One thing’s for sure, wherever she goes, she owns: from the moment Bey stepped onto the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards, we knew she’d come to slay. There’s not many people who could pull of a mint-coloured sheer gown with frothy feather collar but Bey looked gorgeous wearing Italian designer Francesco Scognamiglio’s…
Fashion
The September Beauty Edit
There’s never a better time to freshen up your look than the start of a new semester. We’ve gathered a few of the latest trends in beauty for you to consider adding to your makeup wardrobe. Blue This is a style we absolutely love here at Venue and are sure to be trying out. Previously…
Fashion
NYFW: style fresh from the runway
Venue are writing this from our glamorous suite in New York, hot off the streets from a long day of show-watching, front-row gazing and hobnobbing with all the it girls. That or we’re sat hunched in our student bedroom, surrounded by magazines and endless open tabs, hastily trying to find the most trendiest trends to…
Fashion, OldVenue
Costume Makeup Made Easy
You know that autumn is just around the corner when all the bloggers you follow start blabbing about vampy lips and dark nail polishes, but the real highlight of autumn for the makeup junkie is Halloween. Now is the time to show off all your blending, your contouring, painting, and your liquid liner precision. So…
Fashion
Let it Glow
So it’s the holiday season. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, even if it is freezing outside, and it is the only time when it’s acceptable to throw as much glitter at your face as possible. Hopefully you’ve got your Christmas party dress sorted, probably something sequin-y if you’ve followed Venue’s advice, now…
Fashion
Banishing the Binaries
Fashion is considered one of the most progressive and avant-garde industries and re-invention is one of its core principles. Developing and re-designing itself is what allows the machine to continue to thrive. So I find myself wondering how is it that such a forward-thinking industry can reinforce such old-fashioned ideals? I’m talking, of course, about…
Creative Writing, OldVenue
The Ceremony of Re-Naming
Your eyes chart me As though you’d never sailed forth before And I, on top, am your maiden voyage. We aren’t looking at each other much But in your eyes I see Behind the hoisted rigging, The ceremony of renaming is taking place: Your have practiced this, Sharpening your tools, So that your movements are…
Fashion, OldVenue
Coral Kisses and Peachy Pouts
Venue has picked the best of the high street to help you get to grips with this summer’s ultimate lip colour, orange. We have got something for everyone, from a bashful lick of balm to an ‘I-just-snogged-Tropicana’ pout. We love how effortless a lip-stain can look, and New York Colour’s Orange on the Go stain…
Fashion
The Future of Fashion – Welcome to 2014!
Olley West takes a sneak peak at the best upcoming fashion trends of 2014.
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