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. Just when we thought fashion was beginning to settle after a tumultuous year of big announcements and even bigger debuts, French designer Olivier Rousteing has stepped down from his post as creative director of Balmain after…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “We’re standing on shaky ground,” says Oneohtrix Point Never (the musician also known as Daniel Lopatin). He’s speaking to Dazed in the run-up to the release of his latest album, Tranquilizer, which is about decay and…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. If the memes are to be believed, then dating an autistic person is a thoroughly silly and goofy affair. We’re chock full of fun facts, have a laundry list of special interests to share with you…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. There was a time when people went to the club to dance. They weren’t standing around bopping their heads to the sound of thumping techno, they didn’t spend half the night on their phones, they were…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Next week, Nowness, Nike, and Courir will host Contre Courant, a one-night event at the Grand Palais Immersif, bringing together the worlds of fashion, film and sport. At the centre is the premiere of Contre Courant,…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Though the 2025 Fashion Awards won’t take place until Monday, December 1, the British Fashion Council is doing something a little different this year, announcing the winner of Model of the Year almost a month before…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “I want to capture everything in my photographs: tragedy and humour, beauty and absurdity,” Juergen Teller says, his voice cutting through over Zoom from his studio in London as I stand in his new exhibition, you…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Audrey Nuna is two of the most streamed artists on Earth right now. Yes, you read that right: there’s herself, Korean-American singer-rapper born and raised in Manalapan, New Jersey, and then there’s Mira, one third of…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Before crystal figurines and Christmas gifting transformed Swarovski into a household name in the 70s, the Austrian glassmaker had become Hollywood’s preeminent purveyor of crystals some decades before. Founded in 1895 by Daniel Swarovski, the company…

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Brianna Moore, a 24-year-old from Oklahoma, isn’t shy about her politics. She regularly attends protests advocating for Palestine and for action for climate change, posts her political stances on social media, and says she’s always forthcoming…