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. This story is taken from the autumn 2025 issue of Dazed, which is on sale internationally from September 11. Pre-order a copy here. As I prepare to meet Alex Consani and Vivian Wilson, I worry I’ll…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. C is for confident. At least, according to Alex Consani, behind the scenes on her new shoot for Dazed’s autumn 2025 issue. “If you’re not confident, then what the fuck are you doing?” she asks, in…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. When Bottega Veneta launched its ‘Craft Is Our Language’ campaign earlier this year, it chose to celebrate 50 years of its Intrecciato weave not with logos or slogans, but with the hands of many creatives, including…

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. As I prepare to meet Alex Consani and Vivian Wilson, I worry I’ll…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. The prime minister of Nepal, Sharma Oli, has resigned today after a mass protest movement, mostly led by young people, was met with a brutal crackdown, which resulted in 21 deaths. The Nepalese government has also…

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. On March 8, 2025, Mahmoud Khalil was accosted by a group of maskedhellip;…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Back in the day, a debut fashion show meant just that: press and guests would attend a new designer’s inaugural catwalk to witness their first designs for that house. Sounds quite simple, really. But now, thanks…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. With the summer months coming to an end, this month’s mix is brought to you by Texan experimentalist Claire Rousay, whose melancholic, folk-inflected mix is inspired by her past lives – “it’s a bit of an…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “I be looking bored but I be excited about shit,” says Steve Lacy in a new video, shot between takes of his cover shoot for Dazed’s autumn 2025 issue. And, in case you haven’t read his…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Lorde was 18 when she was photographed for her 2015 Dazed cover. Even then, she was wise beyond her years, telling interviewer Lena Dunham about how, when she entered the music industry at just 13 years…