Beth Bobs Her Hair
When I started my University journey, I believed a different degree was the right route for me. I chose to do English Literature and Creative Writing. Thinking it would open more doors for me, with perhaps teaching as a first
Fashion North teams up with the Bridges to create winter lookbook
Look what we made! Fashion North has teamed up with the Bridges to help create this 2019 winter fashion magazine. Fashion Journalism students at the University of Sunderland were given the opportunity to be involved, with roles including modelling, social
Weddings are not always sunshine and rainbows…
Who would have thought a small wedding on the sandy beach of Mexico could bring so much disaster? Everyone always has a story about their disastrous bridesmaid dress; like the dress being the colour of vomit or the fit looking like
Kerry Liddell on her small business: “I was thinking too much about what other people thought”
First, Maskitec was just a part of her final major project at University. After seven years Kerry Liddell runs her own small business with lip balms, candles and healing pedants in North East. Kerry, 31, from Newcastle, was always into marketing
Miss Penny Press: The confident, creative and courageous drag queen
After spending three straight months depressed and hibernating from the world, Miss Penny Press, Heaton based drag entertainer, spoke to us about her unique drag style, newly found self-confidence and how she managed to turn her world upside down. Miss Penny
The Flower That Blossomed
In the world of fashion there is an item of clothing for every occasion and when I was seven, I was able to dress up as what I imagined to be a real-life princess: although to everyone else I was
My terrifying childhood halloween look…
Most parents choose to dress up their children as a cute little pumpkin, ghost or skeleton for Halloween. Well if you thought my parents, Clare and Neil, would think to follow the status quo and dress me as an adorable
Fashion memoir: My princess dreams that could never come true
When you are young people ask you 'what do you want to be when you grow up?' An astronaut? A ballerina? A footballer or a firefighter? When you’re young nothing ever seems too far out of reach. Me? I wanted
Celebrating 35 years, Sunderland’s Designer Childrenswear store gets another award!
Designer Childrenwear has made their 35th anniversary very special by winning their second Drapers award two months ago. First opened in 1984 by local married couple Brenda and Kevin Coade, the business was small yet unique as it was Sunderland’s first
Fashion Memoir: The Lucky Leotard
Gymnastics was my whole life from such an early age. I think I was maybe four or five when I first started. I even remember my first leotard. It was a long-sleeved, burgundy leotard. It was definitely not the most
“If I could tell my 13 year-old self that I would be sent Charlotte Tilbury, NARS and MAC, I wouldn’t be able to contain my excitement”
South Tyneside beauty blogger Katie Meehan, 24, reveals how to make a living from online. Photo credit: Fashion North Katie Meehan was told at school she’d never get anywhere for loving social media and she needed to focus on other things. However,
How clothing can bring us together, regardless of our generation
When I was younger I was definitely a tomboyish girl, as proven by the fact that I really didn't like the colour pink, which is often a popular colour of girls. I don't know where, or why, this vendetta against