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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 shopping online has had a detrimental impact. This problem has only excelled due to…
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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 in France. She admits that to begin, breaking did not appeal to…
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The rise in cosmetic filler procedures amongst young women: are our favourite celebrities to blame?
We all want to have the perfect pout or defined cheekbones, but is the desire to look like our favourite celebrities becoming dangerous amongst the younger generation? In recent years, cosmetic filler appointments have become as much of a regular occurrence as any other beauty treatment. But there is one big question – why? The…
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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 technology to upgrade the online shopping experience for their customers. These new technology innovations are…
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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 influencers. Influencers will; recommend anything they’re given for free? Not Olivia. If she is…
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“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 world. With 82 million households tuning in within the first month of release, the…