How has COVID-19 changed the game for small businesses?
With lockdowns becoming the new normal, small and independent businesses are coming and going like the tide, but what long-term effect is this having on the ones that remain? Fashion North’s Megan Hagel investigates. The UK has been put under national
The key to a beauty brand’s success on Tik Tok
Tik Tok has officially hit the beauty mainstream, surpassing Instagram as the second-most popular social media app for teens. The latest statistics from Sensor Tower reveal that in April 2020 the video app has been downloaded more than two billion
DIY Make your own Wedding Ring
Throughout the never-ending era of Covid and the failure that was 2020, around 71% of couples cancelled and rescheduled their weddings due to restrictions. According to Hitched, almost 75% of engaged couples have chosen to reschedule their wedding until 2022
The latest Tik Tok trend inspiring fashion week fits
Every fashionista and designer is once again missing out on the highlight of the year
‘I love my job, but I used to go home crying knowing that I would be made redundant’
Benefit brow expert, Elle Applegarth, 21, tells us what shaping eyebrows means to her and how the pandemic is threatening her job. Elle Applegarth had just got back home in Washington after a day at work right after the non-essential shops
North East shoppers flood the Metrocentre as Primark opens for 24 hours
On December 2, the doors to non-essential shops were re-opened for the run up to Christmas. Here at Fashion North, we headed to the Metrocentre where Primark had opened up it's doors for 24 hours. @fashion_northPrimark’s crazy queues for the 24
Sunderland businesses announce collaboration to help environment by giving old furniture new life
Two independent Sunderland businesses, Harrison and Brown and Andyman Upcycling, have announced the launch of their collaboration to cut down on the amount of wasted furniture. Mandy Brown, owner of Harrison and Brown, sells new furniture and contacted Andy Buddin, owner
Living The Dream: Helenlee’s Top Tips for Becoming a Stylist
Helenlee Whalley is a style coach who has swapped the chilly climes of the North East for a new life in sunny Spain. After the pandemic forced all of her business online, Helenlee decided to fulfil her ambition of living abroad. Now
Living The Dream: Helenlee’s Top Tips for Becoming a Stylist
Helenlee is a style coach who has swapped the chilly climes of the North East for a new life in sunny Spain. After the pandemic forced all of her business online, Helenlee decided to fulfil her ambition of living abroad. Now she
Inside the Headlock Vintage Clothing Sale at Northumbria University
Fashion North visits Northumbria University for an inside look at the Headlock Vintage Clothes Sale. Every year, Headlock Vintage partner with local universities to host their vintage clothes sale providing 90s style clothing gems from big brand names including Adidas, Tommy
Day of the Girl: what makes you feel confident?
#DayOfTheGirl is a national holiday that focuses on empowering girls and women around their human rights. Photo credit: Fashion North International Day Of The Girl exists to recognise the unique challenges girls face all over the world. We, as a global society,
Sam Fender X Barbour: Get the look for less for men in your life
North Shields singer and songwriter Sam Fender has teamed with Barbour International founded over the River Tyne in South Shields. The collaboration was announced via a video showing the 26-year-old Brit Award winner’s life, and the steps he took to achieve