Category: Fashion Think Pieces
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By Marco Marcelline Kofi McCalla has been at the forefront of documenting streetwear culture for years. From starting out by checking out Supreme drops at their flagship Soho store, he has built up a fanbase of hundreds of thousands. Alongside fashion, Kofi has been working diligently on his DJ’ing skills. His YouTube channel “UnknownVlogs” has…
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Getting dressed is likely the first thing you do each morning. It’s also likely that the first thing you say as you stare at the clothes bursting out your wardrobe is “I have nothing to wear”. We go shopping, we buy items with beautiful colours, prints and shapes to introduce some excitement into our wardrobes…
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By Emily Pavis My mother was diagnosed with relapse remitting Multiple Sclerosis the year I was born. Ever since, I grew up in the aughts witnessing her become more and more sick, and at the same time, more and more immobile. Her condition made her tired and unable to do a lot of things that…
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In December 2020, Harry Styles appeared on the cover of US Vogue. He was the first male in 127 years to feature on the cover and he did so wearing a dress. Unsurprisingly, it sparked a wave of criticism. This occurrence, alongside some beautifully dressed males at the Met Gala, brought the conversation of ‘feminine’…
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2020 saw more second hand shoppers than ever before with 70% of women choosing thrifty shopping compared to just 45% four years prior. Gen-Z is powering the change with 40% of under 24’s buying second hand as often as possible, often due to the pledge many young people have taken to reduce their impact on…
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In recent years personal growth has become a big part of the zeitgeist. And to aid our current obsession around personal development are never ending options of clothing we can purchase to become the person we want to be. What says personal growth more than the evolution of your style over the years? From patterned…
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New trends are always emerging – always. It often feels impossible to keep up with what’s popular and what is ‘soo last season’. While we label these ‘new’ trends, they are often modernisations or reinterpretations of a trend we have already seen. Fashion is cyclical, meaning fashion trends come into fashion and go back out…
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by Edward Hartley Last season was the “winter of our discontent”. Plagues ravaged the land as the wealthy lorded over a desperate population. Society destabilised and shadowy oligarchies grew in influence, eclipsing the power of governments. Popular revolt raged in our cities, suppressed by authorities high on impunity. No, this isn’t the Black Death and…