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  • Get the Stevie Nicks look

    Here at Fashion North, we are huge fans of the musical and fashionable legend that is Stevie Nicks. Image: PA Images Earlier this week, Stevie’s former band, Fleetwood Mac – who hit their peak in the 70s – hit number one in the iTunes Charts, after a TikTok using their hit single ‘Dreams’ went viral, 43…

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  • The 20s…..a second time round?

    The 1920s was a revolutionary period in fashion history as women explicitly defied the societal body standards of past years and embraced both their femininity and independence. The flapper subculture that sprung up and has come to define the era prompted a boyish shape, less restricting undergarments and an overall carefree attitude for young women.…

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  • Black Lives Matter: The catwalk effect

    There has always been a lot of speculation for social injustice within the fashion industry. In 2014, only 20.9 percent of models on the Spring 2015 runway at New York Fashion Week were of colour. Diversity and inclusion issues have drawn a great deal of attention to the fashion industry in previous years. Since 2014,…

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  • Corset design influenced by women’s smart wear

    The corset I have designed is inspired by the early Victorian era. I have decided to use the hourglass shape to accentuate the curves on the body. To bring the early corset design to the 21st century, I have created a suit design corset. This was influenced by Balenciaga’s women’s runway looks. I have raised…

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  • Gucci surprises with orange tartan dress…for men

    The world has gone crazy about Gucci selling this £1.700 dress for men in order to fight the toxic masculinity. It is part of the Fall/Winter 2020 Ready-To-Wear collection which will be presented during Milan Fashion Week in January. The orange tartan midi dress, that’s been claimed by Gucci to be a long smock shirt,…

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  • Comfy in Corsets

      This is a modern oversized corset made by bleached linen fabric and inspired by Joan Miro’s naïf- abstract collection of paintings called ‘Le Lizard aux Plumes’. The disintegrated form, the abstract design and the shapes occurring from this pattern, obey perfectly to Issey Miyake’s perspectives, whom this is designed for. The piece follows the…

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