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Who Gets to Be Sustainable? Exploring Second-Hand Fashion and its Ever-Increasing Prices

By Rebecca Marjoribanks, BA Social Anthropology and East Asian Studies Charity shops, Ebay, Depop, and Vinted are among some of the ways you can buy clothing second-hand. Most people are influenced by the low prices, the chance to find rare and fashionable items, and the large influence of social media.

Raffia bows, 3D guipure flowers and gold plated embroidery: African and Asian designers' take on Haute Couture

Raffia bows, 3D guipure flowers and gold plated embroidery: African and Asian designers' take on Haute Couture

By Carlotta Busetto, BA Chinese Spring Summer Haute Couture this year started like quite no other. From life-like animal heads emerging from evening dresses by Schiaparelli to Viktor&Rolf’s upside down gowns, it is needless to say that the extravaganza underpinning haute couture is finally back, after the

A retrospective in Punk: The Life and Death of Dame Vivienne Westwood

A retrospective in Punk: The Life and Death of Dame Vivienne Westwood

By Sarah Cotte, BSc Politics, Philosophy and Economics er then-partner Malcolm Mclaren. The shop sold rock-and-roll-inspired fetish wear, supplying London’s underground, sexually deviant punk scene with provocative pieces designed to make the conformist masses shudder. Westwood also created clothing for the punk-rock band Sex Pistols, furthering her visibility. As

5 Korean designers you must know about

5 Korean designers you must know about

By: Carlotta Rose Busetto, BA International Relations and Chinese More and more Korean designers have been showing at the major fashion weeks and many celebrities, like Rihanna, have been seen sporting their pieces. It’s fair to say that Western audiences are starting to show a significant interest in what

SOAS Street Style

SOAS Street Style

Dior Exhibition: Deification of a Luxury Fashion Brand

Hyunkyung Lee, BA International Studies The Dior Exhibition at London’s V&A Museum is the largest Dior exhibition to hit the UK. Titled “Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams”, it begins with the personal history of Christian Dior, followed by the origin of the House of Dior and the

SOAS Student Street Style

Francis “My favourite item that I’m wearing is this coat because it as affordable.” Roza “I really like trench coats – I fell in love with this one because it’s thick, raw denim, and it’s really structured. I like how this denim coat has body to it – the