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University of Leeds Fashion Design Students have won a Future Fashion Factory Competition based on a wool themed exhibition at Salts Mill.

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Dr Bruce Carnie authors an article for the fashion magazine, Drapers, explaining how universities are adapting their course content and programmes to meet the evolving demand of fashion retail.

Lower Briggate, Leeds, in 1880, featuring Frederic Forster's Leeds Mourning Warehouse, left, and a black bodice with long sleeves on a mannequin. 
Lower Briggate picture credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries

The death of Queen Victoria and the need to wear mourning dress meant a booming trade for Leeds’ high street.  

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Former BBC presenter Louise Minchin sitting on a bed, smiling, holding a bag of wool
Picture via Woolroom

Louise Minchin has teamed up with Woolroom for its Menopause and Clean Sleep campaign after revealing how the menopause started to affect her job on BBC Breakfast.