Mum, Rodin and Andy
Eating well, drinking good wine, shopping, Rodin and Andy Warhol; you live well when Mum’s in town. Living on your own is most definitely not miserable, but for me it entails splurging on boozy nights...
View ArticleI’m a coat person.
I am a coat girl. In fact, I might even venture so far as to say that I am THE coat girl. I’m pretty keen on them. As someone who dresses very simply (I’m talking monochrome everything, bar red...
View ArticleEdinburgh – An Architectural Paradise
The wind whipping exposed skin. Icy air slashing cheeks. Sore and cracking lips. Welcome to Edinburgh. Choosing Edinburgh as a university was perhaps not the wisest decision. My tolerance to cold...
View ArticleDiversity: where is it?
Naomi Campbell is so great. Sure, she’s a massive diva with anger issues. Sure, she might be a little bit of a bitch and yes, she has a couple of serious assault charges under her belt… but it’s all...
View ArticleBanksy: friend or foe?
Where do we start with Banksy; the man? The myth? The legend? This is the dilemma we faced when writing this article. But his renowned, international status suggests an interesting paradox – as a...
View ArticleA Bold Impression: Viviane Sassen | In and Out of Fashion
It has to be said, Edinburgh’s cultural scene is not particularly fashion-centred, however a few wee gems do pop up here and there. So, one Saturday morning, having done a quick search online for a...
View Article2013: In ART & FASHION
The end of the year is near. Subsequently, Prancing Through LIFE will be posting a review of the year in each of its cultural categories before concluding on the year as a whole. Each post will take a...
View ArticleDare To Bare: Championing Bralessness
Nipple nipple nipple. The word makes me squeamish. Like ‘supple’ and ‘moist’. But it’s on, guys. I’ve been a (generous) B-cup now for many years of my life. In my experience as a girl allotted by...
View ArticleThe Battle for Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth
Since 1998, the fourth plinth framing Trafalgar Square has been involved with the commissioning of sculptural works designed to engage and inspire the public. The artworks, changed annually, act in...
View ArticleFrom Rubble to the Ritz: The Life & Style of Alex Turner
From High Green-teen to Undisputed Rock Icon If I told my father that I was writing a fashion article about the evolution of a frontman’s hair and style, he’d probably call me a ‘big jesse’ or perhaps...
View ArticleRobots Roaming the Tate
A slovenly generation we may be, but this is something else. At the beginning of this month, the Tate Britain awarded the first of the annual IK Prize. The three successful artists, known as ‘The...
View ArticleThe Original Trendsetters: The Teddy Boys
Coco Chanel once said that everyday is a fashion show. This is certainly true in the life of a student, whose campus acts as a sort of runway. Libraries are particularly notorious hotspots for finding...
View ArticleA Closer Look at Timothy Cummings
During my internship last summer, I worked in a gallery surrounded by Timothy Cummings’ paintings. In between the trips to source coffee for my boss or post fed-ex packages I would leaf through the...
View ArticleKimye’s Cover: The FALL of Vogue
The fashion mogul once hailed as ‘the most powerful woman in New York City’ has spoken. While it takes the hugely influential rock group KISS forty years to get their Rolling Stone cover, it takes the...
View ArticleMakeup & Art: Happy Together
Cindy Sherman and what she taught me about clumpy mascara I’ve often found my interest in all things to do with beauty to be hard to reconcile with the fact I identify myself as a feminist. There is...
View ArticleBush: President Turned Painter
Just when you thought former presidential laughing-stock George Bush had used up all his funny, he hits us where we’re least expecting it. Yes, you’ve heard the news correctly, it wasn’t an April...
View ArticleThe Measure of a Model – From Tyra to Tokyo
I was first scouted at age 15, on Oxford Street with my mum. It’s a fairly common place for scouts to find models. My idea of what it would be like to be a model then was different to the reality. I...
View ArticleHairstory of My Life
I have a very tumultuous and somewhat unorthodox relationship with my hair. Whilst some people have strong emotional attachment to their hair, precise ideas about what colour they want it and how many...
View ArticleThe Height of Fashion
In March of this year, ASOS released their Tall section upon the world and from my bedroom in Edinburgh, I rejoiced. Years of constantly rolling up jeans to leave cold ankles and enduring unintentional...
View ArticleAnswering the Question: Victoria’s Secret and Feminism
The 2nd of December this year saw the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show take a step out of the USA for only the second time since its inception in the 1990s, and held its glossy parade of...
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