It’s time to Glow Up!
Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star is back on our screen for series 3, this time with a brand-new presenter Maya Jama! The successful BBC show is a make-up competition judged by L'Oréal Paris Global Make Up Director and British Vogue
Spring in full bloom
The flowers are blooming, the sun is shining and our outfits are brighter than ever as we move into spring/summer. The longer days and warmer weather calls for a total revamp of our wardrobe. Pastels and florals are the spring/summer
Where to recycle your unwanted items – besides the charity shops
Now that the shops are open again, we are all in need of a place to get rid of our old clothes. Let’s face facts, we've probably grown out of half of our wardrobe - which is perfectly fine by the
Slave to the label: Is the younger male generation more obsessed with designer labels than the females?
An investigation into the younger male generation’s expensive loyalty to top-end brands while women embrace low-cost fast fashion. We all love to splash out on a designer brand now and again, don’t we? A little treat now and again doesn’t hurt anyone.
The high street and its people: what’s next for them?
Amid an unprecedented combined threat from online retail and Covid-19, Rebecca Redford investigates the human cost of the crisis on the high street. Fashion retail on the high street has been struggling for a many years, as the number of people
From the streets to the Olympics…the evolution of breakin’ style
Brooke Murphy explores how breaking earned itself a place at the biggest sporting show on Earth and how it has remained relevant in an ever-changing fashion scene since the 70s. Image: B-girl Nat B-girl Angel started out breaking almost 20 years ago
How has virtual and augmented reality transformed the online shopping experience?
The fashion industry has to make lots of sacrifices in 2020, from the closure of our favourite high street stores to reduced sale incomes. So as the world turns digital, fashion and beauty brands are venturing into the world of
Influencers: unfiltered reality – or still a damaging illusion?
An investigation of the ban on online influencers using filters in beauty product promotion - and of whether the influencer phenomenon is more healthy as a result. To meet Olivia Nazari is to forget everything you thought you knew about Instagram
“We must get away from this idea that you’re just sitting there rigidly like a doll, women climbed mountains in corsets” The truth about history’s most controversial garment
Grace Cassidy explores the history of corsetry, as it makes a return to modern day fashion and asks whether or not we’ve misunderstood the garment. Bridgerton has changed the world as we know it, or at least it has the corsetry
Are men too comfortable with the jeans and t-shirt combo to experiment with fashion?
Fashion has targeted a predominantly female market for as long as we can remember, but has the amount of male interest in fashion been overlooked? A woman can find anything and everything her heart desires in terms of fashion with the
How has COVID-19 changed the game for small businesses?
With lockdowns becoming the new normal, small and independent businesses are coming and going like the tide, but what long-term effect is this having on the ones that remain? Fashion North’s Megan Hagel investigates. The UK has been put under national
How to feel as confident as your clothes
Did you know that what you wear reflects how you feel? According to career and confidence coach Julie Cullen, this also works in reverse. Use the outfit you choose to wear as a means to help lift your mood and