Fashion

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Eye On: Ms. Maskie

Aleena Klug gets behind the mask of Ms. Maskie to discover how old sweaters can be transformed into contemporary fashion statements. Production team: Andrea Zanetti...

East End Sustainable Fashion

Rising East talks to some of those at the sustainable end of East End fashion. Editorial team: Charlie-George Berger; Sophie Grosvenor; Cameron Sherman-Coulson 

Goodbye Gucci’s Alessandro Michelle, But Hello Who?

Alessandro Michelle leaves Gucci after seven years as creative director. Founded in Florence, Italy, in 1921, Gucci is one of the world’s most famous...

Interview With Obe Zarathustra Jones

I had the opportunity to speak to Obe Zarathustra Jones, who began modelling in 2018. Since then he has had the pleasure of working...

Is “Dad Fashion” Really A Thing?

“To be honest, these are actually my dad’s trousers”, Tarek said with a grin when I asked what he was wearing and why. He continued....

Student Model Of Colour: A Battle ‘Between Who I Am And Who They Want Me To Be’

A student model of colour has told Rising East that her biggest struggle with the fashion industry is “battling between who I am and...

Central St Martin’s “Shy” Shyamsunthar’s White Show Debut

Sri Lankan, East London resident Shynootha Shyamsunthar debuts her Hindu-inspired design. Summer Nesbeth reports. Shynoothat, or simply Shy, was born in Liverpool and now lives...

‘The Unheard And The Unseen’

Slavery in the fashion industry and child trafficking were among the issues highlighted by the "THE UNHEARD AND THE UNSEEN" exhibition held at the...

The Balenciaga Saga

  The backlash following Balenciaga's recent ad campaigns continues to rage, with people destroying their Balenciaga luxury items and vandalising the brand's stores. Rising East reporter...

Shein Loses Its Shine

Channel 4’s recent UNTOLD documentary Inside the Shein Machine revealed that Chinese factory workers supplying the online retailer work up to and over 18...

Hammers Thump Canaries 

Josh Morton reports on the match that took place last Sunday between Norwich City and West Ham. In Premier League action last Sunday, West Ham...

Does Lack Of Sustanability Remove The Shine From Fashion Giant SHEIN?

It was a sunny spring afternoon outside the Stables in Covent Garden and a long queue had already formed. We were all there for...

What Is East London Wearing This Spring?

Temperatures are rising. We’re moving to our spring/summer wardrobe, so what are people in East London wearing? Reporter Nadrine Narku went around and about...

A Londoner In London

If you are anything like me, you spend a ridiculous number of hours scrolling through TikTok. The social media platform displays the best and...

Brick Lane Fashion Extravaganza

https://vimeo.com/679178804 Fashion show organisers Scoop and Pure London took over Brick Lane’s Truman Brewery to showcase over 172 contemporary and premium womenswear and accessory designer...

Christmas Portals To Other Worlds

  When taking a winter stroll around the more upmarket high streets of London during the festive season you cannot help but be mesmerised not...

Is Sustainability A Plan For Online Brands?

During the Cop26 many fashion houses united to plan for a future with zero emissions, they made clear the fashion industry needs to work...

Will Fashion Brands Ever Learn?

The noose that Givenchy recently featured in their Spring/Summer 2022 show during Paris Fashion Week was heavily criticised as it brought back memories of...

Virgil Abloh: A Creative Mind

This week, the fashion world was devastated to learn the death of American designer Virgil Abloh. The family announced the news on Instagram, sharing...

Dua Lipa Is Glad To Be Of Service

The recent launch of Dua Lipa’s Service95 is another reminder of the way in which stars are increasingly using internet lifestyle platforms to build...

The First Black Friday After Lockdown

What sales should we expect? How will this year’s event go down? Do we have to go to the stores in order to get...

Black Friday Or Black Hole?

With the clocks going back, and the days getting shorter, we have entered the month of crazy discounts, and Black Friday is just around...

Emily in La-La Land?

Season Two of Emily in Paris comes out just in time to binge watch it before the holidays. And joining it, after a break...

Fendi X Skims Is The Latest Logomania Collaboration.

The Italian fashion house Fendi has come together with Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand Skims to collaborate for the capsule collection ‘Fendi X Skims.’ Skims is...

Appropriation Or Appreciation?

Former Little Mix star and East Londener Jesy Nelson has been accused of ‘blackfishing’. This means pretending to be black through the use of...

Sustainability Slow Coaches?

Luxury design house Coach has promised to stop destroying damaged bags after a TikTok video went viral exposing the company for slashing and disposing...

Ethical Fashion – The Voice Of The Public

The people I spoke to didn't want to talk about themselves, but they were keen to share their thoughts about ethical fashion, which suggests...

The Fashion Game?

In 2016 in New York, a Louis Vuitton model walked down the Spring Show catwalk presented as a character out of a virtual world....

Sour Gals: The Sustainable Fashion Podcast

The fashion industry is widely believed to be the second most pulluting industry in the world. Rising East journalists Maria Fetsani and Monica Pluas...

Do We Even Like Dressing Up Anymore?

In the world of fashion it’s an old controversy. While some declare that art is more important than comfort; others contend that if you...

James Jozef Bandanas – Bringing Colour Back To London One Bandana At A Time

The United Kingdom has been in and out of a national lockdown due to the coronavirus https://soundcloud.com/user-289674070/james-jozef-bandanas-interview   for over a year now. Many people have lost...

Re-Evaluating Fashion

Coming into the world of fashion in 2018 as a first-year fashion journalism student, I had my doubts about the industry I was about...

Fashion East Paves A Path For British Fashion

London Fashion Week autumn/winter 2021 closed its doors this week with a show put on by Fashion East that featured the work of five...

What The Posters Say No 2: Pretty Little Thing Gone Mad

Pretty Little Thing (PLT) outdid every other competitor this Black Friday with discounts of up to ninety nine per cent. Their already affordable clothing was...

Fashion Is Finished, Fashion Will Come Again

Just when we would normally be getting our summer outfits sorted, we are wondering whether we'll be stuck in jogging bottoms all season. If...

James Charles Mugshot: Challenging Or Exploitative?

If you’re a TikTok user or a James Charles fan, you’ve most likely heard of the “mugshot challenge”. It’s a trend which started on...

Paris Fashion Week Goes Viral

Paris Fashion Week kicked off with a huge statement from Christian Dior whose show featured slogans connecting women’s empowerment with the environment, such as:...

Fashion Weeks: New York Versus London

New York Fashion Week is about to end, but what should we expect to see in London next week? From 6-13 February fashion designers flocked...

McQueen’s Most Memorable Moments

Ten years ago this week the unforgettable life of Alexander McQueen was lost at his own hands. Many of you may not remember him...

Not So Pretty Little Ad?

Popular online store Pretty Little Thing has had an advertisement banned by the Advertising Standard Authority (ASA) for being over sexualised and for objectifying...

London Versus Milan: Fashion Face-Off

Fashion is important all around the globe, but London and Milan are surely two of the world's fashion capitals. With both Milan and London holding...

‘Too Sexualised’ Adverts Banned By Regulator

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned advertisements for Missguided and Boohoo because they were judged to be too sexualised and for objectifying women. But...

Who Cares Who Wears The Trousers?

It has been a year now since the headteacher of Uppingham School in Rutland hit the news by saying that his male pupils could wear skirts...

Fashion 3.0 vs Vintage

“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the...
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