Mourning My Headphones
Yesterday I had to say goodbye to the one accessory I could truly say I would never leave the house without. My Beats headphones. They were the best shopping companion a girl could ever ask for, the most reliable gym
My jewellery box memoir
Jewellery to me, especially my rings, have become like second skin, I never take them off. They have quite literally become part of who I am. I’ve worn them every day for so long now that friends and colleagues just
Its not just a scarf, its a Burberry.
I’ve always seen hand me downs as something someone doesn’t want or doesn’t use, meaning there's obviously a reason they are handing it down so why would I want it? However, I always get excited if my mam gives me
Fashion Memoir: My Dear Docs
Dr. Martens have always been a fashion staple in my family, from my dad loving his one trusty pair, to my brother and sister owning multiple pairs and being big fans of the brand as a whole. I’ve now owned
Of traditions and cultures, here’s a piece of my mother that I wear
Estranged in connections and emotions but never in the language of traditions and clothes I am an only child that was born and raised in Malaysia, a country that’s a melting pot of different races, religions and cultures. Therefore, every
The coat that is my crutch
My half sister, Skye, receives two Mother's Day cards a year- one from her daughter and one from me. Because before she pushed my niece, Willow, into the world nearly five years ago, my sister was raising me. We had busy parents
Fashion Memoir: My very own fashion Fairy “grandmother”
I have always viewed fashion as a way of expression, but this can mean different things, for different people. In my eyes fashion has been my life and that all came from my very own Fairy ‘Grandmother’. From being little I
My roller coaster relationship with my prom dress
We all have that one dress in our archives that we go through phases of both loving and hating. Mine just so happens to be my Prom Dress. I couldn’t really tell you what I was like in secondary school,
It’s not just a bag, it’s my identity: a memoir by Lucy Hilda Britnell
March 9th, 2013, the rain was pouring down as we drove down the M1 motorway towards the city of Leeds. This weekend was one I had been thinking about for so many months and for me, buying my first designer
My Freshers Week TopShop purchase
We are all shocked at the news that TopShop may collapse. Megan Fitzmaurice recalls how her first Fashion North assignment in September 2018 ended up with a purchase! On our very first university trip to Eldon Square in Newcastle, we were
My TopShop jeans helped me gain my body confidence
As news of the potential collapse of TopShop breaks, Fashion North editor Caitlyn McAdam reflects on the time she discovered how the high street store
The lady in red
In life, we all have a certain object or place that feels [particularly special to us. This can be for many reasons, some happy, some sad, or even a mixture of both. For a lot of people, this could be