KU fashion graduate Akosua Afriyie-Kumi has founded her own handbag brand and is employing women in Ghana to help with manufacturing. Having graduated from womenswear fashion in 2009, she said…
Green UK cosmetics company Lush has pulled out of talks to sponsor the KU fashion show over students’ use of fur. The company is famously known for its policies against…
Kingston’s BA Fashion has been listed as the fourth best university in the world by leading fashion website Fashionista. KU first received the honour in Fashionista‘s list of the best…
An internationally renowned designer, whose clothes have been worn by Madonna, Michael Jackson and Cher, criticised the Government for not supporting up and coming young designers in a talk with…
In the world of men’s fashion, the metrosexual look long reigned as the dominant trend. The well-groomed eyebrows, clean shaved face and a posh collared shirt were but ideal, but…
Christmas is associated with stress as much as it is associated with happiness – and no one knows this better than the typical university students who has been putting off…
Are you still struggling to find that horrific Halloween look? Here is a last minute tip from makeup artist and founder of Sweet Cheeks Face and Body Art, Jodie Burge,…
Wear it Pink 2014 is closing in on us on the 24th October, are you prepared? Wear it Pink is a charity event ‘that won’t leave you on the run…
The weather is changing and with it, stylish students are resetting their wardrobes for autumn. We have scoured around the KU campuses to track down the most fashionable, best-dressed students…
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Kingston University fashion show reignites debate on fur
The use of fur in the final year fashion showcase has made Lush pull their sponsorship, re-igniting a fierce debate. So in the UK in 2015, why is fur really…