featuring: Bora Aksu, Yuhan Wang, 16Arlington, David Koma, Mark Fast, INFID, Y-Plus, Rohmir, FAD x Two Point Two, House of iKons, Buzz Talent, Petar Petro, Kappe by Federica Bonifaci, Bosideng, and DB Berdan; the #MeToo movement’s impact, the cost of a runway show, how designers and creatives are…
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Face of London Runway 2020 Call For Entries
If you’ve been following us for a while, you’ll know that last year, we ran our first Face of London Runway competition. Following an open casting day, a tester photoshoot session, and then a public vote for our top ten selections, we crowned our inaugural Face of winners for the menswear and womenswear categories. This…
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Issue 47: The LFW Issue
Buy your print copy here The LFW Issue. Featuring: Malan Breton, Ashley Williams, Marques’Almeida, On|Off, Edeline Lee, Johnstons of Elgin, Ashish, Future Collective, Chanel Joan Elkayam, IA London, Lu Vixen, Pam Hogg, House of iKons, Tobefrank and Molyneaux, University of Westminster, Bobby Abley, Rocky Star, and Richard Malone; Interviews with Paul Costelloe, Jen Lee, Simon…
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DRAGCON UK RUVIEW
Rhiannon D’Averc spills the tea on the UK’s new drag event. As soon as we got our first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, we could only expect that there would be a corresponding event to go with it. True to form, Ru brought all her squirrel friends and kitty girls along to put on…
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Top 10 Instagram Accounts For A Happy Scroller
This week Grace Pickford shares ten Instagram accounts to follow for positivity and wellbeing. In an age where we are constantly ‘on’, with phones buzzing throughout the night, laptops blinking in the dark and alerts welcoming us into new days, is there a way to make our social media platforms a positive and uplifting space,…
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Pretty In Pink: How John Hughes’ films captured the style of a generation
Maria Henry explores the influence of the legendary director John Hughes and how his films captured the spirit of the 80s. As we move into this new decade, we may find ourselves looking to the past for inspiration. The 1980s was an interesting, diverse and quickly changing time for fashion. In 1982, Jane Fonda paved…
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DO CREATIVES SUFFER MORE WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH?
This week Madisen Crandall explores the connections between mental health and creativity. Creative mediums often come with a fair amount of emotional expression. As such, many creative people find their inner emotions painted perfectly on a canvas, written eloquently on bright white paper, tumbling through the notes of a song, completing the rotation of a…
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LFWM TREND REPORT
Rhiannon D’Averc recaps some of the main trends from menswear’s fashion week this January. ALTERNATIVE MODELS There were a lot of trends that made their mark this London Men’s Fashion Week, and one of them had to be the choice of models. Brands and designers are more and more waking up to the reality that…
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MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW
Recently, Rhiannon D’Averc took all three of the current Masters of Photography courses available through their website. These are instructional lessons taught by Albert Watson, Steve McCurry, and Joel Meyerowitz respectively. Here’s some of what she learned, and what she thought of the courses as a whole. Best Instructor For me, the best of the…
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LONDON’S HOT NEW TATTOO TREND: THE HAND POKE METHOD EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT
Tyffaine Akkouche talks with London-based hand poke tattoo artist Katie Norkina about her personal style and journey as an artist. Sitting down in Katie Norkina’s cosy home studio, I can’t help but feel instantly at ease. Her friendly demeanour and charming personality adds to the lovely atmosphere she’s created with stuffed animals in the corner…
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JANUARY SALES: THE REAL COSTS
This week Darcey Sergison discusses the true cost of January sales and whether they contributes to the cycle of fast fashion. It’s a New Year with the same sales. January sales are one of the most popular seasons of sales throughout the year. Despite the savings, is this form of consumerism good for anyone other…
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Issue 46 Launch
Buy your print copy here The Remodelling Issue. Featuring: 8on8 by GQ, Art School, Astrid Andersen, Bethany Williams, Charles Jeffrey Loverboy, E-Tautz, Pronounce, Lou Dalton, Munn, Miss World, Vinti Andrews, Stefan Cooke, Edward Crutchley, Jordan Luca, London New Year’s Day Parade, Studio ALCH, Tokyo James, Per Gotesson, Bianca Saunders, LFWM trend report, John Hughes’ films…
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Interviews: FDC Designers
Candice brings you back to the FDC Young Designers Award in October. Two up-and-coming designers competed for a chance to win the title of The Radical Designer of the Year 2019 and showcase their collections in New York! The evening was also filled with amazing creatives, makers, and industry professionals looking to network and connect.…
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FASHION DESIGNERS AND CRAFT MAKERS’ (FDC) YOUNG DESIGNER’S AWARDS AT HACKNEY ATTIC: Joanna Marcella
Candice brings you back to the FDC Young Designers Award in October. Two up-and-coming designers competed for a chance to win the title of The Radical Designer of the Year 2019 and showcase their collections in New York! The evening was also filled with amazing creatives, makers, and industry professionals looking to network and connect.…
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Get your last-minute DragCon tickets
London Runway is heading to DragCon UK this weekend, and we’d love to see you there, too. With special guests RuPaul Charles, Michelle Visage, The Vivienne, Bianca Del Rio and many more, there’s plenty to look forward to. Weekend tickets sold out way in advance, but you can get your hands on individual day passes…
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REPEATING THE PAST – HOW GATSBY WAS RIGHT, TWICE…
With party season upon us, Penelope Andrews looks at the ageless attraction of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age. There is possibly nothing more innovative and avant-garde than fashion, a force which so often shocks. But at the same time there seem to be some things we never tire of. When it comes to a New…
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Your Say: MENTAL HEALTH IN FASHION
We reached out to members of the fashion industry to talk about their experiences, both good and bad. Here’s what they had to say… “In the fashion industry we as models (former model, now a Fashion Psychologist) are trained not to show any affect in order to sell the clothing. Specifically in using affect in…
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WHAT DOES FASHION DO TO YOUR MENTAL HEALTH?
Rhiannon D’Averc explores how the fashion industry treats its workers – and whether enough is being done to safeguard both professionals and consumers from negative mental health impact. The fashion industry is littered with reports of fabulous designers who committed suicide, models pressured to the brink of starvation, and a party lifestyle that takes its…
