The Dazed 100 has returned! Each year, Dazed teams across the globe curate a selection of the most exciting emerging creatives, and this time our Dazed Club community joined in by nominating the trailblazers on their radar who are shaping youth culture. Scroll on to meet a new wave of global change-makers, including rising names from the US, Asia and the MENA region.

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Music Los Angeles

Sam Austins

Music Los Angeles

Sam Austins is a 29-year-old Detroit-born singer and songwriter. His self-produced, independently released track “Seasons” has amassed millions of streams since being released in 2024. In 2025, Austins put out The Woods, Vol. 1, an eight-song, 20-minute project that ushered in the next era of his career.

Photography Rhianna Hajduch

@samaustins

Music Los Angeles

Sam Austins

@samaustins

Art and Photography Dallas

Ramisha Sattar

Art and Photography Dallas

Ramisha Sattar is a Pakistani-American creative director and designer who merges traditional handmade and analogue techniques with digital tools. Sattar draws inspiration from her South Asian roots, old country music and the Victorian scrapbooks that she collects.

Photography Lucy London Macdonald

@mishaspice

Art and Photography Dallas

Ramisha Sattar

@mishaspice

Changemaker Houston

Da'Taeveyon Daniels

Changemaker Houston

Working at the intersection of education, politics and culture, 19-year-old activist Da’Taeveyon Daniels is rewriting the rules of civic engagement. As an organiser, Daniels has mobilised young people nationwide and fought for causes such as anti-racism, mental health and censorship prevention.

Photography courtesy of Da’Taeveyon Daniels

@dataeveyond

Changemaker Houston

Da'Taeveyon Daniels

@dataeveyond

Music Los Angeles

Audrey Hobert

Music Los Angeles

After co-writing several of her childhood friend Gracie Abrams’ hits, singer and songwriter Audrey Hobert put out her own work in 2025, Who's the Clown?. A one-woman show, Hobert is involved in all aspects of her music, including directing and editing music videos.

Photography Kyle Berger

@audreyhobert

Music Los Angeles

Audrey Hobert

@audreyhobert

Changemaker Washington

Sriha Srinivasan

Changemaker Washington

Sriha Srinivasan is a medical student rewriting how young people learn about sex with a digital platform that destigmatises conversations around sexual health. Srinivasan is also a voice in the #FreeThePill Youth Coalition and has testified before the FDA in support of over-the-counter birth control.

Photography Parnika Agrawal

@sexedu

Changemaker Washington

Sriha Srinivasan

@sexedu

Entertainment New York

Katarina Zhu

Entertainment New York

Katarina Zhu is an emerging actress, director and writer whose debut feature, Bunnylovr, which she wrote, directed, and starred in, premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Zhu has also directed and edited commercial work for Glossier, Gap and Marc Jacobs.

Photography Rich Woods

@katarina.zhu

Entertainment New York

Katarina Zhu

@katarina.zhu

Music Chicago

underscores

Music Chicago

Filipino-American artist April Harper Grey started making music as “underscores” back in middle school, when she built a community of fans by sharing a steady stream of SoundCloud one-offs. Since then, she's worked with Oklou and Yaeji, released an album and garnered millions of streams.

Photography Bailey Krawczyk

@underscores

Music Chicago

underscores

@underscores

Sport Folkston and Green Bay

StudBudz

Sport Folkston and Green Bay

StudBudz is the Twitch-born brainchild of Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman, best friends and teammates on the Minnesota Lynx. What started as two WNBA players casually streaming their daily lives quickly exploded into a viral movement, reinventing athlete-led media as we know it.

Photography courtesy of Nicol Biesek

@stud.budz

Sport Folkston and Green Bay

StudBudz

@stud.budz

Entertainment Los Angeles

Odessa A’zion

Entertainment Los Angeles

Odessa A’zion is the 25-year-old actress in Rachel Sennott’s HBO series, I Love LA, and A24's highly anticipated Marty Supreme. The rising star’s other credits include films like She Rides Shotgun and Sitting in Bars with Cake, not to mention her role in Netflix's 2020 series Grand Army.

Photography Jeff Henrikson

@odessaazion

Entertainment Los Angeles

Odessa A’zion

@odessaazion

Music Los Angeles

ADÉLA

Music Los Angeles

Raised in Slovakia, the singer ADÉLA originally moved to Los Angeles to compete for a spot in the girl group that eventually became KATSEYE. Though eventually eliminated, ADÉLA has since built a cult following as a solo artist. She released her debut EP, The Provocateur, in 2025.

Photography Jason Renaud

@adelajergova

Music Los Angeles

ADÉLA

@adelajergova

Art and Photography New York

E. Jane

Art and Photography New York

E. Jane is an artist known for their musical output as MHYSA, as well as for their experimental post-internet video art. Their work focuses on Black femme interiority, often exploring the Black diva archetype. In 2025, they released a decade’s worth of video and installation work, Drenched in Light.

Photography Guarionex Rodriguez Jr.

@glorious_nobodies

Art and Photography New York

E. Jane

@glorious_nobodies

The 2025 Dazed 100 USA list is here

From artists to activists, get to know the young trailblazers influencing culture across America

Beauty New York

Saint Laurahs

Beauty New York

Saint Laurahs is a 24-year-old self-taught makeup artist who has worked with artists like Doechii, JT and Lil Uzi. With a background in painting, creative direction and prop design, Laurah’s style is a mix of surrealism, industrial and “vixen”, specialising in SFX, editorial and soft glam.

