Everyone has got Star Wars fever, including high end fashion designers. Eleven designers have come together to create a series of ready-to-wear looks under the #Force4Fashion label. The designs were unveiled last night and will appear in all of the Bloomingdale’s 57th Street windows before being auctioned off on...
This week for Throwback Thursday we’re looking at a subculture that has a close affinity with Brighton. Descending from the Teddy Boys, the modernist movement started in the late 1950s and continued into the early 1960s. An increase in youth employment and disposable income meant that the Mods continued...
Does anyone remember the ice bucket challenge? What about the no makeup selfie? In recent years we’ve seen the rise of social media campaigns as a way to raise awareness, and it’s been largely effective. It doesn’t cost anything, it’s fun and it allows people to show solidarity with...
Happy December 1st! The official countdown to Christmas has begun and that means preparations have begun for everything from the Christmas dinner to your Christmas party wardrobe. This time of year we see an influx of social events, particularly ones that require a fair bit of dressing up. Bjournal...
The Pirelli Calendar is possibly the most famous, and hotly anticipated calendar in the world, sorry Peter Andre. For those of you who are wondering what on earth can be exciting or anticipated about a calendar, let me explain. The Pirelli Calendar was first launched in 1964 simply as...
One of the most interesting things about British fashion and cultural history is its sub-cultures. Punks, Skinheads, New Romantics, Teddy Boys, Mods, Rockers, and their respective revivals, the list is endless. Britain has had a number of sub-cultures disrupting the norm for decades, but where did it all start?
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Sometimes fashion trends overlap. They make it from summer into winter like that guy you met at Reading Festival who will not stop texting you. This winter, an unlikely trend shifted from a festival staple to something slightly more sophisticated for the colder months. I’m not talking about a...
In 2013, a garment factory in Bangladesh collapsed, killing 1,100 people and injuring a further 2,500 making it the worst industrial disaster the country has ever faced. The event triggered an international campaign to improve working conditions, as well as higher pay in the world’s second-largest garment industry. Since...
At the young age of thirty-five, Zac Posen has reached the dizzy heights of fashion royalty, something which young designers can only dream of achieving at that age. Born and raised in New York City, Posen interned with fashion designer Nicole Miller during his sophomore year at high school,...
Just when you thought Amazon couldn’t expand any more, it’s moved its way into the fashion industry, and it’s not being quite about it. In July this year, Amazon Fashion opened a large photography studio in London to add more than 500,000 images of clothing to its site. For...
