Life in the fashion cupboard: My placement taught me I’ve chosen the right career path
As part of your third year as a fashion journalism student at the University of Sunderland, you’ll complete a compulsory 10-day work placement. Students have previously carried out their work experience at the likes of Elle, Grazia, Glamour, Drapers and In
North East lifestyle blogger Alice Fairweather gives top tips to fashion students on forging strong relationships within the industry
Lifestyle blogger Alice Fairweather has been passing on her top tips for success to fashion students. The 22-year-old, who runs the North East lifestyle blog Zest of Alice, spoke about the value of good content alongside forging strong relationships with fashion
WE’RE BAAAACK! An inside scoop into Fashion North
Always wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes of a Fashion North conference? We welcomed our third-year Fashion Journalism students back to the Media Hub for their first news day of the semester. Weekly, our editors, deputy editors and writers
Christmas Gift guide: For the fashion journalism student
Christmas is just around the corner and if you're a complete fashionista like the girls and guys on our team and haven't really asked Santa for much this year, then this gift guide for a fashion journalism student may help
From freshers to fabulous fashion journalism finale
They started out as shy fashion journalism freshers at the University of Sunderland in September 2015 and enjoyed a Welcome Week trip to the YSL exhibition at Bowes museum, County Durham. Today, the class of 2018 enjoyed their last-ever newsday in
How to break into fashion journalism in London: Top tips from Joanne Toolan
Joanne Toolan graduated in Fashion Journalism from the University of Sunderland just two and a half years ago. After a lot of hard work, Joanne is now working as a fashion assistant at You Magazine, Mail on Sunday, in London.
Behind the Scenes with Fashion North
Here at Fashion North, we want to bring you the best fashion news, beauty trends and all things stylish from across the region. But today we thought we'd give a sneak peek to see all the, erm, hard work that goes
Yay! Fashion journalism grads up for gongs
Here at Fashion North, we're over the moon that two of our Sunderland University graduates have been shortlisted for prestigious student awards for their final year fashion magazines. Huge congratulations to Alex Laws and Hannah Mayer, and we are keeping everything
What the new fashion journalism students wore for Freshers Week
The new generation of aspiring fashion journalists freshers are finally here and by gosh they are a fashionable bunch. We at Fashion North wish them the very best of luck in the world as they start their exciting three year adventure at
9 top tips for breaking into the fashion industry
Fashion Assistant at You Magazine and Fashion Journalism graduate, Joanne Toolan, returned to the University of Sunderland today to visit our students and share with us her tips for breaking into fashion journalism post-graduation. As aspiring editorial assistants, fashion interns and stylists we were all
Ab Fab Grads: What We Wore To Graduation!
Today (July 8) the Stadium of Light plays host to the University of Sunderland graduation ceremonies, for the class of 2016 Arts, Design and Media graduates. Among them, our Fashion Journalists took to the stage to collect their degrees, dressed to
What We Wore To See Queen B!
June 28 marked the first european show date of Beyoncé's Formation World Tour, held at Sunderland's Stadium of Light. The North East turned out in full for the Lemonade artist, as the stadium was packed to the rafters, full of