Photography Hope Glassel

@saintlaurahs

Beauty New York

Saint Laurahs

@saintlaurahs

Fashion Los Angeles

Ashantéa Austin

Fashion Los Angeles

Ashantéa Austin is a fashion journalist and historian. Through her articles and video essays, she strives to make the industry more accessible, helping people understand how fashion affects them (often in unexpected ways), and how the past informs the present and future of the industry.

Photography Juan Nieto

@ashantea

Fashion Los Angeles

Ashantéa Austin

@ashantea

Fashion Komune

Komune

Fashion Komune

Dedicated to supporting emerging designers, Komune is a multi-brand retailer based in New York City. The store, which opened in 2024, aims to create an experience-driven, inclusive platform that fosters discourse and discovery for those passionate about thoughtful design.

Photography Han Alexander

@komune.space

Fashion Komune

Komune

@komune.space

Art and Photography New York

Karyn Nakamura

Art and Photography New York

Karyn Nakamura is a Tokyo-born, New York-based artist and engineer whose work examines human agency within technical systems. Since starting her career at MIT, she’s built a body of work that unpacks the mechanisms and embedded politics inside modern technologies.

Photography Ryan Scullin

@frog_spit_simulation

Art and Photography New York

Karyn Nakamura

@frog_spit_simulation

Beauty Los Angeles

Alexandra French

Beauty Los Angeles

Alexandra French is the Emmy Award-winning makeup artist behind the viral looks of HBO’s Euphoria. Her artistry helped define the show’s aesthetic, crafting looks that became cultural phenomena in their own right. Since leaving the film industry, she has become a go-to artist for celebrities and brands.

Photography Andie Jane

@alexandraafrench

Beauty Los Angeles

Alexandra French

@alexandraafrench

Entertainment New York

Bodyhack

Entertainment New York

Body Hack is a collectively run mutual aid initiative, fundraising platform and community organising hub aiming to support trans and nonbinary BIPOC by providing financial assistance for things like emergency needs, gender-affirming care and housing assistance.

@_bodyhack_

Entertainment New York

Bodyhack

@_bodyhack_

Entertainment New York and LA

River Gallo

Entertainment New York and LA

River Gallo is a Salvadoran-American filmmaker whose debut feature, PONYBOI, made history as the first narrative feature written by and starring an out intersex artist at the Sundance Film Festival. They're currently writing their second feature and expanding their production company, Jersey Girl Pictures.

Photography Gregory Alders

@rivergallo

Entertainment New York and LA

River Gallo

@rivergallo

Entertainment New York

Dominic Sessa

Entertainment New York

Dominic Sessa is a New York-based actor who made his feature film debut in the coming-of-age film, The Holdovers, for which he won the Best Breakthrough Performance at the 2024 Critics’ Choice Awards. In 2026, he will play Anthony Bourdain in A24’s upcoming biopic.

Photography IMBD

@dominic sessa

Entertainment New York

Dominic Sessa

@dominic sessa

Beauty New York

Catscratch

Beauty New York

Catscratch Studio is a Brooklyn-based tattoo co-op led by artists Elena Zhang, Emily Jung, Fiona Lu and Leigh Eleanor. With an ethos that art belongs on all bodies, Catscratch aims to create an inclusive space for all, dismantling the heteropatriarchal norms set by parlours of the past.

Photography by Rose Culen

@catscratch.nyc

Beauty New York

Catscratch

@catscratch.nyc

Entertainment New York

Cooper Hoffman

Entertainment New York

Cooper Hoffman, son of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, is an actor best known for his role in the film Licorice Pizza, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. In 2025, he starred in the film adaptation of Stephen King's The Long Walk, as well as in an off-Broadway play, Curse of the Starving Class.

Photography Cooper Hoffman

Entertainment New York

Cooper Hoffman

Art and Photography Connecticut

Mab

Art and Photography Connecticut

To Mab, a multidisciplinary airbrush artist from Connecticut, everything from denim to skin is a canvas. Her deeply personal practice is rooted in transformation. Mab’s first solo exhibition, Aerosol Couture, fused art, Blackness and bold self-expression.

Photography Myles Loftin

@mablacas

Art and Photography Connecticut

Mab

@mablacas

Music Memphis

Memphy

Music Memphis

At just 25, memphy has opened for Beyoncé, closed out Madonna's Pride party and B2B’d with Idris Elba. A known name in New York’s underground techno scene, the DJ, model and creative, who's known for her blending of genres, recently released her first single, “Dress Code”.

Photography Oscar Ouk

@memphy

Music Memphis

Memphy

@memphy

Entertainment New York

Aiyanna

Entertainment New York

TikToker Aiyanna is one of New York City’s most captivating creators. The influencer’s page provides a hand-held, first-person view of herself eating, shopping and exploring her way through the city. Her hilarious tidbits (and lack of filter) make her on-the-ground content compulsively watchable.

Photo from @aiyannace

@aiyannace

Entertainment New York

Aiyanna

@aiyannace

Changemaker Flint

Mari Copeny

Changemaker Flint

18-year-old Mari Copeny, or Little Miss Flint, first rose to the spotlight when she wrote to President Obama regarding the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, an action that led to millions in relief funding for the city. Since then, she's continued to use her platform to uplift her community.

