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Here at Fashion North, we love to sit and have a scroll through Instagram and admire all of the cute outfit pics and holiday snaps on our feed. Whilst these are all lovely to look at, there’s one kind of
#WFH outfit ideas: winter reboot
Now that many of us have been stuck inside for six months, and working from home is beginning to be the new norm, we might as well have a think about what we’re going to wear as the new season
The Class of 2023! Meet Fashion North’s freshers
It's a new academic year here at Fashion North and we are welcoming a new cohort of students starting their BA (Hons) Fashion journalism degree next week. Over the next three years, they'll be learning catwalk reporting, trend forecasting, street style
Smart Works: a charity that combines fashion and coaching
“It was a confidence booster when I went to Smart Works” Fashion North speaks to Fey Young about her experience with Smart Works, a charity that provides interview clothes and coaching to unemployed women in need. Rehearsing the all-important question of why
Fashion styling tips from Burberry’s Alessia Lawrence
Burberry digital ready-to-wear stylist assistant Alessia Lawrence joined us at Fashion North over a zoom call to share her top tips on making it in the styling industry. Former University of Sunderland fashion journalism student Alessia's job includes working on numerous
What it’s REALLY like to work in retail during the Coronavirus
On Wednesday 18 March, Boris Johnson announced that in order to avoid the further spread of covid- 19, schools across the U.K will be closing on Friday 20, March until further notice. It has also been advised that where possible
Corner93: Sunderland might be your new obsession
Corner93 is a unique clothing boutique in Sunderland, run predominantly by Lyndsey and with help from her mum Carol. They buy pre-loved designer and the best of the high street’s ladies and gentlemen's clothing and accessories. View this post on Instagram A
Sunderland boutiques launch 2020 prom dress lines
Orders have been flooding in for two Sunderland occasionwear boutiques as they introduce new prom trends for the upcoming year. Encore Evenings and Bridal and The One Boutique started stocking their new line of Prom dresses in November 2019. The One Boutique
Delightfully Denim: “We aim to give people items that they can love as much as the jeans they wear”
Sarah Ball, a 42-year-old mum of two daughters living in Penshaw, says she has always been creative and, in a bid to tap into these roots, she set up Delightfully Denim in April 2018. In an exclusive interview with Fashion North,
Rise from the ashes: How a personal stylist can help women get their femininity back
Big changes to the body like having breast cancer can break down a women’s femininity but personal stylist at John Lewis, Margot McChlery, says personal styling is a great help to get it back. Margot, aged 22, has been working at
“If I didn’t get burnt that day where would I be now?” Miss International UK tells us why she owes her pageant success to a leg burn
Following her recent success in Miss International, Harriotte Lane tells us what it’s really like competing in pageants and why she’s thankful for all the negative experiences she’s been through. Photo credit: Harriotte Lane Harriotte Lane has been competing in pageants for
“I would be the one to ride over to Kensington Palace and deliver it…” – The life of a fashion graduate
Following her graduation, Lauren Jenkins, a design assistant for Seraphine in London, scored the internship that many fashion graduates could only dream of. Lauren, who is 26-years-old and originally from Glasgow, has always loved fashion and dreamt of becoming a fashion