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Rags to riches: unravelling the stitched up class divide in fashion

Fashion trends come and go as quickly as the seasons change, but is the UK class system still entrenched by these shifts in style? New movements in vintage fashion...

Self-Portrait of a Stranger: A Review of Frank Auerbach’s Charcoal Portraits

The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, shows the early career of Frank Auerbach...

The Oxford Revue: A Room with Revue

'a simple and clever production which ranks as one of the most enjoyable shows I've seen all year'

Mistakes and Markers of Time

"It's very easy to criticise and cringe at old pictures of yourself, wondering how your mum ever let you leave the house in your most treasured white ripped ‘joni jeans’"

The Oxford Fashion Gala is Back!

"After an incredible sold-out 2023 show, The Oxford Fashion Gala is back for 2024, so get the date in your diary (W3 TT24!)"

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.

Ditch the diet this January

Alice Baldock discusses the problems with fad diets and New Year's resolutions

Cherworld: Doth the student protest too much?

Student protest is the topic, as Cherworld reflects on another term of activism

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