Photography Michael Kelly

@littlemissflint

Changemaker Flint

Mari Copeny

@littlemissflint

Art and Photography Los Angeles

Jan Gatewood

Art and Photography Los Angeles

Artist Jan Gatewood explores social history, race and personal identity in his work, which blends organic processes and substances with inorganic ones. He uses elements like bleach, lemon juice and Palo Santo ash in his drawings, creating chemical reactions that give each work a sense of activation.

Photography Dana Boulos

@jangatewood

Art and Photography Los Angeles

Jan Gatewood

@jangatewood

Music New York

Sombr

Music New York

Shane Michael Boose, better known under his stage name Sombr, is a 20-year-old musician and New York City native. This year, he released his debut studio album, I Barely Know Her, and received a Grammy nomination in the Best New Artist category.

Photography Theo Le Foll

@sombr

Music New York

Sombr

@sombr

Entertainment New York

Purrland

Entertainment New York

Purrr Land is a free, community-forward femme party in New York centring and celebrating lesbian, femme queer, trans and non-binary people of colour. The organisation’s nights are a space where attendees can feel safe, sexy and lit.

@purrr.land

Entertainment New York

Purrland

@purrr.land

Fashion New York

Spencer Singer

Fashion New York

Spencer Singer is a 27-year-old stylist whose clients include Gracie Abrams, Lily-Rose Depp and Billie Eilish. Despite never intending to become a stylist, Singer pivoted from art direction to fashion when he was brought on to style Abrams and has since become a rising talent in the industry.

Photography Tyrell Hampton

@jenny.shoo.pumps

Fashion New York

Spencer Singer

@jenny.shoo.pumps

Art and Photography Los Angeles

Zamar Velez

Art and Photography Los Angeles

Zamar Velez is a photographer whose distinct style has led him to shoot for a wide roster of talent and clients, from Solange to Puma. Velez was also one of the initial co-founders of the Black Image Center, a nonprofit that provides Black youth with resources to explore their creativity.

Photography Lauren Leekley

@zamarvelez

Art and Photography Los Angeles

Zamar Velez

@zamarvelez

Entertainment Austin

Kenwa Nandi

Entertainment Austin

Kenwa Nandi, popularly known as Kay Raymond, is the A24-approved chef and content creator whose work transforms everyday cooking rituals into performance art. Her videos explore how food can become a medium for exploring the darker, more visceral aspects of the self.

Photography Kenwa Nandi

@kay_ray

Entertainment Austin

Kenwa Nandi

@kay_ray

Music Washington, DC

Dylan Ali

Music Washington, DC

Dylan Ali is a Brooklyn-based DJ, model, actress and event curator. After moving to New York to attend the Tisch Drama program, her artistic journey shifted to nightlife and music curation. She’s since DJed around the world, using music as a tool for connection.

Photography Ackeem “Humane” Ledgister Tate

@dylanali

Music Washington, DC

Dylan Ali

@dylanali

Beauty Los Angeles

Malcolm Marquez

Beauty Los Angeles

Malcolm Marquez is a hair artist carving his own path in the beauty industry. Alongside working with Rihanna and Tyla, he also creates wearable hair garments, hats and sculptures. In 2025, he presented pieces inspired by the eco diversity of his hometown, Tucson, Arizona, at Black Hair Reimagined.

Photography Clifford Prince King

@malcolm.marquez

Beauty Los Angeles

Malcolm Marquez

@malcolm.marquez

Beauty New York

Jeanette Williams

Beauty New York

Jeannette Williams is a rising multidisciplinary artist whose bold style spans makeup, photography and creative direction. She’s crafting a visual language that is distinctly her own – loud, layered and unapologetically Black. Most recently, she was behind Rico Nasty’s viral LETHAL tour glam.

Photography Jeannette Williams

@uhh.jean

Beauty New York

Jeanette Williams

@uhh.jean

Beauty New York

Nadia Tayeh

Beauty New York

Brooklyn-born Nadia Tayeh is the celebrity makeup artist behind the looks of stars such as Bella Hadid, Imaan Hammam and Jodie Turner-Smith. Tayeh approaches beauty through a cinematic and story-driven lens, blending art, culture and narrative to create looks that transcend trends.

Photography Dean Majd

@tuddynana

Beauty New York

Nadia Tayeh

@tuddynana

Fashion Chicago

Atiya Walcott

Fashion Chicago

Known for her highly-stylised videos set against her signature 20-foot sage green wall, fashion content creator Atiya Walcott has made a name for herself in the saturated space, perhaps thanks to the iconic tagline: “Hi, my name is Atiya Walcott, and I'm incredibly fashionable”.

Photography Timothy Chapman

@atiyawalcottfits

Fashion Chicago

Atiya Walcott

@atiyawalcottfits

Fashion New York

Yatusabe

Fashion New York

Matthew Valdez is the fashion designer behind the bespoke denim brand YaTuSabe. With designs that harken back to his roots in Brooklyn, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, Valdez has dressed the likes of Kendrick Lamar, produced jeans for Dauan Jacari and is a key figure in Supreme’s denim arsenal.

Photography Sugar Sylla

@YaTusabe

Fashion New York

Yatusabe

@YaTusabe

Beauty Long Island

Kayra Theodore

Beauty Long Island

Kayra Theodore is a Haitian-American hair artist known for her sculptural looks. Marrying cultural traditions with avant-garde design, her work tells stories through shape and structure, using hair as a language and treating each strand, curve and coil as a meditation on heritage and rebellion.

