Fashion blog

This Summer the Oxfam Festival Shop will be touring the nation's festivals bringing the best of our unique and vintage items, plus festival essentials such as wellies and waterproofs to keep you warm and dry. Managed by Lisa Morris and Fran Tutt, the Oxfam Festival Shop is staffed by a team of volunteers from across Oxfam's high street shop network. In 2012, the team managed seven shops, traded...

  This is a super-easy and super-quick fashion DIY which will add a touch of glamour to a plain top or tee. My beloved pearl effect necklace broke and , rather than fixing it, I thought of something much more exciting to do with the loose pearls.  YOU WILL NEED Pearls A top, t-shirt or blouse  Super Glue/Strong Fabric Glue Cardboard Pencil Ruler ...

Acclaimed Finnish sculptor, Kaarina Kaikkonen, has returned to this year's Brighton Festival with The Blue Route, a striking installation currently being exhibited at the city's Fabrica gallery.  Kaikkonen is well-known for her large-scale, dramatic installations assembled from objects that form part of the fabric of our everyday lives - ladies shoes, men's jackets and even toilet rolls have...

Once upon a time, the Oxfam Festival Shop got a very special invitation to have a pop up shop at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. They knew Windsor was a very special place as that is where the Queen lives so the team enthusiastically accepted the invitation and started to sort for the very best in gentlemen's and ladies' finery.  They searched high and low through accessories donated to Oxfam to find high quality...

Since I started High School I have been looking forward to the infamous Leavers Ball which occurs after all the year 13s have finished their final exams. Even the idea of going to a ball conjures up ideas of Disney princesses in fairy-tale dresses. Disney did however fail to mention that beautiful ball gowns come at quite a cost.  As a ball gown is something that many women buy, wear once and never wear again, I believe it...

Team fash have been getting far too excited about the release of the Great Gatsby (starring Carey Mulligan, Leo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire). I've even considered coming to work in a full evening gown, pearls and pin curl hair to show my glee. Fashion may be heading back to the jazz age for inspiration and we say bring on the pearls, ruffles, hats and sparkle.  Tell us what would be your dream...