Category: Lifestyle & Culture

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Woolwich Crown Court erupted in cheers and applause this morning (September 26) as Irish language rapper Mo Chara (real name Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh) heard that the charges brought against him for allegedly supporting Hamas, a…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. For Japanese singer Ado, the blue rose is a mirror of her very being. Once believed impossible, this flower did not exist until 2002 – the year she was born – when it was finally created…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. For decades, Benetton has been acclaimed, and occasionally criticised, for its bold, forward-thinking and sometimes provocative campaigns. Through its collaborations with the late photographer Oliviero Toscani in the 80s and 90s, the brand repeatedly drew attention…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. This gallery is taken from the autumn 2025 issue of Dazed. Buy a copy of the magazine here. Push through the doors at algha’s plantroom, an industrial space in east London, and you’ll find playbody: part…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. At first glance, the four artists nominated for the 2025 Turner Prize are strikingly different. The Turner Prize aims to celebrate and debate new developments in contemporary art in Britain; if Nnena Kalu, René Matić, Mohammed…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Writers have always been fashion’s eternal muses. From Colette’s Parisian decadence to Joan Didion’s Céline ads, literature’s most celebrated voices have found their influence in many different aspects of the fashion industry. Designers like Antonio Marras…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. It feels redundant to even mention just how many debuts are taking place across the SS26 season, because at this point, we KNOW. Of the approximately 3,785 big firsts scheduled, across houses like Maison Margiela, Chanel,…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Y/Project is widely remembered as the cult avant-garde label that took fashion to new extremes. From its scandalous jewellery to hilarious middle-finger gloves, it was a brand that dared to be mischievous and was loved dearly…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. The Dazed Beauty Community is our ever-expanding encyclopaedia of creatives and emerging talent from across the world who are redefining the way we think about beauty. Discover them here. Big, dramatic blowouts might feel like a relic from…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. When you think of a fashion archive, you typically think of pristine clothes, conserved in special garment bags, and locked away for an extra special occasion (or until Kim Kardashian gets her hands on them). Every…