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Check it out: Chess inspired fashion
On 23 October 2020, Netflix released ‘The Queen’s Gambit’. According to Deadline, since its launch, over 62 million households have streamed the show. This makes it Netflix’s biggest scripted limited series to date. Netflix describe The Queen’s Gambit to be about ‘a young girl, in a 1950s orphanage, who reveals an astonishing talent for chess…
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What does Covid 19 mean for the future of men’s formalwear?
On 2 December 2020, non-essential retail stores in England were allowed to open their doors to the public for the first time in four weeks following a second national lockdown. However, the country has been operating under lockdown ruling since 23 March 2020. Covid 19 has seen a huge effect on men’s formalwear. According to…
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The Bridges explains their difficulties around Covid-19 after recent re-opening
Fashion North’s Anna Oxborough talks to the Bridges about their recent re-opening and the difficulties they have faced around Covid19. The Bridges has opened its doors once again after the month long lockdown that was implemented on November 5. The lockdown meant that all non-essential shops, pubs, bars, restaurants, and leisure centre had to close…
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TOP PICKS from the PLT X Doja Cat Collaboration
Pretty Little Thing are back at it again with another fashion campaign! This time they are collaborating with multi-platinum music artist Doja Cat, who is best known for her fruity-pink aesthetic. We should hope to see a TON of pink and form-fitting garments in this collab and … this is exactly what we got! This…
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Are Instagram filters taking place of real plastic surgeries?
Fashion North took a look at the connection between Instagram filters that modify your face features and plastic or cosmetic surgeries. Instagram selfie filters’ popularity has been increasing every day since the launch in May 2017, when the app introduced a new feature of augmented reality (AR) on Instagram stories which was very similar to…
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How has Covid-19 impacted costume designers within the creative industry?
We long for the days when the terms ‘Coronavirus’ and ‘global pandemic’ weren’t in our everyday vocabulary. In a year that has been so chaotic, the arts have been seriously impacted. Rebecca Redford investigates the damaging affects Covid-19 has had on costume designers within the industry. ‘Cultural catastrophe’ are the words used to describe the…