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Fashion + Mental Health '20
In the second running of our first ever static campaign, and aligned with World Mental Health Day, October was dedicated to exploring the fluctuating relationship between Fashion + Mental Health.
Mental Health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices and can be affected by biological factors and life experiences. It is something that all of us contend with at least once in our lives.
According to various sources, mental health issues are rising significantly and now, somewhere between 1 in 5 and 1 in 10 people suffer with mental health every single year. How does fashion impact our mental health? Are the pressures of being seen on screen via social media detrimental to our sense of self or are we using fashion to feel empowered. Does fashion really make us happy?
We also partnered with Chasing The Stigma and No Panic for our Fashion + Mental Health edition in October 2019, to coincide with World Mental Health Day.
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- May 31
- 2 min
Mental Health: A Personal Perspective
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- May 30
- 3 min
Why Mens Mental Health Is Overlooked
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- May 23
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The Lack of Empathy Shown Towards Students Mental Wellbeing
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- May 12
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Mental Health of Employees in Large Companies
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Dylan Virk
- May 12
- 3 min
Whys Is There Still Ignorance Towards Men's Mental Health
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Paige Tume
- May 12
- 6 min
Medication in the Scope of Mental Health
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- May 10
- 3 min
Internet Insecurities
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Tanbir Hussain
- May 3
- 4 min
It's Time to Talk: Why Men's Mental Health is Still Forgotten
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- Mar 10
- 3 min
Why Money Only Fills A Temporary Void
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- Oct 12, 2022
- 3 min
Mental Health. Hidden in plain sight.
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- Oct 7, 2022
- 3 min
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- Oct 1, 2022
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- Oct 15, 2021
- 4 min
Are We Facing A Virtual Identity Crisis?
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- Oct 14, 2021
- 4 min
Give Fashion Anxiety the Boot With These Seven Tips!
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- Oct 13, 2021
- 3 min
Is Retail Therapy the Root of Fast Fashion?
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- Oct 12, 2021
- 4 min
The Pressures Peers Face Today in Keeping Up With the Latest Trends
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- Oct 11, 2021
- 3 min
Does Fashion Influence and Impact Mental Health?
With society becoming more conscious of their appearance, the obsession with factors such as materialistic goods have placed a great deal...
Camille Traineau
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
Has the Evolution of Beauty Standards in the Fashion Industry Impacted Our Mental Well-Being?
During the 1990s, the ‘heroin chic’ trend was a very popular visual code in the fashion industry. This meant it was intensely desirable...
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- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
How Mental Health Effects Fashion
When it comes to mental health, fashion can be expressed in different ways for different people. For example, people with depression may...
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- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
Is a Lack of Size Diversity Fuelling Body Issues?
As a petite mid-sized woman, a lack of representation of my body type in the fashion industry has had an impact on my body image. Despite...
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- Aug 13, 2021
- 4 min
How Much Impact do Fashion Choices Have on Our Mental Health?
Fashion. A blueprint to our subconscious mind, representing how we desire to be perceived by others, our self-esteem, and which groups of...
Olivia King
- Oct 31, 2020
- 3 min
Are Mental Health Issues Greater in Creative Industries such as Fashion?
In a recent surveys of people working in the creative industry (undertook by the university of Ulster) almost two thirds of participants...
Lucy Pettigrew
- Oct 30, 2020
- 3 min
Eating Disorders and the Fashion Industry
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Lewis Sayers
- Oct 29, 2020
- 3 min
Self-Expression, Depression & Masculinity: How Fashion Can Help Men Cope & Assert Their Id
Suicide is one of the largest killers of men in the world. With 16.9 deaths per 100,000 men in the UK alone, it’s an issue that is highly...
Jamie Hyam
- Oct 28, 2020
- 4 min
Mental Health and Buying Patterns Within Fashion
Although we may not think about why we purchase certain items as buyers, or why we are drawn to certain styles, these are inherently...
Hayley Dean
- Oct 27, 2020
- 3 min
How Fashion Can Cultivate Positive Mental Health
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- Oct 26, 2020
- 3 min
Express Yourself: The Relationship Between Fashion and Mental Health
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- Oct 24, 2020
- 4 min
All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go: Clothing in the Time of Covid-19
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- Oct 23, 2020
- 5 min
Feel Good Fashion: Mind, Body and Soul Healing Clothes
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Georgia Lancashire
- Oct 23, 2020
- 3 min
How Self-Expression Through Personal Style Promotes Positive Mental Health
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- Oct 22, 2020
- 3 min
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- Oct 22, 2020
- 4 min
Is the Size of our Clothes Determining how we View Ourselves in the Mirror?
So I went into River Island and picked up a pair of size 8 jeans and did the same from Topshop, yet the pair from River Island were too...
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- Oct 21, 2020
- 4 min
Is Fashion Fuel to the Fire of the Mental Health Crisis?
From the outside, the fashion industry looks full of luxury and glamour. It’s an industry many of us strive to be a part of in one way or...
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- Oct 20, 2020
- 4 min
How Does Fashion Make You Feel?
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Ella Wilding
- Oct 20, 2020
- 4 min
Fashion Runways & Body Dysmorphic Disorders
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Amber Pollock
- Oct 19, 2020
- 3 min
Alexander McQueen: A Tragedy at the Hands of Fashion
“It’s such a pity for a man who, from a modest start, climbed to the top of his profession only to die in such tragedy.” This quote from...
Katie Harrison
- Oct 19, 2020
- 3 min
Use and Abuse: Fashion’s Mental Health Problem
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Emily Ridoutt
- Oct 17, 2020
- 4 min
Instagram and Mental Health: an Endless Cycle
Instagram is arguably the most used social media platform today. Yet what are the consequences of our casual obsession with Instagram on...
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- Oct 17, 2020
- 4 min
How Is ‘Retail Therapy’ Causing a Need for More?
We have all been there, going shopping to feel good on a bad day. This could be defined as ‘retail therapy’, a mechanism to give us...
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- Oct 16, 2020
- 3 min
Is Instagram Detrimental to Society?
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Kate Cunnington
- Oct 16, 2020
- 3 min
Cancel Culture: Isn’t it Time We Cancelled it?
In a time where mental health has become such a widely discussed topic, why does cancel culture still exist? It seems ridiculous that we...
Emily Peers
- Oct 15, 2020
- 3 min
Fashion Barriers: How Mental Illness Can Affect What We Wear
Mental illness in modern society Mental illness is currently at the forefront of many conversations. Its importance is being more widely...
Danny Gutman
- Oct 15, 2020
- 3 min
How much longer can fashion ignore mental health?
Whilst industries such sport begins to wake up to mental health, it seems that fashion is still in its infancy in understanding the real...
Esther Roberts
- Oct 14, 2020
- 3 min
Under pressure: Keeping up with fashion trends
E-Girls with chains, plaid skirts and oversized band t-shirts. Instagram baddies flexing in bodysuits and high waist skinny jeans. And...
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- Oct 13, 2020
- 3 min
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- Oct 13, 2020
- 3 min
People Understate Fashion as a Source of Happiness!
Many of us dress according to how we feel and it’s a way for us being in control of the state of mind that we seek as well as shaping how...
Michelle Shipley
- Oct 12, 2020
- 3 min
The Unattainable Standard in Media
Not so flawless From a young age, women are exposed to various media outlets. In these outlets, the ones that are shown most are stick...
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