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Jet2 holidays, merkin thongs, and a high-profile jewellery heist – here’s our round-up of the all the weird and wonderful moments from the past year

From a pioneering perfumer to a DJ producing certified ‘dyke bangers’, here are the creatives pushing culture forward from within the Dazed community

From intelligence gaps to ‘shrekking’, why do we suddenly care so much about the difference in our own – and each other’s – relationships?

Sitting between plushies and figurines, photographer Alexandra Waespi captures Tokyo’s gyaru and otaku communities in their bedrooms

Photographer Pietro d’Azzo’s new project Men in Heels captures the contortions, crumpling and arching of one man trying to fit into archive Prada shoes

From Jim Legxacy’s triumphant Black British Music to Oklou’s hauntological Choke Enough, here’s our pick of the year’s greatest records

Thanks to social media, anyone is able to broadcast their opinions far and wide

Alongside Virgil Abloh and Matthew Williams, Heron Preston became a reigning prince of 2010s streetwear, before mismanagement derailed his brand. Now, free from his previous owners, he’s back to tear ...

Brighteens, the latest project by photographers Chus and Greg, documents the moodier subcultures of the city’s teenagers

Director Sofia Alaoui talks to Nick Chen about her debut film Animalia, a Terrence Malick-meets-Matrix vision of the future

Using the wool of 35 homosexual rams, LA designer Michael Schmidt crafted a collection that examined the ‘stereotypical tropes of gay fantasies’

Alongside three creatives from the VCARB Creator Platform, we speak to Dazed Club photographer Katie Bishop about what the experience at the F1 in Austin was like

Ripe, the photobook edited by Alix Nyssen, captures the way ink stretches, fades and blurs across decades

In her textile-based practice, she calls attention to what holds a piece together or the ways some works seem ready to come apart.

The artist takes a mystical, magical journey through America's supernatural past in a retrospective at the Benton Museum of Art.

Olga de Amaral’s sculptural tapestries, Otobong Nkanga’s multi-media oeuvre, Meriem Bennani’s footwear-as-soundscape, and more.

This week, we honor a sculptor of buildings, a photographer of the absurd, and the “Chekhov of Trenton.”

This year, we read too many incredible books to count — here are a few that stuck with us, including tomes on Marsha P. Johnson, Mary Cassatt in Paris, and Ruth Asawa and mothering.

Around 40% of full-time faculty were offered buyouts and programs are on the chopping block as the university faces a $48M deficit.

Also: the best Paris shows of the year, protest at the New School, Maureen McCabe's magical creatures, and Liz Collins's groundbreaking textiles.