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Supermarket style sweep
Apples, check. Pint of milk, check. Loaf of bread, check. New autumn/winter wardrobe, double check! You don’t think of adding the best fashion finds to your weekly grocery shop. But, as fashion retail website Drapers reveals that high street fashion chain Oasis are to launch concessions in Sainsbury’s, we hit the big four supermarkets (Tesco,…
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Expelliarmus to Harry Potter merch as Boots launch new range
Boots are the latest high street chain to hop on the Harry Potter bandwagon with a new range to add to every Potterhead’s Christmas list. But are there just too many Harry Potter items already out there? Fashion North investigates. The Boots range will be available in store and online from October 27 – just in…
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Lush Christmas Bath Bombs – we do the sniff test so you don’t have to
Lush have launched their Christmas range and it just wouldn’t be right for us to not go and sniff it out. While the online descriptions are good, there’s nothing like heading into the store and really testing what the products are like. From puds to stars, Lush have plenty to offer so we headed to…
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Fashion North’s top three autumnal lipsticks that don’t transfer on your coffee cup
It’s that time of year again when you can get your plum lipsticks out again, however dark berry shades are the worst for smudging and transferring to your morning cup of coffee. It’s the worst when you have just applied your lipstick and after your first sip, your lips have smudged and disappeared. So, to…
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Five coats (with hoods) to get through the wind and rain this autumn
The weather has been crazy lately. We’ve had up to 25 mph wind blowing us from place to place and the rain really hasn’t helped. Trees have even been blowing around outside of the University of Sunderland. It’s been impossible to put up an umbrella without it blowing inside out, so why are we still…
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Fashion North attends the Sunderland Vintage Kilo Sale
Last weekend, Bede Tower became full of beautiful and interesting vintage clothes, as the UK’s first and largest kilo sale came to Sunderland after visiting big cities such as London, Edinburgh, Manchester, and many others. Here at Fashion North we took along our own bag and rummaged through tonnes of branded items from the 70’s…