Photography Zai

@Kayra Theodore

Beauty Long Island

Kayra Theodore

@Kayra Theodore

Music New York

Sophia Stel

Music New York

Sophia Stel is an artist and producer from Vancouver. In addition to earning co-signs from Troye Sivan and A.G. Cook, Stel recently embarked on her first headline tour and made her runway debut at Ann Demeulemeester’s SS26 show. Stel is currently working on her debut album.

Photography Scarlet Ross

@insignificantfunds

Music New York

Sophia Stel

@insignificantfunds

Beauty Detroit

Tahvya Krok

Beauty Detroit

Tahvya Krok, or “Tav”, is a seamstress turned celebrity nail artist. Krok discovered nails accidentally after moving to LA to pursue her dream in garment architecture. She now uses her mastery of art and technique to create expressive, hyper-detailed work.

Photography Tahvya Krok

@nailedbytav

Beauty Detroit

Tahvya Krok

@nailedbytav

Art and Photography Los Angeles

Lindsay Ellary

Art and Photography Los Angeles

Lindsay Ellary is a photographer and director exploring the loneliness of youth through narrative portraiture. Ellary’s practice involves street-casting talent, hand-building props and meticulous location scouting. Her debut short film, Plain Sight, is set to be released in 2026.

Photography Lexi Wimberly

@lindsayellary

Art and Photography Los Angeles

Lindsay Ellary

@lindsayellary

Art and Photography New York and Los Angeles

Ally Chen

Art and Photography New York and Los Angeles

Ally Chen is a Chinese-Australian photographer, filmmaker, editor and creative strategist. Working across analogue formats in both still and motion, she builds immersive worlds that explore the depth and complexity of womanhood, culture and connection.

Photography Muriel Margaret

@alsnchn

Art and Photography New York and Los Angeles

Ally Chen

@alsnchn

Fashion New York

Grace Valentine

Fashion New York

Grace Valentine is a non-binary model and multidisciplinary creative who has walked for acclaimed designers, appeared in both editorial and commercial campaigns and brought their unique perspective to fashion spaces. They are also a songwriter, composer and mental health advocate.

Photography Theo Liu

@imnotgrace

Fashion New York

Grace Valentine

@imnotgrace

Music New York

Liim

Music New York

Liim is known for his genre-blending sound that embodies the patchwork of his city upbringing. In September, the 22-year-old released his debut album Liim Lasalle Loves You, which he celebrated with his first-ever headlining performance, a sold-out show at A24’s newly reopened Cherry Lane Theatre.

Photography Dylan DeJong-Dougherty

@liimnotliim

Music New York

Liim

@liimnotliim

Art and Photography New York

Reese Fleming

Art and Photography New York

Reese Fleming is a photographer and VHS cinematographer known for her hyper-saturated, grain-soaked 4:3 tapes. Her work has caught the eye of brands like GAP, Adidas and Topicals and her personal photo series, Moody Winter After Falling For You, will be exhibited in 2026, along with a photo book.

Photography Jay Lloyd

@dreamjrnls

Art and Photography New York

Reese Fleming

@dreamjrnls

Entertainment New York

Miss Dylan

Entertainment New York

After starting modelling at 19, Dylan moved into casting and founded her company, Pulse Casting. Recently, she's pivoted into filmmaking, with her film Sweet Talkin’ Guy, which she co-wrote and co-directed alongside her brother, Spencer Wardwell, premiering at Sundance this year.

Photography Jae Kim

@missdylann

Entertainment New York

Miss Dylan

@missdylann

Sport New York

Mel Ramirez

Sport New York

Mel Ramirez is a Bronx-based creative, actor and skateboarder. Known for her fearless style and community energy, Mel keeps the Bronx rolling with love for skate culture. She’s the co-founder of BronxGirlsSkate, a collective creating space for women and non-binary skaters in New York City.

Photography @kiids_photography

@h0lymel

Sport New York

Mel Ramirez

@h0lymel

Sport Los Angeles

Tobias McIntosh

Sport Los Angeles

Tobias McIntosh, a 22-year-old designer and community leader from South Central Los Angeles, founded Crenshaw Skate Club to represent inner-city skaters rarely reflected in skate culture. He's deeply involved in South Central, organising workshops, skate sessions and mentorship programs for local youth.

Photography Tim Hans

@tobeycsc

Sport Los Angeles

Tobias McIntosh

@tobeycsc

Fashion Los Angeles

Erik Charlotte

Fashion Los Angeles

Erik Charlotte is a 24-year-old womenswear designer from California. Informed by a focus on negative space and volume, her work uses steel-boned corsetry and tedious gathering methods to tell stories of whimsy and escapism. The self-taught creative has dressed the likes of Ethel Cain and Julia Fox.

Photography Olivia Spina

@erikch4r

Fashion Los Angeles

Erik Charlotte

@erikch4r

Fashion Philadelphia

Melonee R

Fashion Philadelphia

Model and artist Melonee is a creative force who straddles the worlds of fashion and music. By day, she’s appearing in shows and campaigns for brands like Telfar, Theophillio, Calvin Klein and Skims. By night, she’s performing around New York.

