Style

Iona Parsons Charity shops, thrifting, and second-hand shopping now stand at the forefront of the fashion world, allowing people to purchase preloved items for a cheaper price. But one pressing question we need to answer is: What really drives the second-hand shopper? Is it for the bargain, the aesthetic...

Lotte Hardlitschke Y2K, casual, boho-chic, street style or goth. The options of clothing styles out there are endless. But why do we choose to dress a certain way anyway? Do we do it for ourselves, for others, for neither or both? The clothes we wear, of course, depend on...

Rayyah Uddin There’s a special kind of thrill in finding a silk blouse for £3. It’s the same flutter you get when you pull a forgotten fiver out of your coat pocket- except in Nottingham, it happens all the time. Because in Nottingham, second-hand isn’t second-best, it’s the way...

Harriet Hobbs Those of us who have already been through it know that the first year at university can be a tough one. A tumultuous rollercoaster, which is not eased by the fact that you are often thrown into a big, new city where you know next to no...

Making its Broadway debut in NYC in 2003, Wicked became a smash hit and is now the tenth longest running production in Broadway history, soaring past $1 billion in earnings in 2016. Now, more than 2 decades later, Director Jon M. Chu has released the musical that has made...

Amelia Cropley Is thrifting a community? Impact reviewer Amelia Cropley would say so. Attending the Y2K CATCH market, Amelia tells of all she saw. To thrift is to swap and borrow your friends’ old clothes, buy someone’s preloved jeans and give it a second life. Thrifting also means becoming...

Ellena Olik On the 26th February, actress Michelle Trachtenberg sadly passed away at age 39. Found unconscious in her New York City apartment in the early hours of Wednesday morning, it’s believed Trachtenberg died of natural causes. Impact’s Ellena Olik pays tribute to not only the Gossip Girl actress...