designer Archives – The Oxford Student

The quadrivium collection : interview with the rising British designer Sang Yoon

3rd July 20143rd July 2014Léa Carresse

Sang Yoon is a Korean-born, British-bred designer, freshly graduated from Central Saint Martins. His latest collection is beautifully impressive, featuring a particular attention to detail, with recurring cylindrical arm guards contrasting with dramatic and billowing skirts, all creating a both geometric and futuristic feel. Already noticed by The Business of Fashion as one of fashion’s […]

Wearing your heart on your sleeve

30th May 2014Jakk Hayes

In an industry notorious for its ignorance towards several different ethical problems, Katharine Hamnett’s name stands loudly and proudly apart from that of the typical designer, whose main concern is selling vast swathes of garments. Beginning in the early 1980s, Hamnett’s somewhat unorthodox approach to political activism skyrocketed her to fame; as the creator of […]

Confessions of an Oxford Student: Expensive Tastes

8th November 20138th November 2013anon

After a late-September city break largely spent lusting after designer clothes, be it in boutiques or on other people (not to mention a lifetime of expensive taste), I have been in no mood for cheap-and-cheerful since returning to Oxford. Not that I can afford this mood: I do my best to scour the internet and […]

What happened to the ‘it’ crowd? The disappearance of the supermodel.

7th November 20138th November 2013Morgan Harries

There were once the supermodels. They were household names, unquestionable beauties, millionaires, and apparently friends. We still see photos of them in their heyday today and are reminded of the golden age of fashion where the models would love their designers, the clothes, their jobs and each other, and they would be loved back in […]