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Glamour and gossip: Oxford Fashion Society’s ‘Women in Fashion’

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Galliano for the masses (on the Zara sale rack)

The fashion world is mourning the loss of John Galliano. Not a literal death, but something closer to a fall from grace.

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Culture

Room on the pitch: Football fans and feminine fashion

Colour and codification: Eleanor Medhurst on queer fashion

Glamour and gossip: Oxford Fashion Society’s ‘Women in Fashion’

Galliano for the masses (on the Zara sale rack)

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