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Sonny Angels: The art history behind your new best friend

Sonny Angels: The art history behind your new best friend

Sonny Angels are going viral on TikTok right now, but did you know there’s a long art historical tradition behind the adorable dolls?
Is it fetch? Hollywood’s struggles with teen fashion

Is it fetch? Hollywood’s struggles with teen fashion

Another year, another movie putting its own spin on teen fashion just to be met with a wave of criticism, and the Mean Girls reboot is no exception, but where did it all go so wrong?
Why have we fallen out of love with eyeshadow? And how to embrace it back into our lives with loving arms

Why have we fallen out of love with eyeshadow? And how to embrace it back into our lives with loving arms

The Mancunion explores the lack of colour in 2020s makeup trends and suggests an answer to the all-important question: where did all the eyeshadow go?
Gucci x Palace: The weird and the wonderful

Gucci x Palace: The weird and the wonderful

After a year filled with designer collections, here’s one more that everyone is talking about: read for more about the Gucci x Palace collaboration
The damaging resurgence of Heroin Chic

The damaging resurgence of Heroin Chic

As the Kardashians ditch their BBLs and curves for a ‘skinnier look’, recent changes in body image trends seem to be reverting back to the 2000s love of the slim physique and heroin chic
Uggs and Moon Boots: why can’t we let go of the past?

Uggs and Moon Boots: why can’t we let go of the past?

Our favourite chunky footwear this winter – practical and avant-garde? Or just another fashion regurgitation from the noughties?
Review: Saving Britney

Review: Saving Britney

Is there more to #FreeBritney than meets the eye? Saving Britney follows a fan’s love affair with the star, who secretly saves her.
Is it a skirt, is it a belt? Diesel’s Fall 2022 fashion show is an innovative triumph

Is it a skirt, is it a belt? Diesel’s Fall 2022 fashion show is an innovative triumph

The latest Diesel show was all about leather, denim, and early 2000s clubwear. Read what our writer Maia thought about it
Dance through the decades: WIM’s Time Trippin’ club-night

Dance through the decades: WIM’s Time Trippin’ club-night

This Tuesday grab your friends and dress-up groovy for WIM’s Time Trippin’ extravaganza! A decade for everyone!
Instagram fashion history pages you should be following

Instagram fashion history pages you should be following

6 of the best Fashion History accounts on Instagram.
Our favourite shops on Depop

Our favourite shops on Depop

Whether you’er desperate for an item or looking to treat yourself, check out these hot shops on Depop!
Why are we so obsessed with claw clips?

Why are we so obsessed with claw clips?

The claw clip has become 2021’s go-to hairstyle, so we decided to explore the resurgence of this new trend
The return of Y2K fashion: the generation that won’t grow up

The return of Y2K fashion: the generation that won’t grow up

Noughties fashion: why can’t we let it go?