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A Night of Climax
Hidden beneath the rattle of the passing trains from Glasgow Central, something big is brewing. People are gathering, the throb of electronic music is spilling onto the streets, carried aloft on the chatter of excited groups arriving to the clatter of heels and departing ubers. Tonight is the night GUCFS has been working towards for eight months. Tonight is their climax…
GUFCS - 2022
G-You sat down with this year’s charity director Bethany Henderson to learn more about their year long campaign to fundraise for Refuweegee in the run up to their show, Climax, on the 18th and 19th February…
Sustainability Ambassadors (aka Green Washers)
With absolutely nothing else to do but spend, we fell right into the trap of buying countless ‘summer 2020’ garments that were never going to be worn. Overconsumption soared due to boredom, and the pockets of the fashion CEO’s were bursting at the seams.
Dressing Up to Stay In: The Power of Fashion in a Global Pandemic
The clothes you decide to wear on any given day have a direct influence on how the world perceives you. Fashion is powerful. It’s exciting. It’s my motivation. But how have attitudes to fashion changed this year as a result of the global pandemic?
Why is nobody talking about midsize girls?
Mid-size. What is it? Why have you maybe not heard of it before? For decades, the modelling industry represented the smallest of bodies, creating an unhealthy obsession with remaining slim and unrealistically small…Now, more plus size models frequent runways, photoshoots and magazines. However, with this great and inclusive representation, an important group seems to have been missed..
How to be sustainable in the city - a guide for glasgow.
We’re bringing you, yet again, some discussion on sustainable fashion. This time you get a guide to Glasgow though!! One of the good things to come out of this year and the time locked-down was increased awareness and publicity around the damage fast-fashion has done to our planet and the importance of shopping small.
Why Switch From Fast to Slow-Fashion?
Fashion has always fascinated me. Although looking at photos from the noughties, that’s definitely a questionable statement! Still, I stand by it. I love clothes. I’m a self-professed ASOS scroller. I’ve spent entire Saturdays between the rails in New Look. I was the Queen of the Primark sales. And I’ve scoured Pretty Little Thing for a going out-out dress on multiple occasions. However…
Introducing: GUFR and Second Hand September
Every week, the UK sends 13 million items of clothing to landfill. Every year, this totals to the same weight as the Empire State building. The fashion industry has become exemplar of the Janus face of modern corporatism: fashion is without a doubt an art, a form of self expression and celebrates the diversity of the human experience, yet is also amongst the world's worst polluters and has systematically exploited its workers that allow us to get our hands on the latest trends.