Sunday 8th 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...
Fashion Charis Patterson -

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

Food costs have been front and centre in newsreels as of recent months, whether...
Fashion Charlie Bowden and Tara Earley -

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

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

Tailoring expectations: Couture culture shocks

Academia has a historic relationship with fashion, both officially and unofficially. The former manifests...
Fashion Emma Heagney -
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A naughty hint of leather is smoking hot this winter, but keep it on the right side of cheap with ladylike shapes, tones and textures. Add a bit of girly to the grit with polka dots and ankle socks, and lift all that black with splashes of warm colours. Cheeky!

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A quiet pub afternoon is interrupted by a stressful encounter, and the ensuing sharp exchange brings childhood traumas to light and threatens to unbalance the status quo

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The woes of work wear

Cherwell's editors share their experience of the murky world of adult dressing and the pitfalls of the summer internship
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