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Too Beat? Try the beatnik style
How to get the beatnik look ‘Beat’ has many definitions…Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road, said the word suggested “physical weariness” and “alienation”, but it can simply be described as a subculture movement in the 50s/60s, whose participants read poetry, listened to jazz and hated mainstream culture. Their style reflected their deep, existentialist personality…
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Icons of the Sixties: Jean Shrimpton
Jean Shrimpton was a pioneer of the modern supermodel throughout the 1960s. Her influence has remained clear from her initial beginnings in the modelling industry up until the present day. Often referred to as one of the world’s first supermodels, she worked with designers such as Mary Quant and with publications, such as Vogue, and…
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Seventies Style icon: Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks was a fashion icon of the 1970s and her staple flared sleeves and shawls were influenced by the style of the hippie subculture at the time. She wore dramatic silhouettes with toned-down neutral colours to match the aesthetic of the ethereal music she produced with Fleetwood Mac.
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Is fast fashion resale really forbid-able?
Sustainability and second-hand shopping are all everyone in fashion seem to talk about these days and for good reason. The climate is in crisis, as is the cost-of-living, so it makes sense that people are turning to sites such as eBay and Depop to snag a bargain or re-sell belongings that are just gathering dust.…
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We’re all ‘Depop girlies’ now: Are we running to second hand to save our purses?
How has the fluctuation of the economy post–pandemic and amid the cost-of-living crisis affected the second–hand clothing market and charity shops? Covid has been replaced with another c-word: The cost-of-living crisis, which is having a similarly disastrous and yet different effect on our current economy. But it’s not just the change in our pockets that…