trends Archives - The Oxford Blue

Culture

Fashion Wrapped (Did 2024 see a shift in how we consume fashion trends?)

by Jade Glendinning February 8, 2025May 29, 2025

Culture

School Uniform to Sub Fusc – Oxford’s “Unofficial Uniforms”

by Emma Cooley October 31, 2024May 7, 2025

Featured

2024 Fashion Trend Predictions

by Katie Jordan March 12, 2024March 12, 2024

Culture

The Origins and Detrimental Effects of the Looksmaxxing Trend

by Alicia Miller February 22, 2024February 22, 2024

Culture, Fashion

Some Notes on The Big Red Boots

by Aryan Goenka February 26, 2023July 22, 2024

Lifestyle

Do two halves make a whole?

by Bethan Draycott March 26, 2021March 26, 2021

Lifestyle

Bad Influence

by Gwendy Davenport March 4, 2021July 18, 2021

Investigating the Kidlington Waste Pile

Ewan Messenger Dec 7, 2025 5 min read

On 21 November 2025, between the river Cherwell and the A34, the Environmental Agency declared the presence of a 150m (490ft) long and 6m (20ft)…

The society trap: when finding yourself becomes losing yourself

Matthew Donnelly Dec 7, 2025 3 min read

Source: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

At this year’s Freshers’ Fair, I signed up for tennis and touch rugby with the unmistakable arrogance of someone who has never experienced the workload…

Rare aesthetic: being humbled by study influencers

Téa Sand Dec 6, 2025 5 min read

An image of the Radcliffe Camera against a blue sky

“Whilst I was spending hours in the library on one essay, they were sauntering through assignments in infuriatingly short time-stamped minutes.” Téa Sand talks about…

Return Flight: Spying on my old self

Esmé Hubbert Dec 6, 2025 5 min read

An illustration of a map of Western Europe with an arrow connecting Leipzig and Oxford

“I assumed things would feel different this year – fewer friends, more stress from impending finals – but I didn’t realise I would feel so…