Category: Articles
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Fantasy’s Influence on Fashion
Emmie Cosgrove explores the influence that fantasy has on fashion, with a focus on dark fantasy and the fashion subcultures and couture designers that are inspired by and celebrate dark fantasy. Remember being a child and the excitement that came with rummaging around the dressing up box and having the power to dress as whoever,…
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“STOP F****** WITH THE KIDS”: THE 1975’S FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
Neil Dowd analyses the intersection between music and climate protest in The 1975’s latest release. There is no denying that 2019 has been a big one for the discussion of climate change. With CNN holding a seven-hour conference for presidential candidates to discuss the climate crisis and TIME magazine dedicating an entire issue to the…
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LOOKIERO: STYLE ON DEMAND – A Review
Chief Editor Rhiannon D’Averc recently tried out Lookiero. Here’s what she had to say about the experience. Lookiero, if you haven’t seen the endless ads on your Facebook and Instagram feeds, is an online styling service. Each month – or sooner, or less often, depending on your preferences – you get a parcel in the…
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STARTING A HEARTFELT BUSINESS, EMPOWERING WOMEN TO OVERCOME HEALTH ISSUES & TABOOS, FROM A HOSPITAL BED
Dr Jennifer Meyer explains the circumstances that led her from agony to entrepreneurship, and a new book for women. Agony. Bloodbath. Ambulance. Words fit for the birthday that led me starting a new business helping women. It’s 4am the morning of my birthday. I’m on holiday alone in Spain, sitting on the loo, my derriere…
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THE REAL HALLOWEEN HORROR: BLACKFACE
This week, Tyffaine Akkouche explores the horror of blackface, speaking to Alana Garcia about the violent online harassment she experienced when outing a group who performed the outdated practice. Once upon a time, one may have claimed ignorance. They didn’t know better, so how can they act better? But in the age of technology, where…
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Issue 45 Launch
Buy your print copy here Issue 45: The Party Issue. Featuring 2019 in review, Lifestyle Fashion Week, Olivia Rubin, Amarah, Stories From Arabia, Miss Pride of Africa, Fashion Scout’s One to Watch, Silk Road, Fashion Designers and Craft Makers’ Young Designers Award, Gatsby fashion, photography course reviews, the true cost of January sales, and more.
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DIOR’S FEMINIST MANIFESTO
This week, Darcey Sergison explores how Maria Grazia Chiuri has made Dior a force of feminist power and how her collections have given a voice to feminist protest. Fashion has long been a political statement. Whether intentionally political or adopted as a political symbol, this has accorded with colours and clothes for decades. However, recently…
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Halloween’s Fashion History
Candice brings you back through the fashion archives of Halloween to discover where all the masked goblins and bedsheet ghosts began and how it came to be what it is today. With Samhain, the Celtic day of the dead Autumn Festival, as its roots, Halloween has branched out and evolved into a bunch of variations…
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HOW WILL RETAIL CHANGE OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS?
In this article, Emmie Cosgrove discusses and explores how retail might change over the next half-decade. If I ever decide to physically go shopping, I’ll usually make a day out of it. Meet up with a few friends and stroll around Oxford Street popping in and out of stores. I’ll rediscover my love for feeling…
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Fashionably Frightening: Iconic Horror Looks
This week Cara Balen explains why fashion is so important within the scary movie genre, and delves into some of the most iconic looks in horror history. Not all horror movies and series rely on simply splattering as much blood and gore as they can onto our screens, and not all scary scenes need jump-scares…
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Advent Calendar Day 3: Free Wallpaper Downloads!
We’re giving you a festive calendar of giveaways, freebies, and competitions this December over on Instagram, so make sure that you’re following us there for the full scoop! (Hint: you are going to LOVE what we have for day 12!) Today’s giveaway is free digital wallpapers for you to download and use! Click any of…
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BLADDER NOVEMBER: 10 TIPS FOR BLADDER HEALTH
You may recall the article in last month’s issue explaining why I started a heartfelt business called Dr Jennifer Meyer, helping women overcome health issues and social taboos. In the UK & the US, November has been named Bladder Health Awareness Month. In honour of that, this article is aimed at promoting bladder awareness, and…
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Madeleine’s Fashion Show Overviews
By Madeleine Oakley during LFW Sept 2019. For show galleries, check out our online issues! FJU Talents at Fashion Scout Yu-Mei HuangThe knitwear designer showcased oversized slouchy knits in an array of candy colours. There were stripes and Aztec designs covering the garments. Plenty of texture and fabric manipulation added to the collection’s playful, beachy…
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CLASSIC MAKEUP LOOKS THAT DON’T GO OUT OF STYLE
In this article Emmie Cosgrove will be exploring the history of the top four makeup looks and why these classic looks never go out of style. With illustrations by Joe Bailey. Throughout the 2000s there have been changes to how people view, think about and use makeup. With shows such as Ru-Paul’s Drag race becoming…
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SHOULD WE BOYCOTT FASHION WEEK?
This week, Madeleine Oakley explores the environmental issues and subsequent human reactions to London Fashion Week. Let’s be blunt. The fashion industry is damaging the environment. London Fashion Week is not helping. The biannual event showcases hundreds of elaborate garments, made from globally sourced materials. A wealth of fossil fuels is used for fabric production,…
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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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FASHION CONSUMPTION: A CASE OF LABELS OR LOVE?
What drives the modern high-fashion market after all? Is it just people’s obsession with labels or something more than that? Read on to find out, with Ashutosh Kukreja… FACT: The fashion business of the modern era is driven by the sales of its handbags. For an industry often associated with glamorous runway shots and editorials…
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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…
