Saturday 14th June 2025

Culture

Common threads: Historical fashion and its lessons for our time

When we think of historical fashion, images of towering wigs, tight-laced corsets, heavy brocades and voluminous skirts often spring to mind – ornate, impractical, and rooted firmly in the unenlightened...

Food, fashion, and escapism in a cost of living crisis

Food costs have been front and centre in newsreels as of recent months, whether...

Oxford Fashion Gala’s ‘Metamorphosis’ reflects the beauty of change

The Oxford Fashion Gala was back and bigger than ever, with a larger venue,...

Tailoring expectations: Couture culture shocks

Academia has a historic relationship with fashion, both officially and unofficially. The former manifests...

Nordic Blues

This week Cherwell travels to Finland to capture the essence of Nordic simplicity

Interview: Emmakaisa Soisalo on Nordic fashion

Aini Putkonen interviews Emmakaisa Soisalo from Marimekko to figure out what Nordic fashion is really about

Interview: Emmakaisa Soisalo on Nordic fashion

  Aini Putkonen interviews Emmakaisa Soisalo from Marimekko to gure out what NWordic fashion is really about when thinking about Finnish fashion, un- doubtedly, Marimekko...

Obituary: Prince 1958-2016

Daniel Curtis pays tribute to the pop icon who died today (Thursday April 21)

How to: A wrap detailed t-shirt

Aini Putkonen instructs how to upgrade a plain t-shirt

Extravaganza Eleganza

Photoshoot exploring drag style in collaboration with LGBTQ soc

Oxford Colleges OxPops

Francesca Nicholls gets the low down on students' views on the Oxford collegiate system and college stereotypes.

OxFoods: Market Madness at Gloucester Green

A Nordic man hunts for the best flavours in Oxford.

Art Decadence

A taste of Elegance and Extravagance

Street Sport

When sportswear and street-wear become one

What’s next for Dior?

Alice Demurtas examines the legacy of Raf Simons as Dior transitions after the retirement of their creative director.

2016: Sportswear Society

Aini Putkonen examines the incorporation of sportswear into the everyday ensemble.

Diego Marani Interview

Rachel Evans interviews novelist and EU policy officer Diego Marani on the release of his new book, The Interpreter.

Cherworld: Keyboard war, what is it good for?

Are students wasting their time changing profile pictures when they should be changing the world?

Il faut souffrir pour être belle

Alice Baldock discusses the pressures of public perception of modern-day beauty

Space Odyssey

Our fantastical predictions for what the future holds

Ashmolean Live Friday: Heroes and Villains

Rachel Evans checks out the Heroes and Villains Live Friday event in the Ashmolean after hours.

La Dolce Vitae

Cherwell Fashion collaborates with Vitae London

Interview: William Adoasi

Ella Harding talks to William Adoasi, founder of Vitae London, about the concept behind his new watch company

New sea monster at Natural History Museum

Mark Barclay heads down to the Museum of Natural History to find out more about the museum's new exciting addition

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