EDITOR'S PICK

What Is Joy? 

So many great works of art begin with stirring orders to joy, to give into it immediately. From Rumi’s poetry to the words of Mirza Ghalib and Mary Oliver, joy often comes in a simple refrain to not avoid its plentitude when it arrives, even when fleeting. As Oliver writes, “Joy is not made to […]

Meeting Points: The friendships and diasporic frequencies keeping Paris cool

A dome of heat settled over Paris for most of June, wrapping the city in a kind of collective delirium. An unprecedented heatwave meant days stretched way longer than they should have and nights never quite cooled enough to send anyone home. The routes our Dazed MENA x Nike Meeting Point ambassadors traced across the […]

Legacy Matters: 180 years of Loewe

“Before the telephone, before the light bulb, before we walked on the moon,” says Antonio Banderas in Loewe’s 180th anniversary film, an insouciant reminder that the Spanish luxury label has seen it all. Founded in Madrid in 1846, it not only predates the creation of several nation-states, but has also weathered the storms of the […]