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...

RMF & Oxford React to Oriel’s Rhodes Decision

Cherwell gets Oxford's and RMF's reaction to Oriel's final decision.

Cherworld: Money talks at Oxford

After Oriel's donors kill off the RMF debate, we question the power donors wield over the University

The Rise of Realness

Alice Townson sees a change in the conventions of the modelling industry

Interview: Rosie Nelson

Kim Darrah talks to model and campaigner Rosie Nelson on her fight against fashion's skinny obsession

An Answer to RMF?

One man's proposed solution to the RMF debate

Ears the Deal, Episode 1

Phoebe Grant-Smith takes to the streets to see what the people of Oxford are listening to

Town and Gown Unite Against Council Cuts

Cherwell TV News Editor Hannah Foxton took to the streets to speak to the students and residents of Oxford protesting against the council's cuts to local services

OxPops at the Union: RMF Special

Mark Barclay, the Virgil to your Dante, guides you on a tour of Oxford public opinion following a Union panel debate on Oriel's Rhodes Statue

Cherworld: RMF WTF?

After a Christmas of Oxford in the news, Cherworld considers what effect Rhodes Must Fall has had on Oxford so far

Boy meets Girl

This week's photoshoot blurs the lines between menswear and womenswear

Is Fashion Becoming Less Gender-Specific?

Kim Darrah discusses whether the line between menswear and womenswear is as clear as it once was

Bowie: Style through the ages

Jessica Li looks back through some of David Bowie’s most unforgettable moments in Fashion

Rising from the flames

Harry Sampson discusses this season's revival of 90s grunge and how we can resurrect our inner Kurt Cobain

Designer to street

Ciara Rachel discusses how we can translate runway haute-couture to everdaywear

Smoke & Grunge

First Cherwell Fashion shoot of HT 2016

When the world is not enough

Emily Pritchard explores the evolution of celebrity endorsement in fashion advertising

5 Designers to get excited about for London Fashion Week

Kim Darrah explores some of the themes and inspirations behind designers set to show at the upcoming London Fashion Week

You look so Nordic today

Aini Putkonen examines the key elements of Nordic fashion and considers how style can reflect cultural identity

Christmas Beauty Essentials & Stocking Fillers

You are never too old for stockings on Christmas day

Christmas Jumpers – the festive must-have

Harry Sampson explores this season's latest obsession with the christmas jumper, assessing the various ways in which we can all wear the festive must-have.

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