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Fashion around Oxford – Joe Osei

Joe Osei, budding stylist and general fashion icon, shares his style secrets and where he’s shopping right now. Cherwell’s current fashion inspiration is Joe Osei,...

Brown boots, black boots, and the politics of autumn style

Autumn always brings a question of existential importance: brown boots or black boots? It’s more than a colour choice; it’s a subtle declaration of...

“You’re going to make mistakes”: Katie Robinson on fashion and sustainability

Katie Robinson is a sustainable fashion journalist, content creator, and campaigner, with experience working in fashion marketing. Her videos delve into the existence and...

Alternative Oxford: The changing stereotypes surrounding body modifications

Cienna Jennings visits Oxford’s renowned tattoo and piercings studio, Tigerlily, to speak with the owner, Mick Durham about tattoos, piercings and the changing attitudes...

Fashion around Oxford – Iggy Clarke

Iggy Clarke, the president of the 2025 Oxford Fashion Gala, shares her style secrets and where she’s shopping right now.

Fashion around Oxford: India Matthews

India Matthews, president of the Oxford Fashion Society, shares her style secrets and where she’s shopping right now. Cherwell’s style inspiration of the week is...

Styling by the book: Oxford’s secret fashion rules

It often feels as if the so-called ‘Oxford bubble’ is full of binaries: commoners and scholars, undergraduate and postgraduate, town and gown. These dualities...

Cultural fashion at the Queen’s confluence dinner

Not often do I get to break out the Middle Eastern kaftan hanging idle in my wardrobe; it is simply too lavish for a...

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

Food costs have been front and centre in newsreels as of recent months, whether through Trump-inspired ‘eggflation’ or farmers’ protests against Labour’s inheritance tax...

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

The Oxford Fashion Gala was back and bigger than ever, with a larger venue, more ticket sales, and a grander vision. On Wednesday 14th...

Tailoring expectations: Couture culture shocks

Academia has a historic relationship with fashion, both officially and unofficially. The former manifests itself in Oxford’s sub fusc – mounting costs and pressure...

Cheap cashmere in freezing February

Cashmere is a luxury fibre, warm in winter, sustainable, but you may have been put off in the past by its rocket-high prices. In...

Cricket jumpers at the club? What Oxford students are really wearing

Perhaps style at Oxford is ultimately about learning how not to let the mask slip.

“Mummy said I’m pretty”: Nepo babies on the runway

What positive changes are the people born into this system going to advocate for?

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