Culture

Red soles, red flags: Jaden Smith and the celebrity takeover of high fashion

Smith’s appointment has raised some serious questions about the extent to which nepotism and celebrity is superseding artistic talent in the fashion industry at present.

Culture Victoria Corfield -

Remembrance, resilience, and reflection: Lubomyr Melnyk, the ‘continuous music’ pioneer

On the 23rd and 24th February, the Ukrainian composer and pianist, Lubomyr Melnyk, returns to Oxford for a performance at New College.

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Techno, tragedy, and medieval monologuing: ‘Brew Hill’ in conversation

Pecadillo Productions’ ‘Brew Hill’ watches the deterioration of the romance between Nat (Trixie Smith) and Gordon (Jem Hunter).

Culture Charlie Bailey -

Will 2026 finally kill the clean girl?

The clean girl has become ubiquitous throughout celebrity culture, magazines, and social media in recent years. Her brand prescribes a lifestyle, a kind of idealised minimalism.

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Election interview: Layla Moran, Lib Dems

Luke Barratt speaks to Lib Dem Layla Moran, the Conservatives' main opponent in Oxford West and Abingdon, about tuition fees and a 'coalition of the left'

Framing May Day: Festival of Flowers

Cherwell Fashion drew inspiration from May Day's origins, a Festival of Flowers, for this editorial

You will go to the ball

Cherwell Fashion plays fairy godmother

Interview: Eudaimonia and culture with Vivienne Westwood

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull talks literature and art with Dame Vivienne Westwood

Should Designers Go Digital?

Alanna Collier-Cromwell asks whether e-commerce compromises the exclusivity of haute couture

Birdsong: Harmonising fashion and feminism

Summer Taylor interviews Sophie Slater, co-founder of the ethical fashion marketplace, Birdsong

Shark Tales S5E3

In this season's third instalment, Shark Tales wants your best jokes, life priorities, and thoughts on post-modernism.

In support of subfusc

Rebecca Borthwick makes her case for keeping subfusc and shares her subfusc inspired high-street picks

Video: The Lightweight Boat Races

Watch OULRC and OUWLRC race against the worse shade of blue at the Henley Boat Races

Madrid Streetstyle – Buen Retiro Park

Chiara Giovanni enjoys the sun and style in Buen Retiro park in Madrid whilst on her year abroad there

Fashion queens and royal scenes at Kensington Palace

Summer Taylor reviews royal couture at Kensington Palace’s Fashion Rules Exhibition

Where are the women at the top of Haute Couture?

Niluka Kavanagh bemoans the low number of female designers in Haute Couture

Festival Blues

Persis Bhalla demonstrates that festival wear is not just for Summer

Bad Rose-Mance

Georgia Herde beautifully models how to give florals a modern gothic edge

Have you registered to vote?

Cherwell and 50for15 spoke to students about whether they have registered to vote.

OxFID Conference 2015

Cherwell TV went to the Oxford Forum for International Development's conference and spoke to some of the world experts on the subject of aid and the millenium goals.