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Alice Porter

Alice Porter


Review: How To Keep Up With The Kardashians

Review: How To Keep Up With The Kardashians

Alice Porter reviews ‘How To Keep Up With The Kardashians’, a UMDS production on body image and pop culture
The UoM based zine creating a space for discussions about blackness, beauty and community

The UoM based zine creating a space for discussions about blackness, beauty and community

“The beauty industry when it’s spoken about is spoken about as if it’s one universal experience, but there’s lots of separate ideas and people [within it]. We wanted to shed light on the people who were thinking about it and talking about it and working in it but didn’t have this major clout”
What to wear to the Women in Media Conference

What to wear to the Women in Media Conference

Fashion Editor Alice Porter provides some advice on how to make a great first impression at this years WIM Conference
In the Beauty Bag #1: Mancunion Fashion & Beauty Editor, Alice Porter

In the Beauty Bag #1: Mancunion Fashion & Beauty Editor, Alice Porter

Are you the nosey friend who snoops around people’s bathrooms, looking to see what products they use? This new series by Beauty Writer Alexandra Bikard is made for you
Is it Art? Fashion Week

Is it Art? Fashion Week

Fashion editor Alice Porter explores the idea that the commodification of Fashion Week prevents it from being art
Sustainable and affordable fashion brands

Sustainable and affordable fashion brands

With approximately £140 million worth of clothing going to landfill every year, it’s clear that sustainable fashion is necessary and it doesn’t have to be expensive
The sustainable underwear to buy this Valentine’s Day

The sustainable underwear to buy this Valentine’s Day

Planning on buying new underwear this Valentine’s Day? Have you ever considered the environmental impact of this? Try sustainable underwear this year so you can look and feel confident
How Instagram made books cool again

How Instagram made books cool again

Are influencers genuinely interested in books or is it all just for the ‘aesthetic’?
Netflix series ‘Next in Fashion’ could be 2020’s answer to America’s Next Top Model

Netflix series ‘Next in Fashion’ could be 2020’s answer to America’s Next Top Model

The new Netflix series hosted by Alexa Chung and Tan France will see budding designers take part in challenges to win $250,000 donated by Net-A-Porter
This decade’s fashion is undefinable because it was obsessed with the past

This decade’s fashion is undefinable because it was obsessed with the past

Fashion Editor Alice Porter argues that the democratisation of fashion during the 2010s has rendered the era distinctly undefinable (apart from its consistent nostalgia)
Why do we put books on a pedestal?

Why do we put books on a pedestal?

Alice Porter attempts to de-spell the myth that books are the supreme form of popular culture, despite being a self-proclaimed book lover
The best fashion podcasts

The best fashion podcasts

Fashion Editor Alice Porter shares her picks of the best fashion podcasts
Clothes you can cycle to uni in that aren’t activewear

Clothes you can cycle to uni in that aren’t activewear

Sick and tired of wearing the same pair of leggings everyday to cycle to uni in? Here are some practical ways to mix up your bike-friendly wardrobe…
Review: ‘The Testaments’ by Margaret Atwood

Review: ‘The Testaments’ by Margaret Atwood

Fashion editor Alice Porter argues that the ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ sequel prioritises plot over politics with a novel that was unnecessarily built up
In conversation with Manchester fashion blogger, Onyi Moss

In conversation with Manchester fashion blogger, Onyi Moss

Fashion Editor Alice Porter sits down with fashion blogger Onyi Moss to discuss honing in on your skills in the influencer industry, career paths and promoting sustainability as a content-creator
Opinion: inclusivity in fashion needs to be sincere

Opinion: inclusivity in fashion needs to be sincere

Fashion brands are becoming more inclusive as the social and political landscape changes, but are any of them genuinely interested in making real change?
Opinion: Man Booker continues to fail black women

Opinion: Man Booker continues to fail black women

The Man Booker Prize is being praised because a black woman, Bernadine Evaristo, has won for the first time, but what does her having to share the prize say?
In conversation with the president of UoM’s first ever Thrifting Society

In conversation with the president of UoM’s first ever Thrifting Society

Fashion editor Alice Porter, chats to the founder of UoM’s brand new Thrifting Society, Millie Nettleton
The best second hand shopping in the Northern Quarter

The best second hand shopping in the Northern Quarter

Does the thought of thrift shopping fill you with an existential dread of ‘where to start’? Fashion editor Alice Porter narrows down the best second-hand shopping Northern Quarter has to offer
Busy student on a budget? Try a capsule wardrobe

Busy student on a budget? Try a capsule wardrobe

If you have an overflowing wardrobe and a problem with impulse purchases, you need to consider a capsule wardrobe