Dazed
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{{Short description|Lifestyle magazine published in the UK}}
{{distinguish|Daze (disambiguation){{!}}Daze}}
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| title = Dazed
| image_file = Dazed_Spring_2020_Selena_Gomez.jpg
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| image_caption = Dazed Spring 2020 cover, featuring Selena Gomez
| founder = {{ubl|Jefferson Hack|Rankin|Ian C Taylor}}
| editor = Ted Stansfield
| editor_title = Editor-in-Chief
| editor2 = Imruh Asha
| editor_title2 = Fashion Director
| editor3 = Gareth Wrighton
| editor_title3 = Art Director
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| category = Fashion, lifestyle
| frequency = Quarterly
| publisher = Dazed Media
| founded = 1991
| country = United Kingdom
| based = London, England
| website = {{official URL}}
| issn = 0961-9704
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}}Dazed (Dazed & Confused until February 2014) is a quarterly British lifestyle magazine founded in 1991. It covers music, fashion, film, art, and literature. Dazed is published by Dazed Media, an independent media group known for producing stories across its print, digital, and video brands. The company's portfolio includes titles Another Magazine, Dazed Beauty and Nowness. The company's newest division, Dazed Studio, creates brand campaigns across the luxury and lifestyle sectors. Based in London, its founding editors are Jefferson Hack and fashion photographer Rankin.
Background
Dazed was begun{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/nov/05/dazed-confused-gang-still-cool|title=Still Dazed at 20: the gang who changed pop culture|first=Eva|last=Wiseman|date=5 November 2011|access-date=19 April 2017|newspaper=The Guardian}} by Jefferson Hack, and Rankin while they were studying at London College of Printing (now London College of Communications).{{cite journal|author=Ane Lynge-Jorlén|title=Between Frivolity and Art: Contemporary Niche Fashion Magazines|journal=Fashion Theory|date=2012|volume=16|issue=1|pages=7–28|doi=10.2752/175174112X13183318404104|s2cid=191600010}} Beginning as a black-and-white folded poster{{cite web|url=http://nothing-special.net/dazed-and-confused-magazine-issue-1-poster|title=Dazed and Confused – Issue 1 : nothing-special.net|website=nothing-special.net|access-date=19 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418081438/http://nothing-special.net/dazed-and-confused-magazine-issue-1-poster|archive-date=18 April 2017}} the magazine soon turned full colour and was promoted at London club nights. The Norwegian photographer and later Hells Angel Marcel Leliënhof {{Cite web |title=MARCEL LELIENHOF |url=https://www.100norwegianphotographers.no/marcel-lelienhof |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=norphotographers |language=en}} was involved with the magazine in the first editions, as was the stylist Katie Grand.{{Cite web |title=Katie Grand {{!}} SHOWstudio |url=https://www.showstudio.com/contributors/katie_grand |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=www.showstudio.com}}
Editors
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Area !Circulation dates !Editor-in-Chief !Start year !End year |
| rowspan="6" |United Kingdom (Dazed)
| rowspan="6" |1991–present |Callum McGeoch |1998 |2005 |
| Rod Stanley
|2012 |
| Tim Noakes
|2015 |
| Isabella Burley
|2021 |
| Ibrahim Kamara
|2025 |
| Ted Stansfield
|present |
| Japan (Dazed & Confused Japan)
| | | |
| South Korea (Dazed Korea)
| | | |
| China (Dazed China 青春)
|2019–2022{{Cite web |last=Ap |first=Tiffany |date=2019-08-29 |title=Yohood's 'Youthquake' Launches Dazed Magazine in China |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/yohood-china-2019-dazed-magazine-1203248406/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Zhang |first=Tianwei |date=2024-05-28 |title=Another Man Launches Chinese Edition With Huasheng Media |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/another-man-chinese-edition-huasheng-media-1236401441/# |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=WWD |language=en-US}} |Wen Zang | |
| Middle East, North Africa (Dazed MENA)
|2024–present |Ahmad Swaid |
Dazed Digital
Dazeddigital.com launched in November 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com |title=Dazed |publisher= Dazed Digital |access-date=21 May 2012}} Its former editor was Anna Cafolla.{{Cite web |title=Anna Cafolla Contributor Profile {{!}} Dazed |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/user/annacafolla |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=www.dazeddigital.com}} As of 2021, Ib Kamara was appointed to the position of editor-in-chief, and Lynette Nylander as executive editorial director.{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-03-09 |title=Dazed announces its new team and 2021 vision |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/52160/1/dazed-announces-new-team-and-2021-vision-lynette-nylander-ib-kamara |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=Dazed |language=en}}
Dazed Beauty
In September 2018, Dazed launched Dazed Beauty, a community platform dedicated to redefining the language and communication of beauty.{{Cite web|title=Introducing Dazed Beauty|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/41565/1/introducing-dazed-beauty|last=Dazed|date=26 September 2018|website=Dazed|language=en|access-date=7 May 2020}} Its editor-in-chief is Bunney Kinney.
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/magazine/396/434 The digital edition of Dazed]
- [http://maglab.org.uk/dazed-confused-audit/ Dazed magazine audit]
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Category:Lifestyle magazines published in the United Kingdom
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