Photography Andre Uncut

@mmmelonee

Fashion Philadelphia

Melonee R

@mmmelonee

Art and Photography New York

Kendal Walker

Art and Photography New York

New York-based Kendal Walker is a 23-year-old artist and photographer whose work is rooted in analogue process and printmaking. Her latest personal series, Tracks, set within a period of youth, growth, and connection amid change, reflects her emotive photographic style.

Photography Kendal Walker

@kendalwalkerr

Art and Photography New York

Kendal Walker

@kendalwalkerr

Music Conneticut

Cece Natalie

Music Conneticut

Cece Natalie is a 20-year-old singer, producer and songwriter with a sound described as “pop perfection” by fans. The artist is a rising act to watch, with co-signs from Kim Petras, Jane Remover and 100gecs. In 2025, she was enlisted as tour support for Snow Strippers and Isabella Lovestory.

Photography Baylee Bennett

@cecenatalie31

Music Conneticut

Cece Natalie

@cecenatalie31

Fashion New York

Shawna Wu

Fashion New York

Shawna Wu’s work, which incorporates Chinese knotting, weaving, knitwear and modern 3D fabricating techniques, draws from traditional techniques to create subversive new forms. Wu, who sees object-making as being inextricable from deep cultural lineages, has dressed the likes of Solange, JT and Charlie XCX.

Photography Leo Brooklyn

@shawnawux

Fashion New York

Shawna Wu

@shawnawux

Art and Photography New York

Lindsay Perryman

Art and Photography New York

Lindsay Perryman is a multidisciplinary artist from Brooklyn whose work explores the existence and visibility of transgender identities. Using film, photography and collage, their work reinterprets and redefines the archival of queerness.

Photography Tiffanie Godart

@lindsayperryman

Art and Photography New York

Lindsay Perryman

@lindsayperryman

Art and Photography Boston

Adam Rouhana

Art and Photography Boston

Adam Rouhana is a Palestinian-American artist and photographer repurposing the toolkit of photojournalism to capture representations of Palestinian lives that embody an active ethic of self-determination. He is currently based between London and Jerusalem.

Photography Adam Rouhana

@adam.rouhana

Art and Photography Boston

Adam Rouhana

@adam.rouhana

Art and Photography San Francisco

Leon Xu

Art and Photography San Francisco

Inspired by post-Impressionist techniques, New York-based painter Leon Xu uses heightened colour, distorted perspective and gestural movement to translate fleeting moments into tangible experience. He's partnered with brands like Ar'teryx and Nike, and created album art for musicians MIKE and Vegyn.

Photography Sirui Ma

@moderdayconfucius

Art and Photography San Francisco

Leon Xu

@moderdayconfucius

Art and Photography New York

Maxwell Vice

Art and Photography New York

Maxwell Vice, a New York-based creative, DJ, movement director and fashion critic, is a fashion photographer by day and club manager by night. Described as the “Mayor of Bushwick”, they are a prominent figure in the Bushwick nightlife scene and a vocal advocate for the QTPOC community.

Photography Maxwell Vice

@maxwellvice

Art and Photography New York

Maxwell Vice

@maxwellvice

Music USA

KATSEYE

Music USA

Global girl group KATSEYE, made up of Daniela, Lara, Manon, Megan, Sophia and Yoonchae, has established itself as one of the most exciting new voices in pop music. Trained within the K-pop sphere, the group has garnered billions of Spotify streams, thanks to their debut EP, Beautiful Chaos.

Photography Julian Song

@katseyeworld

Music USA

KATSEYE

@katseyeworld

Changemaker Los Angeles

Vivian Jenna Wilson

Changemaker Los Angeles

Vivian Jenna Wilson is a model, creator and cultural voice. A previous Dazed cover star, Wilson has worked with brands like Casablanca and Wildfang. When she’s not modelling and streaming, she’s advocating for causes like The Trevor Project, a non-profit dedicated to protecting LGBTQ+ youth.

Photography John Panichella

@vivllainous

Changemaker Los Angeles

Vivian Jenna Wilson

@vivllainous

Sport Los Angeles

Alyssa Thompson

Sport Los Angeles

Alyssa Thompson is a professional soccer player for the US Women’s National Team and Chelsea in the Women’s Super League. In 2023, she made history when Angel City named her their top pick in the National Women’s Soccer League draft, making her the first high school player drafted at number one.

Photography Chelsea FC Women official social media accounts

@alyssthomp

Sport Los Angeles

Alyssa Thompson

@alyssthomp

Entertainment Indianapolis

Chase Infiniti

Entertainment Indianapolis

Chase Infiniti is an actress best known for her breakout role in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. She’s set to star in Hulu’s The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, and Niki Byrne’s upcoming coming-of-age drama, The Julia Set.

Photography Thurstan Redding

Entertainment Indianapolis

Chase Infiniti

Music New York

Las Flaquitas

Music New York

Las Flaquitas are an open-format DJ trio composed of Jessica Gjoza, Tatiana Bonner-Varchola and Kaila Burke-Ozuna, three decade-long friends born, raised and based in New York. The trio began playing for local parties in 2023, growing into an international presence in the music, fashion and art world.

Photography courtesy of Las Flaquitas

@lasflaquitas.nyc

Music New York

Las Flaquitas

@lasflaquitas.nyc

Music New York

Samia

Music New York

Samia Finnerty is a singer-songwriter cementing her place as indie’s most compelling new voices. Since releasing her debut album, The Baby, in 2020, followed by Honey and her breakthrough, Bloodless, she’s headlined shows across the US and toured internationally.

