How to style: scarves
Here at Fashion North, we have been incorporating patterned scarves into our everyday, current looks. We took inspiration from today’s popular trends with pieces that you most likely have in your wardrobe already and created three new looks for you
Our New Decade Style Resolutions
Eat more healthily, buy more sustainably, follow your dreams to study fashion journalism. The new year is always a great time to make your resolutions. With 2020 comes a brand new decade, so Fashion North asked these budding fashionistas, at Fashion
Sunderland boutiques launch 2020 prom dress lines
Orders have been flooding in for two Sunderland occasionwear boutiques as they introduce new prom trends for the upcoming year. Encore Evenings and Bridal and The One Boutique started stocking their new line of Prom dresses in November 2019. The One Boutique
Fashion memoir: I Had Never Felt Better
What other way to end your school years but with a girls holiday in Ibiza? It’s sunny, it’s glamorous and a quick two-hour flight away! Of course, when my friend and I chose to go to Ibiza over other party
Dear fresher me: our fashion journalism students’ emotional notes to self
Back in September 2017, a group of fresh-faced fashion journalism students joined Fashion North and started their three-year journey learning about catwalk reporting, trend forecasting, street style photography, social media and much, much more. Today, they are reaching the end of
The SS19 TOMMY X ZENDAYA collection is shamelessly 70s and absolutely afrolicious: Here are our best picks
The TOMMY X ZENDAYA ready-to-wear Spring collection is now available for purchase online at Tommy Hilfiger after the runway debut that took place in Paris on March 2, 2019. The show celebrates black ethnic features with models walking the runway with
All suited up – personal styling with John Lewis, Newcastle
By Abi Farebrother. We had the pleasure of meeting stylists Emma and Elena from the John Lewis Newcastle personal styling team, where we got an insight into the job requirements and specifications, what they do, the challenges they face and how
What’s in your fave beauty products? Fashion Journalism students visit Sunderland cosmetic science labs
First year fashion journalism students have been discovering how beauty products are created and what ingredients go in their favourite cosmetics. The group visited the cosmetic science laboratories at University of Sunderland's city campus where they sampled body butters, oils, creams
Happy birthday to us! Five years of Fashion North fabulousness
Fashion North is celebrating its fifth anniversary! This fashion and beauty website, created and run by students studying fashion journalism at the University of Sunderland, launched with a glittering party back in December 2013, (see the invite below) with the full
Dear fresher me…a fashion journalism letter to myself
Way back in September 2016, a new group of fresh-faced fashion journalism students started out with Fashion North and their three-year journey learning about trend forecasting, street style photography, social media and much, much more. Today, they enjoyed their last-ever fashion
Paige Mooney: my seven secrets to cracking fashion journalism
It's less than three years since Paige Mooney graduated in fashion journalism at the University of Sunderland. But her CV already reads like someone who's been around for decades, interning at the likes of Vogue, Elle, In Style, Glamour, Jimmy
Vivienne Westwood and shaping the body: UoS fashion students take York
Fashion journalism and design students ventured out of Sunderland this week and headed for York. With an early start to the day, the fashion cohort set off to visit the Vivienne Westwood personal shoe collection and shaping the body exhibition at York