Celebrate 25 years of Fashion East with us at the ICA

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. This year, Fashion East celebrates its 25th birthday. Every year, the talent incubator run by Lulu Kennedy and Raphaelle Moore mentors a select coterie of young designers before sending their work down the London Fashion Week…

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Katharine Hamnett, Simone Rocha and more drop merch in aid of Palestine

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. The slogan tee might be making a massive comeback right now, but Katharine Hamnett has always had a penchant for plastering what she wants to say across her chest.  The British designer’s most viral moment, taking…

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Archival photos of Fashion East’s most memorable debuts

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. When we talk about Fashion East, a number of superlative descriptors come to mind. To many, the design incubator – founded by Lulu Kennedy in 2000 – is ‘invaluable’, ‘indispensable’, ‘iconic’ and ‘influential’. But the truth…

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On art and self-censorship: David Jonsson and Caleb Femi go head-to-head

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. This story is taken from the autumn 2025 issue of Dazed, which is on sale internationally from September 11. Pre-order a copy here. “This isn’t why I do it,” said David Jonsson in his acceptance speech…

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