What went down at a special access Dazed Club curator and artist-led tour

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In December, the Victoria and Albert Museum (Vamp;A) and Saatchi Gallery invited 50 Dazed Clubbers to an exclusive curator and artist tour of the exhibition Standing On Shoulders Of Giants II – A Unique Dialogue Between…

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This exhibition uncovers the queer history of Islamic art

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “Dildos were so, so abundant in the archives,” Noor Bhangu, curator of Deviant Ornaments, a new exhibition at Norway’s National Museum, tells Dazed. “But there is far less visual and textual representation of femalehellip; read more…

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Demna drops his first Gucci campaign, plus more fashion news you missed

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. While we’re still patiently waiting for Demna’s Gucci runway debut, the Georgian designer is keeping us satisfied with a drip feed of fashion in the meantime. Last month, it was Generation Gucci, the label’s Pre-Fall 2026…

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Doppel-gäng gäng gäng: 7 times artists used body doubles

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. “Yeah, it’s true [I’ve been using a doppelgänger]. I just thought it would be funny, nothing more to it,” Japanese-Australian singer Joji admitted in his recent Genius interview, unzipping his coat and settling into his seat….

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Make-up artist Saint Maretto is rewriting the codes of queer beauty

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. “Beauty isn’t a fixed point for me,…

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‘Misogyny by design’: Is it possible to escape getting ‘undressed’ by AI?

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. On X, 2026 began with a disturbing trend. Under photos shared by people (largely young women) on the app, users asked Grok, the AI chatbot built into the Elon Musk-owned social platform, to remove the poster’s…

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