Photography Alexis Gross

@samiatheband

Music New York

Samia

@samiatheband

Entertainment New York

Giovanni Luciano

Entertainment New York

Bushwick line cook Giovanni Luciano’s kitchen-side monologues and snack rituals earned him a devoted following on TikTok. Since then, he’s appeared in an Addison Rae music video, fronted a Versace campaign and starred in the short film MARSHLAND, which is set to release in 2026.

Photography Giovanni Luciano

@giovannis.kitchen

Entertainment New York

Giovanni Luciano

@giovannis.kitchen

Changemaker New York

Mahmoud Khalil

Changemaker New York

Mahmoud Khalil is a Palestinian graduate of Columbia University, where he helped lead the student movement opposing Israel’s war on Gaza. In March 2025, Khahlil, who's since been released, was unlawfully arrested by the Trump administration, who attempted to deport him in retaliation for his lawful advocacy for Palestinian rights.

Photography Dean Majd

@justice4mahmoud

Changemaker New York

Mahmoud Khalil

@justice4mahmoud

Art and Photography New York

Sophia Wilson

Art and Photography New York

At just 25 years old, photographer Sophia Wilson has been building her vibrant portfolio for a decade, exploring themes such as coming of age and Black womanhood. She’s currently working on her debut photo book, #GRWM, and has shot the likes of Addison Rae, FKA Twigs and Alex Consani.

Photography Tyra Booker

@phiawilson

Art and Photography New York

Sophia Wilson

@phiawilson

Art and Photography New York

Maya Man

Art and Photography New York

Working across software, generative AI and installation, Maya Man is an artist whose work explores contemporary identity culture on the internet. Man, who was the first artist commissioned for the Whitney Museum’s internet art program On The Hour, has exhibited and performed internationally.

Photography Charlotte Ercoli

@mayaontheinternet

Art and Photography New York

Maya Man

@mayaontheinternet

Music Delaware

Cortisa Star

Music Delaware

Cortisa Star is a Delaware-born rapper and model blending hyperpop and drill influences with bold, experimental sounds. In 2025, she released tracks like “Cortisa Crump”, “Bad ASF”, and her debut EP E.M.O. (Evil Motion Overload). She also made her runway debut at Miu Miu’s AW25 show at Paris Fashion Week.

Photography Ben Taylor

@cortisastar

Music Delaware

Cortisa Star

@cortisastar

Entertainment New York

Christopher Briney

Entertainment New York

Best known for his role on the popular series The Summer I Turned Pretty, Christopher Briney is one of the most recognisable young actors of today. Aside from his role as Conrad Fisher, he also appeared in the 2025 off-Broadway play, Dilaria, and is set to star in TSITP’s upcoming film adaptation.

Photography Julius Frazer

@chrisbriney

Entertainment New York

Christopher Briney

@chrisbriney

Art and Photography New York

Lita

Art and Photography New York

Karla Vinueza, also known as LITA, is an Ecuadorian-American artist, DJ and creative technologist whose work integrates sound, code and design. Her interdisciplinary practice moves across performance, open-source education and hardware design, inviting others to reimagine the world through sound.

Photography Kristina Shakt

@lita.systems

Art and Photography New York

Lita

@lita.systems

Entertainment Raleigh

Sarah Bock

Entertainment Raleigh

Sarah Bock is a 19-year-old actress best known for her role as Miss Huang in Apple TV’s Severance. Previously, Bock played Mia in the 2022 film Bruiser. In 2026, she'll star in the upcoming series Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale.

Photography Getty Images

@sarah_bock

Entertainment Raleigh

Sarah Bock

@sarah_bock

Sport Long Beach

Chloe Kim

Sport Long Beach

At just 25, snowboarder Chloe Kim is already a history-maker. Her accolades include being the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding gold medal and the first woman to win back-to-back Olympic golds in the halfpipe. This year, Kim became the first woman to land a cab dub 1080 in competition.

Photography Getty Images

@chloekim

Sport Long Beach

Chloe Kim

@chloekim

Sport Washington, D.C.

Trinity Rodman

Sport Washington, D.C.

Trinity Rodman is a professional soccer player on the Washington Spirit, which is a part of the National Women’s Soccer League. At 18, Rodman became the youngest player ever drafted, and since then, has gone on to win NSWSL Rookie of the Year, and compete in the Olympics and Women’s World Cup.

Photography Washington Spirit

@trinity_rodman

Sport Washington, D.C.

Trinity Rodman

@trinity_rodman

Entertainment New York

Ben Wang

Entertainment New York

Ben Wang is a 28-year-old actor best known for his role as Jin Wang in the Disney+ series American Born Chinese, based on the graphic novel of the same name. This year, he starred in the film Karate Kid: Legends alongside Jackie Chan.

Photography Minh Nguyen

@definitelynotbenwang

Entertainment New York

Ben Wang

@definitelynotbenwang

Art and Photography New York

Rama Duwaji

Art and Photography New York

Rama Duwaji is a Syrian illustrator and animator. Using drawn portraiture and movement, Rama’s work examines the nuances of sisterhood and communal experiences. Though she mainly works in digital mediums, Duwaji also dabbles in ceramics.

