The secrets behind Jenna Ortega’s goth glam beauty looks

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. On her press tour for Tim Burton’s Wednesday, Jenna Ortega has taken notes from the Addams-family macabre. While most stars default to safe, clean-girl beauty for their press runs, Ortega has let gothic edge creep under…

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Soshiotsuki, Torishéju and Steve O Smith just won the LVMH Prize

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Each year, the LVMH Prize offers up the best in global fashion talent, and 2025 was a particularly bumper year. The finalists included Dazed faves like Tolu Coker, Zomer and All-In (who’s just changed its name…

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Little Trouble Girls, a sensual, subversive study of queer sexual awakening

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “Growing up as a girl, you often collide with limiting social rules,” says UrĆĄka Djukić. “You learn to please, to perform, just to be accepted. At the same time, you’re taught to hide your wilder, more…

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Watch a short film about the transformative power of beauty for blind women

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. It’s a common misconception that blind and low-vision people don’t care about their appearance, that they aren’t interested in fashion or beauty. But self-expression and self-care are just as much a part of their identity, personal…

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Zack Fox answers the dA-Zed quiz: ‘I’m basically a white woman’

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Zack Fox is a funny guy. You’d know this if you follow him on X, have watched his stand-up performances, or have watched him play fan-favourite Tariq on the critically acclaimed ABC show Abbott Elementary. However, in…

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How you can attend Ray-Ban’s party at London’s House of Koko

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. On September 9, Ray-Ban will bring its four-part ‘Future Icons’ series to a raucous finale with the help of Beth McCarthy, CATTY, and DJ collective BORN N BREAD. The event will take place at House of…

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12 hardcore Fakemink fans on why they love ‘London’s Saviour’

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Just under two months ago, we published a guide to ‘underground’ rapper Fakemink, but that title is already starting to seem outdated. Since then, the 20-year-old east Londoner has been brought out on stage by Drake,…

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