As local lockdowns and school absences bring about the greatest surge in forced marriage rates in 25 years, activists are fighting to close the legal loophole that continues to perpetuate child marriage within the UK Getty Images Shockingly, 12 million girls fall victim to child marriage every year. And with […]
Happy birthday Instagram! A simple photo-sharing app was born on 6 October 2010 and changed the world for better or worse. Now home to more than a billion active users, author Daisy Buchanan examines her complicated relationship with it (Getty Images) Instagram turns 10 and here I am, 35 years […]
Calling all beauty mavens! We already know just how much you love shopping online for beauty with Next. Now the popular retailer is expanding its beauty business by opening four new ‘concept’ Next Beauty and Home stores across the UK. So you can experience a whole new world of beauty […]
Australian label Modibodi’s empowering campaign ‘The Way To Period’ features real women and real blood to normalise the outdated stigma around the menstrual cycle. Find out more about Modibodi here The UK’s number one selling leak-proof underwear brand for periods (and pelvic floors). Modibodi is designed to provide freedom to […]
On Sunday, the most highly-anticipated debut of Paris Fashion Week — that of Matthew Williams at Givenchy — took place digitally, as the brand offered a “sampler” of what’s to come in this new chapter. Much like his first visuals for the brand, Williams’s focus — and starting point … Continue reading
To be sure, the year 2020 has many of us thinking about the future — either because we’re scared of it (need I list why?), or because we’re eagerly awaiting a time when the Covid-19 crisis is a distant memory. American designer Thom Browne, too, has the future on his […]
The white, fringed organza coat has clean, angular lines and flecks of shine; the top is laser cut, and the pants are straight, ending in a long, stiffened cuff. In a WWD exclusive, Matthew Williams, the new creative director of Givenchy, shared the first full women’s look from his debut […]
If lockdown has made you rethink your exercise routine and really get into home workouts, you’ll be glad to know there’s a new streaming workout available – and it’s free. Spotify has launched a new personalised HIIT workout service called Spotify Pumped and you don’t have to be a subscriber […]
Ep3. Laura. Last week, people across the world breathed a sigh of relief as they welcomed a group of 12 new amateur bakers onto their TV screens. The Great British Bake Off, aka the cosiest show on television, has finally returned, and in 2020, fans needed it more than ever. […]
For those of us lucky enough not to have been furloughed, working from home has become – cliché alert – the new normal. And with the government now encouraging us to work from home “where possible”, it looks set to remain the norm for the foreseeable future. The beauty of […]
