Social media is made for comparison. There’s a subconscious competition for likes and followers and the need for social approval is overwhelming. Why even buy a designer bag if you can’t get it in every #OOTD? Platforms such as Instagram are used to present the best version of ourselves to the world. I challenge you to find anyone who hasn’t sucked in their bloated stomach for a night out photo. Or used some form of beauty app to edit out a few rogue spots or slim their t

Where I live there are loads of student houses. Earlier in the year a paper dubbed it ‘the Magaluf strip’ of Liverpool. A bit reductive, really. Save a few vomit splatters up the walls, bountiful takeaways and you know, a road, I’d be surprised if they were anything alike. If I was off to the Balearics to booze it up and all I found were a few tipsy students knocking over wheelie bins, and a couple of roadmen creeping around in Ford Mondeos I’d be asking for my money back. Co

When we consider the euphoric highs and ever-increasing lows associated with addiction, is intoxicating ourselves with fashion really as harmless as we think? Shopping for clothes is more a form of entertainment than it is a necessity these days. It’s a form of escapism, relaxation and pleasure. That’s why the term ‘retail therapy’ has become everyday language. Let’s be honest, most of us have enough clothes in our wardrobe. In fact, most of us probably have more clothes than