Category: Articles
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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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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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FASHIONED VULGARITY: GOOD AND BAD TASTES IN FASHION
Bad taste is good! Follow Ashutosh Kukreja as he investigates the role of vulgarity versus class in fashion, while exploring the complexities of good and bad tastes in the industry. The carefully created perfect/imperfect image of the world of fashion and art as we know it would not be quite the same if it wasn’t…
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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 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…
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LIVE REVIEW: PHILIP BROOKS AT THE VICTORIA
Neil Dowd takes us into the crowd at Philip’s latest London gig. Upon first arriving at the appropriatelynamed venue, The Victoria, confusion quickly arose due to the lack of musical equipment or staging in the main bar area and the absence of any foreseeable entrance to a venue space. With hindsight, I now know that…
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FESTIVAL FASHION WE HAVE WOODSTOCK TO THANK FOR
This festival season, Elizabeth Greatrex explores the roots of some popular festival fashion statements, and the part that legendary festival Woodstock 1969 had to play in inspiring generations of modern festival goers. It is July, which means we are officially in the midst of summer. Or so our calendars tell us – the unpredictable weather…
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THE LIFE AND ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: THE BREAK-DOWN
This week, Tyffaine Akkouche explores the life and tragic murder of world-renowned fashion designer Gianni Versace, depicting the timeline of the ordeal and zeroing in on his brutal murderer, Andrew Cunanan. The name Versace cannot be said without the imagery of lavish, sexual and sophisticated designs following it close behind. Created in 1978, the fashion…
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YOUR SKINCARE ROUTINE AND YOU
This week, Tola gives you a guide to putting together your skincare routine. Skincare has been a popular topic of discussion recently, and has people aiming to achieve clear and flawless skin but not knowing where to start. The first step to formulating your skin care routine is to determine what type of skin you…
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CREATING A MICROUNIVERSE: THE MOST REMARKABLE SHOWS DURING PARIS MEN’S FASHION WEEK
Fashion must be an immersive experience, and runway shows must make the public feel strong emotions. Guadalupe Ferrández reviews the most exceptional and engrossing runway shows of Men’s Spring/Summer 2020 in Paris. Dreaming is the reason why we consume clothes. Historically, fashion has been a creative form through which people could express their individuality and…
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Issue 42 Launch
The LFW issue. Featuring Jamie Wei Huang, ALEXACHUNG, Rohmir, Halpern, Molly Goddard, Natasha Zinko x DUO, Malan Breton, Simon Mo, Pam Hogg, Pritch London, Livia Tang, Karol Cygan, and more. Discussions on boycotting fashion week, bicycle shorts, behind the scenes at LFW, our attraction to designer labels, classic makeup looks, 2000 Trees music festival review,…
