Styling Challenge at Smart Works
As part of our recent challenge, we had the opportunity to visit Smart Works, a charity organisation dedicated to supporting unemployed women by providing them with coaching, professional clothing, and the confidence they need to succeed in job interviews and transform
Pride Styling Challenge
For Fashion styling we completed a pride styling challenge. What this consisted of was creating a pride themed mood board and visiting charity shops based around Sunderland to style a pride outfit for our mannequin and for ourselves. Moodboard: Pride Outfit: This
Metrocentre’s SS25 Fashion & Beauty Weekend welcomes thousands amid roaring success
Metrocentre welcomed thousands of visitors to its highly anticipated SS25 Fashion & Beauty Weekend that took place across two jam-packed days. Over the weekend, Metrocentre hosted its annual Fashion & Beauty Weekend with an inspiring line-up of catwalk shows, expert-led masterclasses,
Beyond the Drape: Styling a Scarf – 3 Creative Looks
For this challenge, I chose a colourful scarf, a long-time favourite from my wardrobe. Here are the scarf staying methods I created with my scarf. Looped Hair Wrap For the first style, I used it to create a looped hair wrap. I
Miffy at 70: Where to Get Your Miffy Fashion Look
This year marks 70 years of Dick Bruna’s illustrated and beloved character Miffy. Known as Nijntje in her homeland, the Netherlands, Miffy is a little white rabbit with distinctive facial features: two little eyes and a cross mouth. Due to these
Six Beauty Essentials For Spring
Spring is the perfect time for a fresh start. It is also the best season to spruce up your daily beauty products and wellness routine. Here are six trending and essential beauty products to try for the ultimate spring version
The Return of Debonair: Perfect Valentine’s Evening Look for Men in 2025
The days of casual attire on dates are behind us. Valentine’s Day 2025 is a time to embrace confidence, respect and style- capturing the essence of a true gentleman during this season of romance. As Valentine’s Day approaches, the fashion
From Mango to Reiss: Take a look at the Metrocentre’s newest fashion offerings
Shopping mecca the Metrocentre is extending its fashion offerings with a new wave of openings and refurbishments to their existing shops. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fashion North (@fashion_north) Reiss, Sosandar and Mango have arrived at the shopping centre
Fashion North’s Pick of the best budget wedding vendors in the North East
Are you a bride-to be? Planning a wedding on a budget? Then check out Fashion North's guide to a selection of the best budget wedding vendors in the North East. Fashion North editor Maddy Ciaraldi headed to the GNB Events wedding event, at
One Brand Styling at The Bridges Shopping Centre
At Fashion North, we were challenged to create a whole outfit using only one store from The Bridges in Sunderland. We headed straight to Primark as they are fabulous for offering so many different styles, and in recent years, they
One brand style challenge
For this style challenge, we were tasked with choosing a clothing shop in The Bridges shopping centre to style an entire outfit on each other. I styled Beth head to toe in Primark clothes. I opted for a simple classy look
Italian Style: Three outfits from our trip to Milan
In February we travelled to Milan during it's Fashion Week and as fashion journalism students, preparing our outfits was just as important as the trip itself. So, we decided to plan some outfits based on parts of our trip, these