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“Should we invite Bella Hadid?”: Your party needs a theme

“Should we invite Bella Hadid?”: Your party needs a theme

Is your party really a party without a theme? Read the best ideas here to plan a party worth attending

Dandy Style: Men’s fashion from regency to runway

Manchester Art Gallery opens its new Fashion Gallery with an ambitious exploration of men’s clothing, race and identity
The Lion King: Preview event

The Lion King: Preview event

Ahead of The Lion King’s stellar four-month residency at the Palace Theatre, Disney held an intimate preview event at Sonata Piano & Cabaret Lounge
Horoscopes: Week commencing October 26th

Horoscopes: Week commencing October 26th

This week find out which Halloween costume is the perfect match for your star sign!
Film fashion icons: Thirteen’s Evie Zamora and Tracy Freeland

Film fashion icons: Thirteen’s Evie Zamora and Tracy Freeland

Isabella Sharp looks back at the girls of Thirteen, icons of early 2000s fashion
Trick or treat? The nightmare behind October 31st

Trick or treat? The nightmare behind October 31st

It’s the spookiest time of the year, but perhaps not in the way you would expect. Emma Price discusses the dangerous after-effects of Halloween.
Review: ‘Life is a Dream’

Review: ‘Life is a Dream’

Scarlett Gorman reviews Rambert’s ‘Life is a Dream’ at The Lowry

Costumes and cultural appropriation – where to draw the line

It’s time for trick or treat, pumpkins, and scary outfits. Halloween has crept up on us once more. Many are prepared — coloured contacts, litres of fake red blood, and the spookiest of outfits ready and waiting — whilst some such as myself are clutching at straws for a sinister yet sensational costume for a […]

What do I wear to Pangaea?

Deciding on an outfit after securing your golden ticket

What does it take to be the best dressed at Pangaea?

Let’s take a look through the costumes of Pangaea’s past to see what it takes to be crowned the best dressed

The big costume debate: sexy VS scary

When choosing your Hallowe’en costume, what do you go for? Sultry and sexy, or spine-tingling and scary?

Monster mash

Kathryn Murray with a mash-up of her go-to DIY Halloween outfits

Halloween style stars from the silver screen

Aimée Grant Cumberbatch gives us 5 of the film world’s evilest villains whose styles you’ll want to steal

Student 101: controversial costumes

As The BOP was forced to pull its ‘Armed Forces and Taliban’ fancy dress theme Lucy Gardner explores the issue behind controversial costumes