Photography Shuran Huang

@ramaduwaji

Art and Photography New York

Rama Duwaji

@ramaduwaji

Changemaker New York

Sage Lenier

Changemaker New York

Sage Lenier is a climate activist who got her start at UC Berkeley, where she created and taught a sustainability course that became the most popular student-led course in the university’s history. Since then, she's founded Futureline, a platform dedicated to supporting sustainability efforts.

Photography Marissa Leshnov

@sagelenier

Changemaker New York

Sage Lenier

@sagelenier

Music New York

Miles Caton

Music New York

Miles Caton is a rising actor and musician who first garnered attention in 2017 when a video of him singing went viral. This year, he made his acting debut as Sammie in Sinners, a role he landed after being encouraged to audition for by H.E.R., who he toured with in 2022.

Photography Mihailo Andic

@_milescaton_

Music New York

Miles Caton

@_milescaton_

Entertainment Los Angeles

Ethan Herisse

Entertainment Los Angeles

Ethan Herisse, a 25-year-old actor, is best known for playing a young Yusef Salaam in the Netflix original series When They See Us and for his performance as Elwood in the Oscar-nominated film, Nickel Boys. In 2025, he was awarded the Next Gen Award by the African-American Film Critics Association.

Photography Ethan Herisse

@ethanherisse

Entertainment Los Angeles

Ethan Herisse

@ethanherisse

Changemaker New York

Fran Tirado

Changemaker New York

Fran Tirado is a writer, editor and the founder of Doll Invasion, an annual trans takeover of Fire Island. As an activist, she’s organised protests like Brooklyn Liberation, the largest trans protest in New York City history, and raised hundreds of thousands for trans-led nonprofits.

Photography Justin J. Wee

@fransexuality

Changemaker New York

Fran Tirado

@fransexuality

Music Los Angeles

Luna Li

Music Los Angeles

After cutting her teeth in Toronto’s live music scene, Korean-Canadian musician Luna Li gained a global following through her self-recorded jams and dreamy instrumental vignettes. Recently, she released When a Thought Grows Wings (Reimagined), an expansion of her sophomore album.

Photography courtesy of Luna Li

@lunalilunalilunali

Music Los Angeles

Luna Li

@lunalilunalilunali

Fashion New York

Hunter Pifer

Fashion New York

Hunter Pifer is a model, actress and visual artist. As a proud trans woman, she uses her career as both a mirror and a megaphone, proving identity can be fluid, complex and unapologetically powerful. Her impact in fashion includes being the inspiration for Conner Ive’s “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt.

Photography Myrthe Giesbers

@hunterpifer

Fashion New York

Hunter Pifer

@hunterpifer

Fashion New York

Iyan Moon

Fashion New York

Iyan Moon is a 20-year-old model, creator, and activist whose videos on ambition, identity and uncertainty have resonated with thousands. From being one of the youngest (and shortest) models to walk for Dior to speaking at universities, Moon is a rising voice in fashion, media and technology.

Photography Iyan Moon

@iyanmoonyang

Fashion New York

Iyan Moon

@iyanmoonyang

Art and Photography New York

Jean Toir

Art and Photography New York

Jean Toir is a hybrid image maker using photography and generative AI to blend avant-garde aesthetics with machine-driven visuals, creating emotionally charged imagery. As an asylee immigrant from Kazakhstan, his work draws on displacement to imagine transcendental worlds, identities and experiences.

Photography Jean Toir

@jean.toir

Art and Photography New York

Jean Toir

@jean.toir

Beauty New York City

John Novotny

Beauty New York City

John Novotny is a hair artist and wig designer known for their bold use of colour and sculpture. Novotny’s work treats hair as a metaphor for identity, exploring surreal forms and hair that seems impossible. Novotny has transformed the tresses of Chappell Roan, Cole Escola, Alex Consani and more.

Photography courtesy of John Novotny

@johnnovotny

Beauty New York City

John Novotny

@johnnovotny

Fashion Richmond

Ariel Arakas

Fashion Richmond

Ariel Arakas is the co-founder and creative director of fashion platform Ap0cene. Started as a mood-board shared among friends, Ap0cene has grown into a full-fledged business worn by the likes of Julia Fox, Doechii and FKA Twigs. Alongside Sam Walker, Arakas gives emerging designers a global stage.

Photography Ariel Arakas

@@ariel.arakas

Fashion Richmond

Ariel Arakas

@@ariel.arakas

Beauty Los Angeles

Rachel Sun

Beauty Los Angeles

Rachel Sun of ALL HAIL THY NAIL is a 24-year-old nail artist who has collaborated with Doechii on a series of experimental designs. Drawing inspiration from the natural world (fish scales, soil, hair and bones), Sun transforms the conventional manicure into work that's sculptural and surreal.

Photography Rachel Sun

@allhailthynail

Beauty Los Angeles

Rachel Sun

@allhailthynail

Art and Photography New York

Ward Gallery

Art and Photography New York

Run by Saam Niami and Gabrielle Richardson, Ward is an independent art gallery focused on supporting young artists. Since its October 2024 founding, Ward has curated three shows in New York, including the monumental inaugural show New York…NOW!, and its first international show as part of Paris Art Basel.

Photography Mico Corvino

@wardgallerynyc

Art and Photography New York

Ward Gallery

@wardgallerynyc

Entertainment New York

Angalis Field

Entertainment New York

Angalis Field is a screenwriter, director and photographer living in Brooklyn. His short films BUST and The Dalles both premiered at Sundance. In 2024, Fieled, who's also shot fashion covers for a range of publications, was a Netflix/Newfest New Voices grant recipient.

