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The pop culture moments that defined 2025
They say that as you get older, time seems to move faster. But is it just me, or was 2025 a bit of a slog? In the UK, it was a year of headlines dominated by economic flops, the rise of the far-right and flagshagging – all things that frankly, make you want to hide…
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The renaissance of Zara Larsson: ‘I’m out of the Khia Asylum’
Zara Larsson has broken out of the Khia Asylum. For over a decade, the Swedish singer has been held hostage inside the fictional pop star prison, trapped at mid-level fame and unable to attain the same global respect as her peers. Although we may not have realised, her sparkly pop anthems have soundtracked the past…
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Meet Bhavitha Mandava, the history-making, hobbymaxxing Chanel model
Chanel Métiers d’Art 2026 Gallery / 20 images Bhavitha Mandava was scouted across two continents and tapped up to sign a modelling contract multiple times before she finally relented and entered the fashion world earlier this year. Born and raised in India, she was more interested in completing her masters degree at NYU than she…
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The 2025 Dazed 100 USA list is here
At long last, the Dazed 100 list is here. The Dazed 100 has always been about championing creativity and innovation, featuring the most inspiring change-makers from across the globe. And, for the second year ever, there’s a dedicated USA list highlighting the diverse creative class pushing boundaries and creating change across America. Dazed 100 alumni…
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Inside Michaela Stark’s provocative, Leigh Bowery-inspired 2026 calendar
Michaela Stark, Spread Across London, 2026 calendar Gallery / 13 images Historically, the “sexy calendar” has presented us with a very specific, standardised idea of beauty. The pin-up. The size zero fashion model. Even the famed Pirelli calendar, which underwent a forward-thinking rebrand in the mid-2010s, has primarily featured male photographers in the years since,…
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Blink and you’ll miss ‘em: Dario Vitale’s greatest Versace hits
In pictures: Dario Vitale’s Versace era Gallery / 20 images It’s been no more than five days since Dario Vitale’s departure from Versace, and the fashion world is still scratching its head. Over on High Fashion Twitter (yes, that’s still just about a thing), Vitale’s eight-month tenure was immediately memed, with rapid-thumbed homosexuals comparing the…
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Davide Sorrenti’s journals document the origins of 90s heroin chic
Davide Sorrenti Journals: Volume 1, 1994-1995 Gallery / 9 images Davide Sorrenti Journals 1994-1995 brings together contact sheets, snapshots, prints, stickers, and Polaroids of the revered eponymous photographer (brother of fashion photographer Mario), collected over two years of his cut-short life. Often cited as one of the seminal photographers responsible for creating the influential heroin…
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Self-care or self-erasure? Welcome to the age of bio-optimisation
The other day, while scrolling through Instagram Reels, I came across a guy rubbing dog paw medicine onto his hands. He then demonstrated a planche, an already difficult calisthenics move where you lift your body into a horizontal hold above a pull-up bar. But he wasn’t gripping the bar. His palms were open, and his…
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The silliest and sexiest takeaways from Pornhub’s 2025 report
Today (December 9), Pornhub publishes its annual Year In Review. The report unpacks a year’s worth of data from the most visited porn site in the world, identifying emerging trends, the most-searched terms, best performing categories, most popular performers, and more. Read on for a rare insight into global porn habits. EMBRACING NATURAL BEAUTY According…
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Guillermo del Toro on Frankenstein and the Netflix & Warner Bros deal
Frankenstein (2025) Gallery / 14 images Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is a violent, romantic blockbuster made for, and best seen in, cinemas. It’s also a Netflix film that, in its first three days on the streaming service, was watched for 1.26 billion minutes in America. Del Toro, the Oscar-winning auteur behind Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape…