By Shawna Healey Dame Sarah Storey DBE, the most decorated female British Paralympian of all time, has teamed up with students from Manchester Fashion Institute‘s BA (Hons) Fashion Buying and Merchandise course to create an ‘off duty’ leisurewear range for female British cyclists in her Storey Racing venture. Storey Racing launched in 2017, and provides racing opportunities…
By Shawna Healey According to vegan news website, Live Kindly, China is set to end requirements of animal testing on “post-market cosmetics”, which means all finished imported and domestically-produced products. Currently, all imported beauty products and cosmetics sold in China are required by law to be tested on animals. Many international brands, such as MAC, Benefit, L’Oreal and…
By Shawna Healey Like many people, I was taken in by the anticipation surrounding the new Netflix documentary concerning the then-3-year-old Madeleine McCann’s disappearance in Portugal back in 2007. About midway through the fourth episode, however, I couldn’t help but feel increasingly uncomfortable. Where is the justice for Madeline? While the documentary is undoubtedly interesting,…
By Shawna Healey Labour MP Jess Phillips has recently appeared in the news in relation to debates around her class status, with Phillips claiming that she’s (still) working class, whilst others, such as Abi Wilkinson, vocally disagree. Is Jess Phillips still working class because she has tattoos and grew up working class – or even,…
By Shawna Healey Back in February, Selfridges made history with the announcement that they would be ending their sale of exotic animal skin products, phasing them out by 2020, making them the first major department shop to do so. The store stopped selling fur back in 2005, and will now phase out inventory made from…
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