The Stand
For students, by students 

Take a look around town, and you will see most women wearing shoulder bags and tote bags while most men wear practical backpacks. Is this the result of women's free fashion choices, or is this a harmful double standard, pointing to ongoing and outdated flaws in our expectations of women? Historically, restrictive and painful clothing were adorned proudly by the upper classes as a status symbol to demonstrate that they do not need to do manual labour, leaving the working class

It is hard to walk the streets of St Andrews without catching a stripey outfit. In the past semester alone, I have seen striped jumpers, trousers, hats, gloves, blouses, skirts, scarves, caps, shoes, bags— pretty much any item of clothing (or accessory) you can think of. Credit: Ivana Furundija on Pinterest The popular stores are stocking their shelves with stripes to fit the recent demand. According to Potter & Co on Instagram, ‘Stripes were set to dominate fashion in 2025,

By Sophie Kolax Credit: Pinterest In a house with four other flatmates, one washing machine, and five measly drying racks, it is easy for the laundry to accumulate. So, after the third attempt at washing my clothes, I realized that all my staples, favorite jeans, tops that go with everything, and the jumpers I wear a little too often are not suitable to be worn again. This is the wash-day conundrum. Not only are all of my favorite articles of clothing out of commission, but t

By Minty Rawlins As a frequent flier at the main library, I deeply relate to the @standrews.onion post from last September about ‘St Andrews students dressing up to ‘ study’ in the library’. Even though the St Andrews Onion is a satire news account, there was definitely some truth to this post. I know I’m not the only St Andrews student whose day starts with the taxing task of deciding what to wear, only to show off the final product as I procrastinate on the main floor of

By Poppy Reid The early 2020s saw social media plagued with what was tipped as the ‘clean-girl aesthetic’. Pioneered by the internet’s IT girls like Hailey Bieber and Molly Mae Hague, matching gym sets and slick back ponytails became a daily uniform, liptints were mandatorily matched to oversized stanley cups, and beige was the new millennial pink. Now, don’t get me wrong, there is something inherently satisfying about the clean-girl. The look is accomplished, polished and fe