The sartorial habits of our fashion forebears from decades past can often be visualised in the form of a handful or so defining garments. When one says 1920s, one thinks of flapper dresses worn to Charleston in and a penchant for bobbing one’s hair. When one says 1980s, one visualises luridly bright leg warmers, and…
Fashion, Venue
Glitz and Glam: festive dressing
The festive season has arrived! And with it comes the all-important Christmas themed parties you’re inevitably invited to year after year. It’s hard to look undeniably fabulous every time you endeavour to leave the house. Especially on a student budget. So, here is your guide on how to stay stylish this season without breaking the…
Arts, Venue
Is art going out of trend?
Art as we know it, as a skill, as an entrance to fame and wealth, as talent with a paintbrush or a way with words, is a much less common practice these days. In our current age, where trends come and go as fast as the rain, the persistence of art is admirable, except that…
Fashion
Spring cleaning our wardrobes
With graduation looming, I find myself looking at my room in my student house with dread; I’ve accumulated a lot more possessions – including clothes – over the past three years, and now I’m tasked with trimming that down so it will all fit back in one car at the end of the year. Cue…
Fashion
Menswear
In the last year we have seen a surge of women adopting a more traditionally masculine approach to office attire. Short skirts and frilly tops have been substituted for suits and other garments that stray from the social norm. Why is this? Some view this as a powerful attempt to break barriers in male dominated…
Features
Costume Design for the Big Screen
Despite the fact that I was sat at the very back of the room, and the lack of a microphone meant I found it very difficult to hear what was being said, I really enjoyed the sold out ‘Costume Design for the Big Screen’ Q&A with Glyn Dillon, the fashion designer who worked on The…