In 2025, Dazed Beauty readers felt a pull towards stories that continued to probe the shifting landscape of contemporary beauty – a landscape that, this year, saw a backslide towards more conservative ideals. Conversely, many of the conversations that dominated our most-read pieces revolved around pubic hair: from guides to growing it out to analyses of bush-focused trendshellip;

There’s never a tidy way to encapsulate the most beloved photo series published on Dazed across a whole year, and 2025 is no exception. From the “tragedy and humour, beauty and absurdity” of Juergen Teller’s era-defining images to the sprawling and stirring photographs from Nan Goldin’s treasured slideshows, these ten photo series reach across the unwieldy breadth of human experience.

They also traverse vast geographies and eras. Michellahellip;

Amid venue closures, police raids and the rising cost of nightlife, clubs have become increasingly endangered in 2025. As a result, it’s become the subject of panel talks, crowdfunding campaigns, and a slew of thinkpieces asking what nightlife is worth and who it’s really for.

And yet, with the club more endangered than ever, it was the people who showed up who kept things moving. Promoters, performers, dancers and door staff continued to turn up night after night,hellip;

In recent months on Dazed, we’ve looked at how Gen Z Brits reinvented rap in 2025, the rise of Sweden’s post-pop underground, and met read more raquo;



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It’s that time of year again: to mark the end of 2025, we’ve compiled a list of the best stories about dating, sex, love and relationships published on Dazed this year. Over the last 12 months, we brought you features unpacking the fetishisation of autistic women on dating apps, the pitfalls of being in an ‘intelligence gap’ relationship, the rise of Bonnie Blue, and much, much more.

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As our 21st Century: Q1 Review can attest, modern society is increasingly defined by an overwhelming sense of doom and despair. As society splits apart at the seams, devolved to its basest parts, fashion follows suit, entering a feral phase defined by the wildest styles you can possibly imagine. We saw this across the world’s nightclubshellip;

This story is taken from the winter 2025 issue of Dazed, which is on sale internationally from December 5. Order a copy of the magazine here.

The year 2000 was heralded by apocalyptic visions: nuclear meltdowns, financial ruin, planes falling out of the sky. Due to a minor timekeeping quirk in contemporary computer systems – known as the millennium bug – people believed that, when the clockhellip;

Nudity, sex, and the human body in general have been a reliable focus of art since humans were living in caves, and can you really blame us? There are few things as attention-grabbing to the human brain as an unclothed figure, which is why the maxim ‘sex sells’ continues to hit the mark. But there’s also something much more meaningful about our connection to nudes, the erotic, and the places we choose to bare our flesh. As photographer Matt Ford told Dazed earlier this year: “Somehellip;

“Gen Z protest” has become one of the year’s most overused political phrases. Over the past 12 months, young people around the world have taken to the streets – and in some cases succeeded in toppling their governments. From Kenya and Indonesia to Mexico, Peru, Bulgaria, Nepal and Morocco, these movements often echoed one another, borrowing tactics, slogans and even imagery. Many rallied around a shared visual language – including a

Sirena Warren is a 24-year-old actress and model from Los Angeles. You might know her from 2hollis’ “crush” music video and the short film Angels. “I act, hopefully soon I’ll get roles that aren’t just the unhinged mean girl archetype,“ she tells Dazed. “I also do what basically every girl on the planet does… take photos and model.” Below, she gives Dazed her 2025 beauty recap, and shares her affirmations for the yearhellip;

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Jude leaves home at 17, believing that the years of abuse from her mother are finally over. Almost 20 years later, she is living alone in the forests of northern Georgia and is visited by an enigmatic but unsettling woman, who reminds her of her past in a spectral, creeping way. An often brutal but beautiful horror novel, On Sundays She Picked Flowers is a Southern Gothic novel thathellip;

Today, Feeld, “dating app for the curious”, presents Feeld Raw 2025, “its annual deep dive into the desires, identities, and connections that shaped modern intimacy this past year”. The data offers a rare insight into what goes on behind closed bedroom doors around the world – if you’re curious, read on.

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This article is partly taken from the winter 2025 issue of Dazed. Buy a copy of the magazine here.

I’m sitting with Thornton Heath artist Zukovstheworld in a fast food restaurant near Farringdon station when the opening notes of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” come screeching over the radio. That song alwayshellip;