Photography courtesy of Angalis Field

@angalisfield

Entertainment New York

Angalis Field

@angalisfield

Music New York

James K

Music New York

James K is a vocalist, producer and multidisciplinary artist known for her ethereal sound and haunting dream-pop style. K released her third acclaimed album, Friend, in 2025. Previously, the New York-born artist has collaborated with artists like Oli XL, Drew McDowall (Coil) and Yves Tumor.

Photography Juan Camilo Díez

@____pet___

Music New York

James K

@____pet___

Art and Photography New York

Carol Civre

Art and Photography New York

Carol Civre is a 3D artist and digital art director whose work integrates digital art with high-fashion retail and advertising. Along with creating an avatar for Madonna’s latest world tour, Civre has worked with brands such as Vivienne Westwood and Bratz.

Photography Carol Civre

@carolthekitty

Art and Photography New York

Carol Civre

@carolthekitty

Entertainment Indiana

Grace Byron

Entertainment Indiana

Grace Byron is a novelist, critic, and journalist based in Queens, New York. She has written about trans politics, pop stars, cults and literary fiction. Her debut novel, Herculine, was released this fall by Simon and Schuster. She's currently at work on a follow-up.

Photography Hunter Abrams

@emotrophywife

Entertainment Indiana

Grace Byron

@emotrophywife

Fashion New York

Ben Doctor

Fashion New York

Ben Doctor, known for his label of the same name, is a fashion and textile designer. Ben built his first collection while on unemployment after getting laid off, exploring themes of adversity and metropolitan life. Since then, he's dressed the likes of Addison Rae, Sabrina Carpenter and Alex Consani.

Photography courtesy of Ben Doctor

@ben.doctor

Fashion New York

Ben Doctor

@ben.doctor

Fashion New York

Timothy Gibbons

Fashion New York

Timothy Gibbons is a designer whose work bridges fashion, costume and sculpture. Influenced by Irish heritage and traditional handcraft practices, Gibbons has displayed his work across theatre, TV and film. He now collaborates with his husband, knitwear designer Gabe Gordon.

Photography Luisa Opalesky

@timothygibbons

Fashion New York

Timothy Gibbons

@timothygibbons

Changemaker Los Angeles

Zaya Perysian

Changemaker Los Angeles

Advocate and creator Zara Perysian uses her platform to destigmatise the lives of transgender women. With a blend of comedy, beauty, education and lifestyle content, she boldly showcases her trans joy, and, through her transition journey, has touched millions worldwide.

Photography courtesy of Zara Perysian

@zaraperysian

Changemaker Los Angeles

Zaya Perysian

@zaraperysian

Entertainment Los Angeles

Owen Thiele

Entertainment Los Angeles

Owen Thiele is a comedic actor and writer based in Los Angeles. Already a fan-favourite on FX's Adults and Amazon Prime's Overcompensating, Thiele is set to star in a forthcoming show he's writing for Prime. He's also the host of the bedroom-themed podcast In Your Dreams.

Photography Chessa Subbiondo

@owenthiele

Entertainment Los Angeles

Owen Thiele

@owenthiele

Fashion New York

Miss Claire Sullivan

Fashion New York

Miss Claire Sullivan is a couture atelier based in New York. Sullivan’s solo atelier was born out of a passion for the history of couture. Worn by musicians, artists and her diverse community, Miss Claire Sullivan is designed to be an experience – both for those wearing or witnessing it.

Photography Ben Taylor

@missclairesullivan

Fashion New York

Miss Claire Sullivan

@missclairesullivan

Art and Photography New York

Adam Zhu

Art and Photography New York

Adam Zhu is a multidisciplinary artist and curator. Based in Chinatown, Zhu moves between mediums in his work, which includes photography, painting and installation. In 2024, he founded Market Gallery, an artist-run exhibition space that blurs the line between a domestic and institutional space.

Photography courtesy of Adam Zhu

@z.h.u1

Art and Photography New York

Adam Zhu

@z.h.u1

Music Baltimore

Nourished By Time

Music Baltimore

Blending post-punk, New Wave, R&B, electro-funk and experimental indie pop, Nourished by Time is the musical project of Baltimore-born artist Marcus Brown. A self-described Metamodernist, Brown tackles themes of love, labour, existentialism and disillusionment in his music.

Photography Lauren Davis

@nourishedbytime

Music Baltimore

Nourished By Time

@nourishedbytime

Music New York

Cleo Reed

Music New York

A student of Black underground sound, Cleo Reed is an artist whose practice uses participatory art, music composition, instrument-making, bandleading, installation and fabric arts. Blending blues, soul, folk, country and rap, their sophomore LP, CUNTRY, grapples with the theme of labour.

Photography Sugar Sylla

@cleoforshort

Music New York

Cleo Reed

@cleoforshort

Entertainment Los Angeles

Upstairs Neighbors

Entertainment Los Angeles

Best friends Dom Roberts and Maya Umemoto Gorman are the hosts of the Upstairs Neighbors podcast. They have been releasing weekly podcast episodes for almost two years, creating a space for divas all over the world to unwind, connect and get in a chuckle or two.

Photography Quentin Swenke

@upstairsneighborspod

Entertainment Los Angeles

Upstairs Neighbors

@upstairsneighborspod

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