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  • Perfect DIY nails: a step by step guide

    Perfect DIY nails: a step by step guide

    Since all of our nail salons are temporarily closed due to lockdown, our talons are currently looking a little sad and neglected.  However, worry no more!  Follow these simple steps to achieve salon-worthy nails at home. @fashion_north♬ Say So – Doja Cat What you will need: Glue on false nails Nail clippers Nail file Small…

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  • Lush launches handcare sets to protect and perfect your hands

    Lush launches handcare sets to protect and perfect your hands

    During the pandemic of Covid-19 it has been essential to maintain our self-care especially looking after our hands to ensure they are clean and protected as possible. We blame all the necessary hand-washing and gloves worn to the supermarkets, but our hands are scaly and dry. However, Lush has come to the rescue with your…

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  • Outfits of Met Mondays past

    Outfits of Met Mondays past

    The first Monday in May for the past 72 years has been Met Monday.  However, this year due to Covid-19 the Met Gala has been postponed indefinitely. The theme was to be ‘About Time: Fashion and Duration’ looking back at a century and a half worth of fashion in celebration of the Met’s 150th anniversary.…

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  • Video chat appropriate fashion

    Video chat appropriate fashion

    University lectures have moved to Zoom calls, coffee and a catch up is now done over Facetime and your night-out is now attended over a group Skype call, our phones are being held responsible for our social lives more than ever . When going to any social event in the real world (a distant memory…

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  • Fashion styling tips from Burberry’s Alessia Lawrence

    Fashion styling tips from Burberry’s Alessia Lawrence

    Burberry digital ready-to-wear stylist assistant Alessia Lawrence joined us at Fashion North over a zoom call to share her top tips on making it in the styling industry. Former University of Sunderland fashion journalism student Alessia’s job includes working on numerous shoots a day for the Burberry website, making sure they all run smoothly, and…

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  • My favourite buys to get me through lockdown

    My favourite buys to get me through lockdown

    Whilst the world is currently at a standstill and everyone is at home, people have turned to impulse buying online and I have definitely jumped on this trend and have become an online shopping fanatic in lockdown. I have never been one to excessively shop online and since all shops are shut, unless essential, I…

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