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Image Description: A person in a bucket hat and another in a leopard print jacket sat on stone steps staring earnestly at each other. Alex’s take: Lockdown has thrown up questions of individuality versus consumerist hegemony. Has our fixation with constantly being on top of trends been the instrument of our liberation, or is breaking […]
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Image description: Identitical outfits are hung on a clothes’ rack Fashion is a crucial part of anyone’s life, but students in particular revel in the ability to shapeshift with scraps of fabrics and bands of metal. It’s no secret that platforms such as Instagram and Tik Tok mould and master trends nowadays using a combination […]
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As we grow ever more aware of the challenges facing our world, many of us look to become increasingly environmentally conscious as consumers. With the fashion industry being the second largest polluter in the world, this must also impact what we choose to wear. One option for those interested in introducing more sustainability into their […]
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With Black Friday having just passed, one of the largest shopping days in the world, we reminded again of the humanitarian and environmental dangers of fast fashion. Brands such as Pretty Little Thing have been accused of encouraging unsustainable consumption with their deals of up to 99% off – including dresses for as little as […]
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Image description: A woman holding shopping bags with a geometric edit on her face You wake up in the morning – it’s a beautiful day and you’re feeling good. You get up, brush your teeth (hopefully), check the weather forecast (unless you’re a reckless maniac), open the doors of your wardrobe, and get to it. […]
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It feels almost too obvious to state that thirty-one days could never come close to being enough time to celebrate and commemorate the numerous achievements of Black people in this country, let alone the world. In this series, we set out to mark the period from the perspective of Black History being something multifaceted and […]
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Image Description: Salehe Bembury during a photoshoot. CW: discussion of racism “What’s unfortunate is I literally designed the shoes that are in the bag, and I’m fucking being searched for them.” – Salehe Bembury The fashion industry has seen a lot of changes over the past couple of decades. The faces we see on magazines, […]
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Image Description: Clothing rail with hanging clothes illustrated under the Bridge of Sighs So it’s Third week (already?) and you’ve either exhausted the top tier outfits you collected over summer ready to show off at your suitably distanced events or you never quite thought about styling yourself and now you’re surrounded by Oxford’s finest fashion […]
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Image Description: A sustainable clothes shop Summer sales, holiday clothes, new-season equals new wardrobe. Normally, at this time of year, many of us would be taking advantage of student discounts to get that perfect fit for the sunny weather. Instead, clothing sales sunk by 34% in March – a drop easily associated with the lockdown […]
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Image description: A man in brown trousers wear brightly coloured Nike shoes and stands one-foot hanging over the edge of a concrete block It is safe to say that England’s favourite colour is blue, or more specifically, navy blue. If you don’t have something navy in your wardrobe, you haven’t looked hard enough. Dark, plain, […]
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Image description: Janelle Monae sings into her microphone at the 2019 launch of the Ralph Lauren Purple Label Fall Collection “They were smart and sophisticated, with an air of independence about them, and so casual about their looks and clothes and manners as to be almost slapdash. I don’t know if I realized as soon […]
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Image description: The Metropolitan Museum, New York. It’s that time of year again, where an exclusive set of celebrities with designing giants behind them are invited to a themed ball based around the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute’s annual fashion exhibit and anyone with more than a passing interest in fashion takes to the […]
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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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The trademark image of the Française lives on to this day. And we Brits have been fascinated for decades, ever since the heyday of the (non-)Parisienne par excellence: Jane Birkin. The French have a joke: how do you spot an English girl? By the length of her skirt. Or her level of intoxication. Their wit […]
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As a Brit in Paris, I often find myself resorting to meteorological metaphor as a means of expression. And fashion is no exception. Was I not blessed, then, when Tuesday’s flurry of snow, a rendez-vous of British atmospheric disturbance and cold Scandi air, left Paris a veritable melting pot of cool, in more senses than […]
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A selection of items from museum shops, inspired by works of art and literature, that would make excellent gifts for friends and family. Ai Wei Wei Eco Bag, £6.50 This bag takes inspiration from a series of photographs by Ai Wei Wei, in which he gives the finger to monuments that embody authority, empire and […]
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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 […]
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