Jack Thompson

Fashion focus: female-founded fashion brands

As the final piece in my column during Women’s History Month, with my previous articles discussing gender inequality in the industry and notable women in fashion, I want to direct our attention towards some small female-founded fashion brands that we should support. These range from apparel to accessories, so everything...
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Posted Mar. 25, 2025

Fashion Focus: women in fashion

In continuation with my previous article, and to further celebrate Women’s History Month, I want to use this platform to recognise and honour the invaluable contributions that women have made to the fashion industry. The impact of Westwood and other designers, such as Mary Quant, was fostered by the work...
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Posted Mar. 18, 2025

Fashion Focus: gender inequality in fashion

In commemoration of International Women’s Day, which was celebrated this past weekend on March 8, I want to direct our attention towards the persistent gender inequity within the fashion industry, encourage us to #AccelerateAction, and tackle gender inequality. The majority of leadership roles, from CEOs to creative directors, are held...
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Posted Mar. 11, 2025

Fashion Focus: style at the SAG Awards

The Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG), founded in 1995, aims to exclusively recognise the outstanding performances of actors in TV and film. It is a prestigious event, alongside the likes of the Grammy’s and the Golden Globes. In parallel with these events, attention is paid towards the fashion featured on...
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Posted Mar. 4, 2025

Fashion Focus: fashion weeks – Copenhagen

A fashion capital refers to a city with a major influence on the international fashion scene. This title is applicable when referring to the ‘Big Four’ – New York, London, Milan, and Paris – which host the most notable fashion weeks. They possess the biggest fashion houses and brands as...
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Posted Feb. 25, 2025

The TikTok spectacle: Five stages of grief

TikTok, created in 2016, has a turbulent history of scandal and success. The app has been argued to have ‘changed the world’, from music to consumption, but in the process has alerted concerns from the political sphere. These arose in 2019 when TikTok settled a legal dispute with the Federal...
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Posted Feb. 13, 2025

Fashion Focus: the study of style

There is so much to learn about fashion, and where better to start than with those who are studying it? This week, therefore, I conducted two interviews with fashion students, Gina who studies Fashion Communication at the University of the West of England, and Bee who studied Fashion Business and...
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Posted Feb. 11, 2025

The US presidency: it’s a man’s world

Since July 4 1776, the founding of the USA, we have witnessed 60 presidential elections. The elections have produced 45 presidents. The presidents have all been men. In over 248 years, not one woman has been successful in the presidential elections, with the closest candidates being in 2016 with Hillary...
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Posted Feb. 11, 2025

Fashion Focus: Paris Haute Couture Week

From January 27 to the 30th, the spring-summer Paris Haute Couture Week occurred. The event, taking place in the fashion capital of the world, is a showcase of craftsmanship and creativity in the fashion world. There are high expectations for the quality of work presented at this event, due to...
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Posted Feb. 4, 2025

Inequalities in carbon consumption

Globally, the average carbon footprint per person is 4.7 tonnes CO2e per year, but to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C as per the Paris Agreement, every person across the world needs to limit their carbon footprint to 2.1 tonnes CO2e. It is promoted to us, therefore, to lower our...
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Posted Jan. 29, 2025

The Boar Magazine: Creative Submissions

A selection of poetry, prose, photographs and artwork submitted as part of The Boar Magazine.   Ma, Archi Adhikari I am writing a poem that you’ll never read That you never can read Your eyes will skip over these words The uncomfortable contours of a second language Like stumbling legs...
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Posted Jan. 29, 2025