Category: Lifestyle & Culture

What makes a ‘happy victim’, as defined by Japanese photographer Kyoichi Tsuzuki in his 2008 photo book of the same name, comes down to a singular obsession. “[They] love clothes so much that they’ve trimmed the three necessities of human life – food, clothing, and shelter – down to just one,” he wrote at the time, “and then…

Medieval LARPing is levelling up, with the Middle Ages becoming the go-to playbook for tattoo designs. Think weathered brick castles, crumbling torrents and battle-scarred dragons. As a pushback against hyper-online cultures, tattoos are shifting towards a medieval aesthetic, reimagining iconography and lettering for a new age. This reworking of medieval imagery is what scholars call…

In the UK, festival fashion has taken a new turn in recent years. Gone are the wax jackets, mini dresses, glittered cheeks and fairy-like accessories. In 2025, festival style is all grown up. Basically, we’ve swapped cute for cunt, and at Maiden Voyage this weekend, some attendees even had the word spelt out across their…

In 1968, the ICA hosted an exhibition titled Cybernetic Serendipity, showcasing artists’ experiments with new technologies, including robots, algorithms, and computer graphics. “Bringing together composers, artists, filmmakers, engineers, scientists, and academics, the exhibition sparked a dialogue, spanning multiple continents, about the relationship between technology and the arts,” writes Ruth Mackenzie, director of arts at the…

“I wanna fuck my computer,” states a deadpan Ninajirachi on the aptly titled “Fuck my Computer”, her debut album’s second single. What might first read as a tongue-in-cheek lyric becomes significantly more profound when nested in an album exploring early-internet culture, online trauma, and technology’s impact on human creativity.  Nina Wilson, aka Ninajirachi, is a…

Back in April, Bianca Saunders launched 38 Love Lane. Created in collaboration with Amsterdam-based photographer Kwabena Sekyi Appiah-Nti, the zine explored Saunders’ Jamaican heritage, returning to the country for a series of intimate shoots, and featuring contributions from the writer Jordan Anderson and her mother Yvonne. This past weekend, to celebrate Jamaican Independence Day, Saundershellip;…

Copenhagen Fashion Week feels like it gets bigger every year, and this season was a bit of a bonanza – there was so much happening across the Danish capital it was hard to find time to get to see it all. In recent years, the city’s designers have shrugged off the clean-cut Scandi style it…

More than 40 students in Gaza have been offered full scholarships to study at UK universities. Still, they cannot take up their places this September because of the Home Office’s requirement to submit biometric data for visa applications. The only UK-authorised biometric registration centre in Gaza has been closed since October 2023, and, as the

For the first minute of Materialists, there’s no image on screen, just a sound design evoking a horror movie. As the rustling increases, the words “KILLER FILMS” flash on screen – coincidentally, the name of a production company – and then we’re with cavepeople in what appears to be a recreation of 2001: A Space…

Copenhagen has been turning out great designers for years. Labels like Cecilie Bahnsen, Ganni and Solitude Studios have helped shape the city’s style identity, bringing Scandi style to the masses worldwide. This season, Dazed teamed up with Ray-Ban to celebrate the scene properly. At the height of fashion week, we hosted a dinner with some…