CONTENTS SUMMER 2021 AGENDA HARLEM, EARLY 90S 36 - 39 Up close and personal in NYC: photographer Katsu Naito offers a keyhole into the city he fell in love with in seconds photography KATSU NAITO INSPIRATION IN ISOLATION 40 - 41 Ibrahim Kamara and Lynette Nylander go back and forth on the issue’s Global versus Local manifesto, the future of Dazed, and the vaccine cover story that crystallises our collective moment HERITAGE WEAR 42 - 48 Bulgaria, China, the Cayman Islands, Argentina, Sudan: a new wave of designers are bringing their local influences to the global stage photography CASPER KOFI styling MARQUET K LEE MEET OUTDOORS 50 - 55 photography LUNA CONTE styling IMRUH ASHA DIGITAL EUPHORIA 56 - 61 From Minecraft DJ sets to digital drugs, we found fun in new dimensions over lockdown – but where is the party headed next? photography NICK HAYMES HANDS ON 62 - 69 Meet the New York creatives chasing the human touch, and taking their sweet, sweet time to master a craft photography CRUZ VALDEZ styling MARCUS CUFFIE
IN ORBIT 70 - 81 In Guatemala City, Cape Town and Saigon, we spotlight the new youth collectives fighting stigmas, feeling the noise and bringing the joy photography CARL VAN DER LINDE, JAMES RODRIGUEZ, YATENDER FROM GHANA WITH LOVE 82 - 85 Accra’s Alex Kofi Donkor on the fight for the future of his radical LGBTQ+ space, and the battle for queer rights across Africa photography CAMPBELL ADDY FUTURE PROOF 86 - 93 Selected for the all-new DAZED 100, these creative risk-takers are bringing vital ideas to a brave new world photography MARC HIBBERT styling FELIX PARADZA OUTTA SIGHT 94 - 103 photography NICOLE HEINIGER styling GEORGE KRAKOWIAK THE REVOLUTION WILL BE DIGITISED 104 - 107 VPNs, Zoombombs and video game marches: when IRL activism slowed down last year, protesters found new ways to raise revolutionary hell online VIRTUALLY YOURS 108 - 115 photography WILL SCARBOROUGH styling CLAUDIA SINCLAIR illustrator JAKE BISLEY MOVE IT 116 - 119 photography RAFAEL PAVAROTTI styling IBRAHIM KAMARA
MAINS MARCUS RASHFORD, IN HIS OWN WORDS 120 - 129 The England football star and political firebrand writes an ode to the world-changing potential of community action photography LIZ JOHNSON ARTUR styling IBRAHIM KAMARA CUE THE FUTURE 130 - 137 photography PAOLO ROVERSI styling IBRAHIM KAMARA STREET LIFE 138 - 149 photography ETHAN JAMES GREEN styling AKEEM SMITH ZOLA 150 - 155 A tweet, a strip club, an all-American odyssey: Zola co-stars Taylour Paige and Riley Keough on the viral thread that became the trip of the summer photography CAMERON MCCOOL styling STELLA GREENSPAN TOUCH IT 156 - 165 photography HUGO COMTE styling PATTI WILSON SONIC YOUTH 166 - 175 Meet the noisemakers meshing genres and breaking new ground, all around the world photography PAUL KOOIKER styling IMRUH ASHA HELLO WORLD 176 - 189 photography CARLIJN JACOBS styling IMRUH ASHA ANGLOPHILIA 190 - 201 photography ESTHER THEAKER styling CLAUDIA SINCLAIR
GUANGZHOU BOYS 202 -213 photography LESLIE ZHANG styling IBRAHIM KAMARA executive styling AUSTIN FENG NIGERIA NOW 214 - 231 The protesters, organisers and earth-shakers behind End Sars, Nigeria’s biggest youth uprising in a decade, on what’s next for African activism photography LUIS ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ Styling IBRAHIM KAMARA BOUND TO 232 - 241 photography THUE NØRGAARD styling JACOB K GLOBAL LOCAL 242 - 255 photography RAFAEL PAVAROTTI styling IBRAHIM KAMARA
DAZED GALLERY MARTINE SYMS: “SLIP” 258 - 263 In the first of a new section called Dazed Gallery, the multi-disciplinarian offers fresh glimpses from her dedicated dystopia, “SLIP” SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION 264 Cosmically connected via the six degrees of separation, Black Curriculum founder Lavinya Stennett selects revolutionary voices from Black British history photography CARLIJN JACOBS styling IMRUH ASHA ANA wears cotton belted shirtdress, canvas and rubber boots ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, tulle skirt worn underneath MOSCHINO COUTURE, tulle veil stylist’s own, sunglasses LOUIS VUITTON
photography LUIS ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ styling IBRAHIM KAMARA with DANIEL OBASI and OLA-OLAUWA EBITI clockwise from top: AYOMIDE wears wool blazer and trousers PAUL SMITH, cotton shirt EMMA WILLIS, cotton silk tie KNIGHTSBRIDGE NECKWEAR, leather boots OFF-WHITE. ALI wears all clothes and tie PRADA, shoes stylist’s own. SMART wears linen jacket and trousers FENDI, cotton shirt EMMA WILLIS, cotton silk tie KNIGHTSBRIDGE NECKWEAR
photography LESLIE ZHANG styling IBRAHIM KAMARA executive styling AUSTIN FENG from left: HANGXIN wears polyester and wool trousers, beaded necklace and beaded bracelet (worn on right arm) LOUIS VUITTON, underwear stylist’s own, costume headpiece BEIJING OPERA COSTUMES, gold necklace SANKUANZ, gold, silver and zirconia pendant necklace, silver and zirconia rings YUESPHERE, (left arm) metal and pearl bracelet DSQUARED2, silver bracelet BOTTEGA VENETA.
LE LE wears polyester and wool trousers and beaded bracelet (worn on right arm) LOUIS VUITTON, underwear stylist’s own, costume headpiece BEIJING OPERA COSTUMES, gold pendant earrings SANKUANZ, (from top) silver chain necklace HIGH POINT, silver chain necklace PRONOUNCE, (right arm, from left) metal and feathers bracelet SAINT LAURENT BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO, silver bracelet BOTTEGA VENETA, silver and zirconia rings YUESPHERE, (left arm) brass bracelet CHLOÉ
photography LIZ JOHNSON ARTUR styling IBRAHIM KAMARA all clothes BURBERRY spring/ summer 2021
photography PAOLO ROVERSI styling IBRAHIM KAMARA from left: IBRAHIMA wears all clothes and accessories GUCCI. PATRICIA wears all nursing clothes and accessories IBKAMARASTUDIOS
photography RAFAEL PAVAROTTI styling IBRAHIM KAMARA ADIT wears tweed vest CHANEL, nose jewellery RAW MATERIALS
photography RAFAEL PAVAROTTI styling IBRAHIM KAMARA from left: OPHELIE wears wool and satin pleated cape ROBERT WUN, organza dress AGANOVICH, leather sandals ALEXANDER MCQUEEN. JEANNE wears cupro and tencel coat YOHJI YAMAMOTO, knitted top FENDI, satin skirt AZ FACTORY. KAIZEN wears all clothes and shoes FENDI. All headpieces designed by IBRAHIM KAMARA and realised by IBBY NJOYA
