Theatre
Review: How To Keep Up With The Kardashians
Alice Porter reviews 'How To Keep Up With The Kardashians', a UMDS production on body image and pop culture
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Fashion & Beauty
The UoM based zine creating a space for discussions about blackness, beauty and community
"The beauty industry when it's spoken about is spoken about as if it's one universal experience, but there's lots of separate ideas and people [within it]. We wanted to shed light…
Fashion & Beauty
What to wear to the Women in Media Conference
Fashion Editor Alice Porter provides some advice on how to make a great first impression at this years WIM Conference
Fashion & Beauty
In the Beauty Bag #1: Mancunion Fashion & Beauty Editor, Alice Porter
Are you the nosey friend who snoops around people's bathrooms, looking to see what products they use? This new series by Beauty Writer Alexandra Bikard is made for you
Arts
Is it Art? Fashion Week
Fashion editor Alice Porter explores the idea that the commodification of Fashion Week prevents it from being art
Fashion & Beauty
Sustainable and affordable fashion brands
With approximately £140 million worth of clothing going to landfill every year, it's clear that sustainable fashion is necessary and it doesn't have to be expensive
Fashion & Beauty
The sustainable underwear to buy this Valentine's Day
Planning on buying new underwear this Valentine's Day? Have you ever considered the environmental impact of this? Try sustainable underwear this year so you can look and feel…
Books
How Instagram made books cool again
Are influencers genuinely interested in books or is it all just for the 'aesthetic'?
Fashion & Beauty
Netflix series 'Next in Fashion' could be 2020's answer to America's Next Top Model
The new Netflix series hosted by Alexa Chung and Tan France will see budding designers take part in challenges to win $250,000 donated by Net-A-Porter
Fashion & Beauty
This decade's fashion is undefinable because it was obsessed with the past
Fashion Editor Alice Porter argues that the democratisation of fashion during the 2010s has rendered the era distinctly undefinable (apart from its consistent nostalgia)
Books
Why do we put books on a pedestal?
Alice Porter attempts to de-spell the myth that books are the supreme form of popular culture, despite being a self-proclaimed book lover
Fashion & Beauty
The best fashion podcasts
Fashion Editor Alice Porter shares her picks of the best fashion podcasts