New Years Eve lookbook: Shine bright like a gemstone
This lookbook was shot at The Alchemist in Eldon Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne. The chosen theme was gemstones, which include the colours crystal, topaz, light siam and ruby. These are some ideas for looks that you can wear to your
Bou-Chique: Sunderland’s size-free clothing store
Bou-Chique is Sunderland's new size-free clothing store, which opened six weeks ago on Bridge Street. The store has been opened by Donna Arkley and Helen Collinson, and stocks a range of different clothing, accessories, shoes and homewear. The clothing isn't
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Best dressed at the 2019 British Fashion Awards
The British Fashion Awards are now over for another year. The ceremony, which was held in London on Monday 2nd December, saw a star-studded guest list arrive in a range of weird and wonderful outfits. Daniel Lee, designer for Italian fashion
From Lashes in The Loft to Around The UK
From doing lashes in her loft Ashleigh Stevenson, aged 27, never imagined she would have her own salon, let alone be selling her lashes via vending machines in shopping centres around the UK. Ashleigh, a beauty entrepreneur from Newcastle, opened up
Is our Christmas shopping in jeopardy?
Will the days of wandering around glittery shopping centres, bags in hand as magnificent window displays entice us into a multitude of stores cease to exist in the decades to come? ‘Death of the High Street’ is an ominous phrase that’s
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
“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
Amsterdam changed my mentality: Fashion blogger Preppyfashionist about her career
It was a late rainy morning, and she came with her headphones on into Royal Café on Nelson Street in Newcastle. Unfortunately, it was a busy noisy morning there so we had to looking for another place for our talk.
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
‘A Life in Style’ the blog that screams: “So what? I dress for me”
For Jilly, A life in style started 18 months ago. If you googled ‘Fashion blogger North East’ six months ago she was on page 4008. Now, she’s number one. Her blog is for women over 30 who love fashion, have a