Fashion and Lifestyle The true meaning of clean beauty in 2021 The Oxford Dictionary describes the word ‘beauty’ as "A combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight". Using the word clean in the same sentence as beauty suggests that not all beauty is ‘clean beauty’ which upon reflection is By The Editor • 5 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Junction 32 Yorkshire Outlet Shopping ready to welcome back guests Junction 32 Yorkshire Outlet Shopping is ready to re-open for non-essential retail on 12th April with additional measures in place to help keep guests safe. Darren Winter, centre director at Junction 32 said: “The entire team here at Junction 32 is looking forward to welcoming our brand partners and guests By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Trinity Leeds and White Rose ready to welcome back guests Trinity Leeds and White Rose Shopping Centres are ready to re-open for non-essential retail on 12th April with additional measures in place to help keep guests safe. David Maddison, Centre Director at Trinity Leeds, said: “The entire team here at Trinity Leeds is looking forward to welcoming our brand partners By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Spring is time for seedlings Author: Martin Blunn, Solitionize Global April is the month where activity for preparing for the summer season really starts. At least your first batch of seedlings should be growing well and may even be ready to be potted out. They still maybe fragile in this early stage of their life By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Join the next Gliterary Lunch with author Joanne Harris What better book to be talking about at this time of year than the latest Chocolat novel from Joanne Harris. The Strawberry Thief is a wonderfully evocative novel that takes us back to the French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes where Vianne Rocher runs her chocolate shop on the square. Once rejected By The Editor • 1 min read
Entrepreneurs Fashion retailer proves you can still support local and stay home When the pandemic hit many independent retailers were forced to close shop, sit tight and wait for restrictions to end but Leigh Unwin, founder of The Style Attic and mum of two, used this opportunity to expand her business. For most of us, this month marks the milestone of one By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Yorkshire digital Festival attracts worldwide audiences The transformation of this year’s Huddersfield Literature Festival (HLF) into a digital event has proved a huge success, with performers and audiences joining from around the globe. Due to Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, almost all activities were held online. Sylvia Plath expert Heather Clark joined as a speaker from the By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Better days at Dakota: as Leeds hotel prepares to reopen * Dakota Hotels are now taking al-fresco bookings from April 12th, and dining and overnight visits from May 17th. * Dakota Hotels have seen a surge in bookings since the Government announcement * Dakota Leeds announces the prestigious honour of a Michelin Plate Dakota Hotels are preparing to reopen on April 12th, following By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Make an hour for you! Friday 9th April - 7.30 - 8.30pm. Take an hour out on Friday night to enjoy a feel-good styling event to get your freedom wardrobe ready. Following on from our sell-out Make A Date With You Event, brought to you by Time to Bloom, in partnership with Yorkshire By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Girl on pause In the age of side hustles and instagram businesses, it’s hard to enter the realms of the internet without being bombarded by a mutual friend’s new venture. I may sound hypocritical, you are after all reading my blog (my own ‘side hustle’ in a sense). I don’t By The Editor • 3 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle The man behind the new lighting range at Dowsing & Reynolds Leeds home decor business owner James Dowsing-Reynolds has teamed up with The Man Behind The Curtain chef Michael O’Hare to create a limited edition range of porcelain pendant lights. Designed exclusively by James for his business Dowsing & Reynolds, the lights have been hand-poured by ceramics specialists Laverick & By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Dance that lit a spark with communities in Leeds Members across communities in Leeds were given the opportunity to take part in creative movement based wellbeing workshops online throughout January and February 2021. Some of these communities include the elderly LGBTQ community along with volunteers and community workers of local charities in Leeds. The workshops that are part of By The Editor • 2 min read
