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Celebrating 35 years, Sunderland’s Designer Childrenswear store gets another award!
Designer Childrenwear has made their 35th anniversary very special by winning their second Drapers award two months ago. First opened in 1984 by local married couple Brenda and Kevin Coade, the business was small yet unique as it was Sunderland’s first childrenswear store. After years of growing bigger and shipping to over 120 countries worldwide…
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Fashion Memoir: The Lucky Leotard
Gymnastics was my whole life from such an early age. I think I was maybe four or five when I first started. I even remember my first leotard. It was a long-sleeved, burgundy leotard. It was definitely not the most glamorous looking outfit, but it was good start. I trained for years at a competitive…
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“If I could tell my 13 year-old self that I would be sent Charlotte Tilbury, NARS and MAC, I wouldn’t be able to contain my excitement”
South Tyneside beauty blogger Katie Meehan, 24, reveals how to make a living from online. Photo credit: Fashion North Katie Meehan was told at school she’d never get anywhere for loving social media and she needed to focus on other things. However, Katie has proved her teachers and careers advisers wrong and turned the negativity…
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Girl Power, Body Positivity and Sustainability: How Maeve Davies Tackles Society Problems Through Fashion
Finding a passion in life can be hard but making a career out of it can be even harder. Fashion brand owner, Maeve Davies, shared with us how her passions in life inspired her to start her dream business. With a background in advertising, event planning and working with her father, Maeve, 42, took the…
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How clothing can bring us together, regardless of our generation
When I was younger I was definitely a tomboyish girl, as proven by the fact that I really didn’t like the colour pink, which is often a popular colour of girls. I don’t know where, or why, this vendetta against pink began. But my mum told me that, as far as she remembers, I never…
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Style Wars: could gaming save the fashion industry?
It’s hard to imagine the worlds of gaming and fashion colliding, but designers such as Burberry, Louis Vuitton and Gucci are hoping that gaming will win over a new generation of customers. Samantha Boal reports. When you initially think about the world of gaming, you may think about teenagers playing Call of Duty or Rainbow Six Siege. Now, in an age of sustainable fashion and economic decline, some of…