Attended by Rachel Charlton; written by Rachel Charlton and Amy Claire Thompson

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This week was Newcastle Fashion Week, and for British Style Bloggers, which was born in the North of England, it was too good an opportunity to pass up! This is the first time that Newcastle has ever hosted an event like this, and although it obviosuly didn't compare to London, Paris or any of the other fashion capitals of the world, it was very exciting for everyone involved and drew out a tonne of bloggers from the North East.

Because of illness, BSB was sadly only able to attend on Saturday, but there were events on all through the week.

En Vogue

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One of the major events, which lasted all week, was hosted by the City Library, where a collection of old Vogues from through the years - dating back to 1945 - were available to read and admire. It was fascinating to be able to see the changing shape of fashion through the years, and especially the way that illustrations were so vital to the early issues.

We're sure that most fashion bloggers would agree that fashion drawings are beautiful - and we know that we'd love to see more of them if we possibly could.

Made In Newcastle's Fabric Swap

Made in Newcastle is a fashion and textiles collective where designers from the North East get together to share their wares, and this week they held a free fabric swap, where you could bring in good-quality scraps or un-used fabric to exchange for whatever else took your fancy or was necessary for your next project. There were so many beautiful patterns and textures to admire that everyone really enjoyed themselves - and we obviosuly couldn't resist brigning a few of our favourite samples home with us!

Fashion Works

The Discovery Museum held an exhibit showing period dress from the 1700s up to the 1980s - think the fashion gallery at the V&A in London, but downsized a teeny bit!

Our favourites were a beautiful pair of shoes from 1739, but we were very impressed with the underwear display which instilled positive body image values such as manikin with health productsin and the poster on the final image which said “its not the shape you are, it’s the shapeyou’re in that matters”.

Kisses from Newcastle!

Don't you just love these special NFW cupcakes we found?

We had a wonderful day - and we can't wait for it to happen all over again next year!

Did you attend the event? What did you think?

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