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EBiT is looking for models who speak openly about mental health
EBiT Gallery / 6 images Though modelling is an inherently aesthetic practice, multidisciplinary brand EBiT (Enjoy Being in Transition) has taken a more holistic approach to casting. For the brand’s latest project, a new website and e-commerce platform, it exclusively featured models who have experience dealing with challenging mental health. “When it came to opening…
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Valentino is doubling down on its controversial Rockstud
Valentino Pre-Fall 2026 Gallery / 8 images Last month, we saw the first trailer for the highly anticipated The Devil Wears Prada 2, but what should’ve been a moment of collective excitement quickly turned into a moment of collective rage. “I’m no fashion expert, but even I know Miranda Priestly wearing Valentino Rockstud shoes in…
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Hot pants, pubes and protest tees: The 2025 trend report is here
Fashion has a funny relationship with trends: we love to hate them. Trendsetters are our gods, and yet anyone who follows a trend is deemed to have no personal style. When a certain style starts trending, it immediately becomes less cool, and by the time you’ve noticed it, the moment has died. Fashion critics, writers…
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‘The unknown is exciting’: Why Gorillaz’ upcoming album is all about death
25 years ago, in the year 2000, Dazed travelled to Gorillaz HQ in west London for their first ever interview. Virtual or not, the band were vividly alive: lead singer 2D puking on the streets of Notting Hill, bassist Murdoc collapsing on top of Robbie Williams, all of them allegedly “sniffing sulphate” off a King…
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27 beauty creatives to follow for bold, boundary-pushing inspiration
The Dazed 100 is back. Across four lists – Global, US, Asia and MENA – the Dazed community has curated a list of the most exciting emerging creatives and inspiring change-makers, including Mahmoud Khalil, EsDeekid and Geese, footballer Michelle Agyemang, actor Chase Infiniti and Cortisa Star. When it comes to beauty, we’re spotlighting more people…
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Lord Apex brings together community for 20 years of Salomon’s ACS PRO
Salomon Sportstyle by TJ Sawyerr Gallery / 9 images Twenty years ago, Salomon introduced the ACS PRO silhouette, a high-performance design that went on to shape its identity far beyond the trail. Built with technical rigour and obsessive detail, the ACS PRO became rooted in sneakerhead culture, admired by people who track every drop and…
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Qesser Zuhrah: The Filton 24 hunger striker speaks from prison
There is a long history of political prisoners using hunger strikes to resist the British state. Over the last month, the tactic has been taken up by eight Palestine solidarity activists, some who have been imprisoned for their alleged involvement in a direct action at RAF Brize Norton and others – members of the “Filton…
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Was 2025 the year we embraced ‘whimsy’?
2025 was the year that Aminatou Diallo, a 23-year-old New York-based creator, embraced her “whimsy”. By that, she means doing everything she wanted to do as a child. “I got a pair of roller skates, signed up for a ballet class, got myself a princess bed with a canopy and decorated my room how I…
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The 20 best tracks of 2025, ranked
20. MODEL/ACTRIZ, “CINDERELLA” “When I was 5, I remember clearly my want to have a Cinderella birthday party.” This fairytale track from Brooklyn-based rock band Model/Actriz sees frontman Cole Haden confess his queer childhood dream of a princess birthday party to a first date. A standout from their album Pirouette, the track is breathless, a…
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These photos explore the ‘human, tender, gritty truths’ behind kink
VOYEUR2 Gallery / 7 images Photographers have long been fascinated with the darker side of sexuality – from Robert Mapplethorpe to Catherine Opie to Bob Carlos Clarke, kink and fetish are part of the artistic canon. But if previously photographing BDSM or leather meant shining a light on parts of culture which were hidden and…