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    Regulations and Rebellions: the Meaning Behind Royal Fashion

    There’s a reason why you don’t see the Duchess of Cambridge wearing long, fluorescent fake nails, streaking blue hair, or a dangerously low-cut top. Royal fashion makes a statement and even the tiniest details having a wider symbolic message. Their outfits reflect their status as leaders and ambassadors of...
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    Faster vs Slower Walkers: Who Wins?

    ‘These boots are made for walking’. But how fast do they go? Are they designed to get stuck behind painfully slow walkers? Do they allow you to take in your surroundings, or are you in too much of a rush to notice them? To put it simply, most of...
  • The Glorification of Being a Shopaholic

    25% off that enchanting top you’ve been gawking at all week! Buy one lipstick, get one for free! That thousand-pound necklace is now £990, what a bargain! Sales are everywhere. They’re plastered on walls, in front of shops, on cards, on social media, and even in your email box....
  • ‘Unrefined’: An Interview with UoN Fashion Society

    On the 25th November, UoN’s Fashion Scoiety hosted their fashion show titled ‘Unrefined’ at Alea Casino. Impact’s Jamey Waterhouse sat down to chat to Sara, the Media Director, Izzy, the Financial Officer and Website Director, and Josh, the President....
  • The Best Beauty Advent Calendars of 2022

    Advent calendars have long been an exciting way to count down to Christmas. In recent years, both luxury and drugstore brands have been releasing make-up filled versions. Often they are are elaborate and come with a high price tag, yet the products usually add up to more than the...
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    The History Of Advent Calendars

    Adaora Elliot delves into the history of advent calendars and how they came to be so widespread today....
  • Entering Your Twenties: The Growing Pains of Learning to Let Go

    When the clock struck the midnight of my eighteenth birthday, instead of knocking back a jager-bomb in celebration that I could finally buy alcohol legally, I spent the hour streaming tears into my bathroom sink pleading rather dramatically to my mum for her to not let me grow up....