Jennifer Knowles

The Mancunion • 14th February 2019

A Step too Fyre? The Danger of Influencers

In a world where we are subject to ‘Influencing’ from left, right and centre, never has it been harder to distinguish the ‘real’ from the ‘fake’. With the influencer economy on Instagram alone valued at $1 billion by agency Mediakix, what is obvious...

The Mancunion • 8th February 2018

Body Dysmorphia and the fashion industry

Body image and the fashion industry has long been a heated struggle. Along with the normal ‘does my bum look big in this?’ insecurity comes more serious and damaging issues such as Body Dysmorphia Syndrome. Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is defined...

Funraising • 20th December 2017

The Fallowfield Don Lives On - Crime and Fallowfield Students Group

“There’s a don rolling round fallow on a bike in a grey puffer jacket he’s carrying a massive knife and just tried to attack a girl outside our house. Get an uber home if you can.” An armed ‘don’ is haunting South Manchester. The area has gotten...

Funraising • 22nd November 2017

EVENT PREVIEW: ArtBox Silent Art Auction by Funraising

Funraising • 25th October 2017

Racing to Remember, Funding a Cure for Dementia

On the 24th of September, a small group of local Lancastrians set off on a 10-mile walk along Morecambe Bay in blue t-shirts and high spirits. The charity walk was in aid of dementia and was supported by the Alzheimer’s society. Founded in 1990, the...

The Mancunion • 1st October 2017

Trend renaissance

In Manchester, current fashion trends are always at the forefront of attention and we can see this fashion nostalgia everywhere we look, especially in the fashion-conscious student community. In the 1920s when wealth and power were of the utmost...

The Mancunion • 10th March 2017

Sex sells

In modern day society, feminism is at the peak of interest and discussion – and with it the unstoppable empowerment of the female body. The fashion industry is doubtlessly a platform on which this has always been particularly obvious. For example,...

The Mancunion • 22nd February 2017

The changing landscape of Fashion Week

The many frequent and vast changes of everyday life are bound to have an impact on the way in which designers choose to present their collections. This year for the first time, designers such as Tom Ford, Rachel Zoe and Tommy Hilfiger have chosen to...

The Mancunion • 22nd November 2016

How to do sixties

The 1960s saw the beginning of a revolutionary change in the history of fashion. I visited the Gallery of Costume to view an exhibition depicting the influences of Mary Quant, the name that resonates most when we think of trends brought into play in...

The Mancunion • 25th October 2016

Celebs that scare

As it is nearing Halloween we focus on famous celebrities’ alter-egos that are designed to scare us, or at least gather our attention in a less than conventional manner. Certain celebrities create a typically loud and scandalous persona, frequently...

The Mancunion • 9th October 2016

Are fashion magazines behind the times?

Fashion magazines are the epitome of contemporary media. We look to fashion and lifestyle magazines for what to wear, how to act, and even what to eat. So the question we must ask ourselves is how some of these magazines are able to follow every...