Dazed & Confused July Issue: Beyoncé – Pop vs Life
Our summer music special has pop icon Beyoncé on the cover, boasts pieces on Tom Vek, Wiley, Zomby and Gwilym Gold, plus features on Hussein Chalayan's new book and the Edinburgh Film Festival
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Pop vs Life
July's summer music special stars pop icon Beyoncé in a scorching hot trailer park fantasy, with the superstar wearing bespoke outfits by Tom Ford, Riccardo Tisci, Gareth Pugh, Haider Ackermann, Stefano Pilati and Marc Jacobs. Dazed also talks with this summer's hottest artists: Tom Vek, Wiley, Zomby and Gwilym Gold, plus LA's rap debutante Kreayshawn, cult in waiting Wu Lyf and dancehall legend Vybz Kartel.
Cover Story: Beyoncé
Ahead of her fourth solo album, Sharif Hamza shoots one of the biggest stars on the planet, wearing special one-off creations by Gareth Pugh, Tom Ford, Riccardo Tisci, Stefano Pilati, Haider Ackermann and Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton.
Music: Sound of Summer
To kick-start the summer of festival and frequency-loving, we take a look at the most exciting British albums slated for release this year including, Tom Vek (pictured), Zomby, Wiley and Gwilym Gold.
Edinburgh International Film Festival
We talk to controversy-baiting Romain Gavras ahead of his debut feature "Our Day Will Come" being screened at the the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
The Fashion
Our fashion team presents an exclusive preview of the Autumn/Winter 2011 collections.
Flying Lotus Selects Jeremiah Lee
Best known for his trippy and psychedelic beats, Flying Lotus selects Jeremiah Jae, a lo-fi experimental hiphop artist hailing from the Brainfeeder crew.
Selects: Agyness Deyn Selects Woodkid
Supermodel and sometime actress Agyness Deyn selects Woodkid, whose cinematic EP track 'Iron' is set to a beautifully shot, post-apocalyptic video featuring Deyn herself.
Cult VIP: Anna Halprin
Experimental pioneer Anna Halprin helped create the artform known as 'postmodern dance'. With contemporaries such as John Cage, Simone Forti and Robert Morris, Halprin's diverse career has spanned the field of dance since the late 1930s and is cited as one of the most important theatre artists of the 20th century.
Q & A: Bon Iver
From collaborating with Kanye to the 'proper' way of pronouncing Bon Iver, we talk to Justin Vernon about his forthcoming eponymous album.
Hussein Chalayan Book
From inside the pages of fashion designer Hussein Chalayan's forthcoming book, we get an exclusive look at a series of images alongside an essay extract from The Independent's fashion editor, Susannah Frankel.
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Art in the drone age
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