If you were a notebook which one would you be? Fashion North shops The Bridges, Sunderland for this seasons notebooks
With so many different designs out there to choose from, there’s a notebook fit for every personality. Despite the ever-growing prominence of technology in our everyday lives, it’s clear that tangible objects such as notebooks remain an essential university item for many
Travel sized beauty essentials to include in your everyday bag
The ideal situation would be if on arrival into this world we are all gifted a Mary Poppins sized bag so that the everyday struggle of being a woman with not enough bag space for all of our daily essentials
High-street shopper numbers lowest in a decade
Shopping numbers in Britain saw their largest November drop for a decade, since the financial crash between 2007-08 according to retailer research Springboard. Footfall on high streets, shopping centres, and retail parks fell by 3.2 per cent after twelve months of
The best and worst fashion trends of 2018
Every year shoppers and fashionistas are both happy and shocked by the fashion trends that hit the high street. It is always likely that a fashion trend will reawaken, this year we saw the rebirth of tartan, animal print, trench
Is the high street becoming a ghost town due to e-commerce?
British high streets aren’t what they once were so if you walk down your local high street you will see countless empty shops – is this all down to the boom of e-commerce? Fashion North investigates. Every year it seems there’s
Fashion North’s top five winter coats from your local supermarkets
Whether you love it or hate it, winter comes every year like clockwork and we can't always guarantee what mood it will be in when it arrives. Sometimes the wind and the rain leaves us missing summer and other times
Beyond Fashion North: Episode 4
Welcome to Beyond Fashion North episode four. In this podcast, Faye Jones, Victoria Cummings, and Faye Dixon discuss a range of topics from Amazon’s pop up shop and the Meghan Markle effect to the changes in Halloween culture. From left to
Expelliarmus to Harry Potter merch as Boots launch new range
Boots are the latest high street chain to hop on the Harry Potter bandwagon with a new range to add to every Potterhead’s Christmas list. But are there just too many Harry Potter items already out there? Fashion North investigates. The Boots
RI Home: River Island’s first homeware collection launches
You can always spot a River Island outfit from anywhere, it's a favourite brand on the high-street for clothes and now the London-born fashion brand has introduced its first homeware collection. And it's everything we would expect from the well-known
Shades of Autumn: FN’s top five autumnal eye palettes
With Autumn in full swing, us beauty lovers are eyeing up the goods to get our eyes on point for this season. If you're like us and can't resist the temptation to treat yourself, take a look at our best
Spice up your home with our autumnal decor pics
Sunderland is in an array of pumpkin spice and oversized sweaters but the homeware is taking over. Although the weather might be a little confused at the moment, it is finally autumn and time to get your home feeling cosy. Sunderland high
Our freshers’ fab fashion finds
Here at Fashion North, we’re welcoming a new cohort of BA (Hons) fashion journalism students to the University of Sunderland. And what better way to celebrate their arrival than with a shopping trip! Our fabulous freshers spent the day at Newcastle’s Eldon