When life hands you lemons… buy Gucci, I guess

My birthday is on the third of January, I try to extend it for as long as possible but after that the month is just depressing and boring. Simply the reason I have spent a hideous amount of money on a bag, yes, a bag. Isn’t it terrible how a material item has made me …

How I am dealing with UCAS stress

Firstly, I’m not. Just write your personal statement they say, it will be easy they say. Well if you think writing 4000 characters about yourself will be a walk in the park, please teach me how. Throughout your educational experience, university almost seems like the afterlife, you don’t know if you will reach it or …

Why high fashion is no longer something for the elite

Accessibility. It’s a big thing within postmodern society and ultimately reinforces the struggle for social mobility. If something isn’t accessible to us, more often than not, we will just accept it as part of our social standing and go into a state of immediate gratification. This is how I felt with high fashion. As a …

7 tees to satisfy your inner feminist

I’m a feminist. No I don’t have hairy legs and armpits (well maybe sometimes in the winter over my hibernation period) and no I don’t protest for political lesbianism (even though it seems like a viable alternative to guys when they’re being assholes). To identify as a feminist, you DO NOT have to conform to …

WHAT. THE. CROC?

I thought we saw the end of this with Christopher Kane in 2006 but nooooo, designers keep wanting to subvert conventions and bring back dreaded memories from a millennials childhood. Balenciaga is now the ghost of fashions past and I really want to scrooge my way out of this one. Realistically, up until the age …

Mental health: A reluctance in discussion

I remember when my mum told me about Seymour Hoffman dying. She was distraught. I was distraught because she was distraught. I didn’t understand the depth of the situation, as I believed he just passed with old age (at 14 I thought 46 was pretty old). For those of you who don’t know, he’s not …

‘(S)he wears sunglasses indoors, in winter at night-time’

 This is something that needs to be said… When you first listen to a new album of an artist you stan, there are always some tracks you can resonate with. When Ed brought out divide earlier this year, the main tunes people were relating to were happier and perfect. For me, it was new man. …

Why Ashish Gupta is at the forefront of a political fashion revolution

When Ashish Gupta isn’t watching Netflix (relatable) or working in his Hackney studio (not so relatable, I’m usually watching Netflix), he is resurfacing fashion and proposing a new concept for the industry altogether. As the creative director for his brand ‘Ashish’, Gupta showcased his SS18 collection at London Fashion Week juxtaposing glamour with strong political …

Zoella Winter Wonderland

Is it too early to start feeling the Christmas vibes in September? Short answer: no, according to queen of Christmas Zoe Sugg. Admittedly it’s never been my favourite holiday, but I couldn’t disregard the opportunity to visit Zoella’s ‘Winter Wonderland’ and with the sharp aromas of festive goodness I couldn’t help feeling excited. To summarise …

A Fashion Ecosystem

An ecosystem is defined as ‘a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment’, so the question I’m presenting now and one that has been articulated in the past is: Could we construct a fashion ecosystem? I first came across this idea as it was presented by Frances Corner and different brands coming into …