The best pre-Black Friday sales to beat the rush
Black Friday used to be a busy, stress-fuelled shopping trip but this year it will probably feel like any other shopping day. Now that we’re in lockdown and only the essential shops can open it means none of our favourite
The YSL influence
Yves Saint Laurent was a brilliant designer and visionary, a champion of diversity and a lover of the female form. He began his career at Dior taking over as creative director after Christian's sudden death at the age of 52
Tips for every quarantined fashionista
If you’re anything like me you will have complete hot and cold mixed feelings about this whole quarantine situation. On one hand, a few days in front of the telly sounds amazing but on the other it sounds like absolute
Neon Saint Laurent: AW19 ready-to-wear collection
Anthony Vaccarello has once again wowed the world with his new AW19 ready-to-wear collection for Yves Saint Laurent. The show took place in a rather spectacular venue - underneath the Eiffel Tower - and models walked down a corridor of
Hedi Simane’s first menswear campaign for Celine
Artistic director of Celine Hedi Slimane is a French photographer and designer who according to French Vanity Fair is one of the “50 most influential French people in the World.” He has previously worked for Dior Homme and Yves Saint Laurent
Think pink
This still life photography epitomises a fun photoshoot of the colour pink. The beauty obsessed theme includes big names in the industry including Chanel, Charlotte Tilbury, YSL, MAC and many more. I really wanted to include the doughnuts as they are
Tried and Tested: Dry Skin Saviours
Winter can be really hard on your skin. The harsh weather combinations of cold winds, heavy rain and even snow mean's our skin becomes extra dry and trust me, that is not a good look! I've tried and tested three
First Impression Friday
This week, Fashion North had two new recruits; Alexandra Craggs and Stephanie Pearce. They've tried and tested five of the latest beauty must haves for todays first impression Friday
Trend Alert: Fantastic Plastic
When I think of plastic fashion, horrible memories about those awkward transparent macs that my mum used to try and shove over my head when I was little before it started to rain all come flooding back. By the way,
Bowes Museum extend Yves Saint Laurent exhibition
The Bowes Museum has extended the run of their successful Yves Saint Laurent exhibition by a further two weeks due to such high demand. The retrospective to the French designer has been an unprecedented success, with a total of 55,000 visitors
YSL Style Is Eternal; We speak exclusively to Lauren Laverne and Laura Craik
As the YSL Bowes museum exhibition comes to an end, fashion journalists and The-Pool.com colleagues, Laura Craik and Lauren Laverne join the Durham book festival to speak about the freedom movement of women through Saint Laurent’s fashion. There is a buzz
Follow Us Around: YSL Style Is Eternal Exhibition
Fashion North has been a regular visitor at the Yves Saint Laurent Style Is Eternal exhibition at the Bowes Museum, Durham, so it will come as no surprise that we jumped at the chance to gaze lustfully at the collection