By Shawna Healey This year’s Met Gala, the ‘Olympics of Fashion’, was held last Monday night, with some of the biggest and brightest celebrities, fashion designers and drag queens in attendance. The theme this year was Camp: Notes on Fashion, inspired by Susan Sontag’s 1964 seminal “Notes on Camp”. Last year’s theme was Heavenly Bodies:…
By Shawna Healey Each year, the first Monday of May ushers in the Met Gala, where high art, high fashion and the world’s most famous celebrities collide. Known as the ‘Oscars of fashion’, the Met Gala, founded by Eleanor Lambert in 1948, is fashion’s biggest fundraising event, and one of the most noted days of…
By Shawna Healey WARNING: Contains mentions of rape and suicide. As an ardent lover of history, fashion, and YouTube videos, I recently found myself down a rabbit hole of “top 10 fashion moments” compilation videos, and stumbled across several mentions of Alexander McQueen. It was there that I developed my love of him and his brand. Recently,…
By Shawna Healey Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya has lost her landmark case against athletics governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (I.A.A.F.). Semenya has been ordered to undergo treatment to medically reduce her natural testosterone levels in order to continue to compete in international women’s races of distances between 400m and a mile….
By Shawna Healey Manchester’s ultimate student shopping event returns today! MCR Student Social kicked off at midday, with over 150 designer, high street, and independent stores offering massive discounts exclusively for students. The event is organised by Manchester’s Buisness Improvement District (Manchester BID) in partnership with Manchester Arndale. Jane Sharrocks, Manchester BID Chair and General…
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