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By Fleur Seldon and Ruby Clark Rihanna street style Rihanna is known for her fresh and unique styling, often setting trends not following. This look from 2023 was no different. The rugby style shirt look still going strong for 2026. View this
Love Island All Stars 2026: Five Fashion Trends to Watch in the Villa
With the return of Love Island: All Stars, the villa once again becomes one of the UK's most influential fashion incubators. Unlike the original series, All Stars operates with contestants who are already conscious of their branding and fluent in the
Green Heart Collective on Tackling Textile Waste
Every year, across the world, we produce around 92 million tonnes of textile waste. This is set to increase to 134 million tonnes by 2030, if people don’t start taking action. The overproduction and overconsumption of clothes are two major factors
From the States to Sunderland: Hairstylist Amanda Reece’s Journey
Amanda and Jonathan Pickup. Meet Amanda Reece, an American professional stylist from Tucson, Arizona, who has been living in Sunderland for the past four years after falling in love with an Englishman. When his visa application to the States was declined
Shop Spotlight: Elite Dress Agency
Do you ever look through your Pinterest boards and see all your dream designer items only to find out they cost an arm and a leg? Well me too. However, Elite Dress Agency in Manchester will make all your dreams
Lipstick marks: Tacky or Trendy?
Since their popularity in the ‘early 2000s trashy aesthetic’ lipstick marks have recently come back in style, most notably through the pop icon Sabrina Carpenter who utilises the marks in her ‘short n sweet’ tour outfits. Miss Carpenter’s sparkly kiss
A Conversation with Knitwear Designer Ellis David on Bringing Handmade to Fashion Week
Ellis David is a knitwear designer based in Yorkshire and a recent graduate of Sheffield Hallam University. His designs have already been shown at multiple Fashion Weeks including York Fashion Week and the newly-established West Yorkshire Fashion Week. In our
Dress to Match your Matcha (and more) with Fretta by Ruhe
Last week, Scandi-inspired coffee shop, Fretta by Ruhe, opened in Sunderland city centre serving aesthetic matcha in their cute new wellness spot. Their one-of-a-kind canning machine for take-out drinks is becoming a total local craze. Having a can-lid on your morning
Show Up Club: ‘At Your Own Pace, Not a Race’
On Saturday October 11, Show Up Club held their first weekly Sunderland running session at the Sheepfolds. This dynamic female-focused group met to empower and uplift each other with a slogan of ‘at your own pace, not a race’. Fitness
Day in the life of Designer Gemma Nicholson, owner of Soul Bride Sunderland
I get up at 5:00am feed my animals, a Russian cat, she is a Karelian Bobtail, we got her when we lived on a farm, they are great for keeping the mice at bay and 2 Labrador dogs, Opal and
What I’m Wearing Today
On 28th January 2025, Fashion Design and Promotion students began Semester Two, with our first session back being MED257, a fashion styling module, with lecturer, Liz Lamb. Our first point of action was completing health and safety training with the
‘Victorian bride aesthetic’- could this be your favourite trend in the upcoming year?
Are you tired of all the clothing and make-up style trends from this century? Then check out this new aesthetic that is inspired by the hauntingly sophisticated fashion of previous eras. Since trend forecasters have predicted that Victorian era inspired silhouettes