• Prospect100: Inspiring The Next Generation

    If you’re aged 25 or under and an aspiring innovator/ designer/ musician look no further than Prospect 100 for amazing opportunities. Harry Beard, co-founder and one third of the Prospect 100 team, comments:

    “Prospect 100 is a youth movement who look to empower the next generation of talent through competitions. Our...
  • Educating Rita @ Theatre Royal

    Directed by Max Roberts and written by Willy Russell, Educating Rita tracks the story of a working-class hairdresser, Rita into higher education. Passionate, determined and fun-loving Rita (Jessica Johnson) meets her alcoholic University tutor, Frank (Stephen Tompkinson) at the beginning of the play. Rita, despite her lack of education,...
  • In defense of Gucci: Intellectual Property in Fashion.

    Recently it was announced that design powerhouse Gucci were going to tighten their lawsuit on the American fast-fashion chain, Forever 21. The latest in the onslaught of claims from Gucci is that Forever 21 have copied their trademark ‘blue-red-blue’ and ‘green-red-green’ stripe cuffs and webbing. As your style editor...
  • Fashion as a form of protest: purposeful or shallow?

    Fashion has never been a stranger to political protests. It all began in the 19th and 20th centuries when avant-garde artists displayed their opinions of society via t-shirt slogans and anti-establishment dress codes. For example, the most notorious example that comes to mind is when Katherine Hamnett, esteemed British...
  • Virgil Abloh: The Contemporary Face of Fashion

    Not many designers can claim they influence contemporary youth culture in the same manner that Virgil Abloh can. Other than heading the LVMH Prize-nominated label Off-White, Abloh’s talents and accolades range from him being the creative director for Kanye West, to being Grammy-nominated for the album packaging of West...