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22 Jan

A popular culture timeline of the rise (and fall)

From ‘sexy’ on ‘Marlboro Man’ Tom Selleck within the Eighties to ‘subversive’ at Art School’s AW20 show “Nice wig Janice, what’s it made from?”…“Your mum’s chest hair!” This iconic one-liner (from the now-canonical 2004 film, Mean Girls) is indicative of just how far chest hair, be it your mum’s or your individual, is loaded with cultural connotation.  Relating to body hair, a type of ‘all or nothing’ politics abounds and chest hair is not any different. In fact, there was a time when humans were completely covered in body hair but, as our ape-adjacent ancestors migrated to warmer climes, and eventually indoors, we began to shed this coating through a technique of natural selection....
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31 Dec

2023 was ICONIC for Pop Culture!

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23 Dec

A transient history of how teeth have been represented

Individuals are sad about Dakota Johnson's teeth gap closing, but at the least the broader conversation about teeth is changing Welcome to Beauty School, the corner of Dazed Beauty dedicated to learning. From guides to histories, that is where we make clear past subcultural movements and educate our readers on current trends and various goings-on. We’ve come a great distance since those sexist toothpaste ads from the 1950s. Or have we? While the blatant sexism may need gone, you’ll still see ads with impossibly unattainable beauty standards. Picture a model with chiselled movie star looks and a set of blindingly white teeth as symmetrical as a butterfly. Ah, that Colgate smile! The dominant image...
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