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Nostalgia and fashion have always gone hand in hand. Trends from 10 years ago find their way back to public affection after a cycle of regret and shame; and thanks to influencer and celebrity culture, items we collectively agreed to keep in the past, re-emerge with new life. But beyond trends from the past, celebrities…
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Although it’s still uncharted territory, in its complexity, the metaverse has become a selling point for the forward-looking. With a global fashion industry that’s coming off a difficult couple of years thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, the convergence of the digital world and our physical lives may be an answer to some of fashion’s most…
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18 degrees in March? Time to back out the grey shorts and white Air Force combo Nature is healing (or it isn’t), but as expected, Londoners are rushing outside to enjoy this unexpected sun. Whether it be a BPOC-led foraging group or a Black-owned food market, this list has got you covered for some great…
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Steadfast in his values of cultural honour, novelty and uncompromising quality, Magugu uses his global platform to pour back into his beloved country. As Africa suffers from an ongoing brain drain crisis, with creatives looking ashore for better opportunities, Magugu, with his eponymous brand, shines a light on the rapidly growing creative industry right on…
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Founder of the eponymous label, Maximilian, 26-year-old Maximilian Davis has been named the newest creative director of Ferragamo. The designer, who pulled out of the running of the LVMH Prize just a few weeks ago, has made waves in the last few years as part of the Fashion East line-up. After studying at London College…
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Mwanjé is a fountain of knowledge. A polymath in her own right. The 23-year-old’s fire is stoked by a determination to share her origins and experience with the world. Even as I write this it is becoming quite apparent that no black and white page of writing could ever capture her full vibrancy. Although there…
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Maddy heralds a new age for the mean girl trope. She signals a move away from the inexplicable horridness of the cliched popular girl which dominated noughties film. Instead, the character is ushering in the ‘bad bitch’ whose meanness is not accepted but is at least understandable.
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The “Valeries’s Law” petition by community organisation and charity Sistah Space was signed by over 100,000 people and has now been debated in Parliament. But Sistah Space continue their fight. 2 years on from Hackney Council forcibly removing safehaven Sistah Space from its home in Mare Street, Hackney, amongst the local African and Caribbean community,…
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Music News of the Week is your one-stop round up on both major and minor happenings in the world of music. This week’s news the Streets vinyl reissue of their 2002 classic ‘Original Pirate Material’, Beyoncé performs at the Compton Tennis Courts and Questlove recieves Best Documentary at the 2022 Oscars, Phifedawg’s posthumous album has…
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If we’re being brutally honest, since the Air Yeezy, we haven’t seen a good Nike collaboration since the Riccardo Tisci AF1, the collaboration with Sacai’s Chitose Abe and Virgil Abloh’s The 10. As a result, adidas has been able to capitalise. Although there’s still a lot of empty noise around adidas, mainly due to the…