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24 Dec

Gorlesque: Vlad Von Kitsch is the drag artist combining

Living by the motto that beauty is the liberty to be fabulously ugly, Vlad uses their art to vent their trauma – in a fun way The Dazed Beauty Community is our ever-expanding encyclopaedia of creatives and emerging talent from internationally who're redefining the way in which we take into consideration beauty. From supermodels to digital artists to make-up prodigies transforming themselves of their bedrooms, these are the sweetness influencers of tomorrow who embody every part Dazed Beauty is about. Discover them here. “Spooky, cute and spiky” are the three words Vlad Von Kitsch would use to explain their aesthetic. It’s pretty spot on. The Grimsby-born, Brighton-based drag artist is fast carving out a...
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9 Sep

Intimate portraits of NYC’s underground burlesque community

“The allure of burlesque is its message of acceptance,” explains Latest York-based photographer Natalia Neuhaus. “It’s a judgment-free zone, it provides a protected space where you might be capable of explore your sensuality through dance and teaches you that sensuality can't be defined by age, a selected variety of body, or gender. Every thing we learned growing up about sex appeal and who it should belong to is challenged by every act. The media and the promoting industry proceed to idealise a selected variety of body and glamorise white cis straight people but burlesque is the counterculture to this dominant fallacy.”Having been brought up in what she describes as a “conservative Latin household” with a devoutly religious mother and a...
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