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Room on the pitch: Football fans and feminine fashion

With the FIFA World Cup 2026 having just begun, I’m reminded of a question a friend once asked the group chat: “If I buy a Lionesses shirt, do you guys think I’ll be called a pick-me?”

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Colour and codification: Eleanor Medhurst on queer fashion

"There’s a lot of symbolism within queer fashion: ways to speak with our appearance when it hasn’t always been safe or possible to share our identities out loud."

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Glamour and gossip: Oxford Fashion Society’s ‘Women in Fashion’

Is there hope for young journalists in the midst of an unemployment crisis, funding cuts to arts-based degrees, and the unknowns of AI? Yes, Julia and Daisy think, but it is by far the hardest time to be a new fashion journalist.

Culture Emma Heagney and Amy Lawson -

Galliano for the masses (on the Zara sale rack)

The fashion world is mourning the loss of John Galliano. Not a literal death, but something closer to a fall from grace.

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Outfit of the day: January chic

Nicole Rayment shows us how she stays stylish in the winter cold

‘Keep the Damned Women Out’ – CherwellTV & Nancy Malkiel

Cherwell Broadcasting speak to Nancy Malkiel, discussing her book 'Keep the Damned Women Out'

Cherwell TV: Recruitment HT17

Cherwell Broadcasting is recruiting

Santa Fun Run 2016

On 11 December, hundreds of jolly Santas took part in a fun run around Oxford for Helen & Douglas House

5 top things to do in Oxford over Christmas

Cherwell Broadcasting walks you through the most fun festivities in Oxford, perfect for the Christmas period

Pantone

Inspired by PANTONE's 2016 picks, the editorial for Week 4 Michaelmas 2016 featured swatch-like compositions inspired by our favourite colours of the season.

Futuristic costumes for Romeo and Juliet

Lara Drew and Jasmin Yang-Spooner interview Hattie Morrison, clothing designer for RxJ, discussing avocado skins and subverting gender roles

Mirror synesthesia

Verity Crane examines the unusual phenomenon of suffering from too much empathy

Cherwell is recruiting – HT17

We are now recruiting for editorial positions for Hilary Term 2017 — DEADLINE EXTENDED: send us your applications 8pm Monday 28th Nov

Debate: Should the Union have hosted Corey Lewandowski?

Felix Pope and Freddy Potts debate whether or not the Oxford Union were right to have hosted Donald Trump's controversial former campaign manager

Cyclist dies following attack on Oxford’s High Street

Thames Valley Police are investigating into the cyclist's death from the head injuries he suffered when being kicked off his bicycle

Hundreds rally for post-election unity at Broad Street demonstration

Yesterday afternoon, hundreds gathered outside the Clarendon Building for a 'Love Rally', in response to recent political events

Letter from abroad: Yaroslavl

Emma Helm praises public transport in the Russian city of Yaroslavl

Statement Pieces: Beth Kidd’s Mouse Bracelet

For Beth Kidd, a charm bracelet brings back memories of a trying time in childhood

Clothes with a conscience

The Just Love campaign advocates for ethical fashion.

Statement Pieces: Oli Williams’ tattoos

In our second Statement Pieces of Michaelmas, Oli Williams discusses the validity of preferring aestheticism over 'deeper meaning' by relating the experience of choosing his own tattoos.

OFW: the Complexities of Cultural Appropriation

"I think it’s a mistake to think that we can give a definition of cultural appropriation in terms of necessary and sufficient conditions… morality is just far more complex than that."

Encapsulating 2016: an interview with the founder of Light Work

"We know we’re not going to change the world or anything with a t-shirt. But it is all about spreading ideas and reflecting on things that are happening around us."

News summary – 1st week

The first instalment in our new series in which we summarise the most important news in Oxford each week. It has never been so...

An OFW imposter

With Oxford Fashion Week upon us, Ebere Nweze weighs in on how to be an imposter in a room full of style experts

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Culture

Room on the pitch: Football fans and feminine fashion

Colour and codification: Eleanor Medhurst on queer fashion

Glamour and gossip: Oxford Fashion Society’s ‘Women in Fashion’

Galliano for the masses (on the Zara sale rack)

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