Dazed & Confused is a British style magazine that was set
up in 1992 and published monthly. Its founding editors were Jefferson Hack and
Rankin. The topics that are covered include music, fashion, film, art, and
literature. With the demise of both The Face and Sleazenation, Dazed &
Confused now exists alongside old rival I-D.
Beginning as a black-and-white folded poster published
sporadically, the magazine soon turned full colour, promoted with London club
nights. This reputation attracted cover stars such as Richard E. Grant, Jarvis
Cocker long-time collaborator and Radiohead's Thom Yorke interviewing himself
in issue #19.Throughout the 1990s the magazine's format evolved. Among its many
international magazine cover firsts Dazed counts Alicia Keys, Jake Gyllenhaal,
Hilary Swank, Eminem and Pharrell.
The magazine has also supported social causes and encouraged
debate with issues such as its 1998 Fashion-Able issue and 2004's South Africa
issue, the former dealing with perceptions of beauty and disability and the
latter with the state of the country ten years after apartheid and the AIDS
crisis throughout Africa. In 2006 Dazed & Confused joined forces with
MySpace to support RED and World AIDS Day by encouraging the public to submit
artwork and pledge their support to join the (RED) initiative.