Dom Roberts shares her 2026 beauty affirmations

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Read more it-girl beauty affirmations here. You might know Dom Roberts as the co-host of Upstairs Neighbours, the intellect-meets-internet podcast she shares with Maya Umemoto, where the duo unpack “real life and real experiences”. For Roberts,…

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The rise of North West in 5 tracks

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. We called it in 2024, we are now entering the era of the ‘Rapo Baby’. Over the last couple of years, multiple children of established rappers have begun launching careers of their own: in 2023, Drake’s…

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Nightlife icon David Hoyle talks Heated Rivalry and cruising in Mugler

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. In the late 1990s, when he was just a teenager, Mugler’s creative director Miguel Castro Freitas became obsessed with the Mancunian performance artist David Hoyle. Back then Hoyle was known as the Divine David, terrorising terrestrial…

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KNWLS is going ‘ballistic’ for AW26

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Charli xcx, Lisa, Saweetie, Amelia Gray, Vittoria Ceretti, Ravyn Lenae, Col the Doll, Anok Yai, Arca, you name it – all the girls love KNWLS. Designer Charlotte Knowles and her partner Alexandre Arsenault have cracked the…

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Catalina Sartor is your favourite artist’s favourite make-up artist

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. “I don’t see the point of existing…

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In pictures: Manchester’s electrifying, multigenerational party spirit

Editor’s pick — Culture quick take: the cultural angle (trend signal, audience insight, crossover with fashion/music/art) in 1–2 lines. Over the past three weeks, we have been spotlighting photographers who were selected from our open call with BACARDÍ. First was Alec Jafrato’s portraits of a Northern Soul night, and then the focus shifted to Cebohellip;…

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