Ciara Beale, Author at Cherwell

Has the modern movie musical lost its magic?

As I begin writing, my parents have just walked through the door having finally experienced the cultural phenomenon that is Wicked (2024). My mother...

Can our individual habits solve the fast fashion problem?

It is no mystery that fast fashion is a Bad Thing. I’ve spent a lot of time in recent years thinking about fast fashion,...

These boots are made for livin’: Queer footwear at Oxford’s sparkliest ball

When I showed my friend the dress I was going to wear for the Glitterball (a floor length beige dress covered in rainbow sequins...

Exclusive report! The fashion trends to rock 2022

When Madi, Iustina and I introduced ourselves on the now-rebooted Cherwell fashion Instagram (@cherwellfashion – give us a cheeky follow), we each answered the...

Accidentally in Love: Shrek Twenty Years Later

I watched Shrek for the first time when I was two years old. It quickly became a daily habit: my parents would plonk me...

Poetic politics: artistic responses to sexual harassment

Art personalises and humanises the cold calculated figures, gives a face and a story to the numbers we are so used to seeing.

‘Femboys’, fads and anti-boy-band fashion: is gender fluid dressing still a distant dream?

We can only hope that, as trends usually do, the co-ed conception of fashion will trickle down from high fashion into the high street.

Ciara Beale