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Spend this Valentine’s Day with your true love: makeup
Love is in the air. Well, love for lipsticks, palettes, and lashes anyway. As soon as February rolls in we all know Valentine’s Day is just around the corner which can be a love or hate holiday for most people. However, spend this Valentine’s day with your true love: makeup. Here at Fashion North, we…
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Fall in love with fashion this Valentine’s Day
Whether you can believe it or not, that time of year has come around again – Valentine’s Day. Some people love it, some people loathe it, but no matter what your opinion on Valentine’s Day is, you can still look good. As always, one of our favourite clothing brands, Pretty Little Thing, has the cutest…
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Vintage Vera Pop-Up Shop Champions Environmentally Fashionable Choices
Vintage Vera has opened up an old school clothing store at the University of Sunderland for one day only, showcasing a variety of pre-owned fashion choices. The clothes sale offers university students the chance to add to their wardrobe with outfits and designer attires that would otherwise go to waste. Gordon Martin, owner of Vintage…
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Eyebrows: From Marilyn Monroe to Cara Delevingne
Full eyebrows are currently a real obsession, especially on Instagram. When Kim Kardashian rose to fame in 2010, bold brows became famous and the whole beauty industry changed. However, there’s a huge contrast between the way they look now and how they used to look a few decades ago. In the 1950s celebrities such…
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3 scarves, 3 ways: How To Guide
If you want to add a little bit more to your outfit, scarves are the perfect item to do just that. There are different styles of scarves so they are very versatile and can be worn throughout the different seasons with all kinds of outfits. The first look we did was a cute hair piece.…
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Sunderland divided over Pretty Little Thing advertisement ban
Online fashion retailer Pretty Little Thing has had its latest YouTube ad banned by the Advertising Standards Agency after Watchdog complains that it is “overly-sexualised.” The advert featured a PLT model wearing vinyl shorts with holes cut around the bum and a bright coral bralette top, in an attempt to display festival fashion. The lack…