Everyone’s talking about the ban on underweight models taken by major French fashion companies, but is it really worth all the attention? New Fashion editor, Lydia Varney, gives us her take on the latest change […]
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: The forgotten faces of fashion week
Another ‘fashion month’, as the industry labels it, has drawn to a close. Of course whether excited by the event or not, it has been unavoidable. From New York right through to Paris, Instagram has […]
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: How to look like a Victoria’s Secret Model!
As the months begin to get colder, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is one we all look forward to watching, and we all hope and dream of looking like the angels one day. Well, this […]
A New Diverse Direction; a model example
Unfortunately it’s become fact that the fashion industry lacks diversity when it comes to models but is this an issue of the past or something that is beginning to change? Let’s look at the statistics […]
LRFS: Model for Change
You’ve got more chance of being struck by lightning than reaching model requirements. That’s according to statistics revealing the average commercial model size at least, showing one in forty thousand meets these conditions. We live […]
What We’re Watching: Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model – Episode 5
Episode 5 I didn’t enjoy this week’s episode. Up until now it had been fun to rant and bitch about the contestants who I deemed to be evil, safe in the knowledge that their souls […]
What We’re Watching: Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model – Episode 3
Episode 3 Hooray! Another episode of BINTM. I choose to pronounce this acronym, not only because Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model is too long to say (or to even type… Cheeky Copy and Paste […]
What We’re Watching: Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model – Episode 2
Episode 2 I’ll admit, straight off, that I didn’t watch the first episode of Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model, or BINTM as the hashtag encourages. I didn’t even realise that there was an episode […]
Lust, pride and green-eyed envy at RAG
Lights, camera…strut your stuff for charity. Last Thursday night brought the hotly anticipated RAG Fashion Show to the Union- turning up the heat and adding far more raunchiness than the Refectory is used to.