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Articles by Bethan Bide
Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners Shaped Global Style
The involvement of Jews in shmattes, or the ‘rag trade’, in London’s East End is well known. It’s familiar territory indeed for this reviewer, whose ancestors came from the East End and, before then, fun d’r’eim, ‘from the “Old Country”’, in eastern Europe. Great-Uncle Feivish (anglicised to Philip) was the first of my mother’s family off the boat in 1905. He set up a tailoring workshop at the back of his rented house at 15 Pelham Street, London, E1.
Five Christmas fashion trends we should bring back - and may be found in your wardrobe already
Bethan Bide, University of Leeds Christmas is a season for partying and dressing up. Sequins, Santa hats and ugly Christmas jumpers abound. Each event seems to demand a new and different outfit. While this clothes buying bonanza may boost fashion retail profits, it also leads to a vast amount of waste as many items end up in landfill by the new year. For a season so steeped in tradition and nostalgia, this emphasis on new clothes seems out of place.
Five Christmas fashion trends we should bring back - and may be found in your wardrobe already
By Bethan Bide, Lecturer in Design and Cultural Theory, University of Leeds Christmas is a season for partying and dressing up. Sequins, Santa hats and ugly Christmas jumpers abound. Each event seems to demand a new and different outfit. While this clothes buying bonanza may boost fashion retail profits, it also leads to a vast amount of waste as many items end up in landfill by the new year. For a season so steeped in tradition and nostalgia, this emphasis on new clothes seems out of place.
Five Christmas fashion trends we should bring back - and may be found in your wardrobe already Original
Christmas is a season for partying and dressing up. Sequins, Santa hats and ugly Christmas jumpers abound. Each event seems to demand a new and different outfit. While this clothes buying bonanza may boost fashion retail profits, it also leads to a vast amount of waste as many items end up in landfill by the new year. For a season so steeped in tradition and nostalgia, this emphasis on new clothes seems out of place.
How Moss Bros transformed with London’s fashion industry
Skip to main content FREE ENTRY Docklands open Monday-Sunday, 10am-5pm Plan your visit For families For schools Collections <![endif]--> <![endif]--> <![endif]--> Moss Bros, one of the longest-surviving Jewish-founded firms in London fashion, has achieved longevity by embracing change, and staying ahead of the shifts and turns of fashion production and consumption.
Podcast: Cotton hidden voices - stories from the makers of your clothes
Categories Workplace Behaviour Research Centre How do we bridge the gap between textile workers and consumers? And how can we encourage responsible production and responsible consumption?
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