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Part of me loves going to lectures that I know are not 100% relevant for my papers. Perhaps the lecturer will talk about an author I’m not going to be examined on in finals, allowing me a few guilt free minutes of ecstatic freedom to scribble dresses. I don’t sit too close to the front, […]
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Image credit: Prudence Earl. Description: racks of colourful clothing in a shop. In Oxford, aside from academic necessity, I love going to lectures just to see what people are wearing, to take part in the silent communication that takes place through the language of clothes. That is how I see fashion – as being fundamentally […]
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Image Credit: khfalk-Description-Fashion Magazines In Oxford, aside from academic necessity, I love going to lectures just to see what people are wearing; to take part in the silent communication that takes place through the language of clothes. That is how I see fashion – as being fundamentally about communication and connection between human beings. I […]
Continue ReadingForking out over a grand for a bunch of pink satin and tulle is nothing new in the fashion industry. What’s different about this particular Gaultier dress however is that it is made to measure for 3ft sprites with sticky hands and smiling faces rather than the scowling gazelles in Vogue. Is child couture evidence […]
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