Take a look back at our most-read stories this year, from Boston Dynamic’s bionic hounds to the Pear Ring
Image: Valley of the Dolls (1967)1. Ozempic scientist sounds the alarm
A scientist whose work in the 1970s helped pioneer weight-loss drugs like Ozempic warned in June that people will struggle to take it for more than a few years because it takes the pleasure out of eating. “Once you’ve been on this for a year or two, life is so miserably boring that you can’t stand it any longer and you have to go back to your old life,” Professor Jens Juul Holst said in an interview with Wired. Read more…
Photo: Peter White/Getty Images2. Boston Dynamics release the hounds
Having airbrushed a dress onto Bella Hadid last season, Coperni unleashed a pack of bionic hounds onto its AW23 catwalk in March. Read more…
Photo: Pear3. We try the Pear ring
Dating apps are dead, that much is clear. What’s less clear is how we negotiate fostering romance in a post-dating app world. Enter the Pear ring: a small, turquoise band which is designed to show strangers that you’re single. Read more…
Photography Campbell Addy, Styling Imruh Asha4. Jung Kook: autumn 2023
When Jung Kook fell asleep at his laptop this summer, six million fans tuned in to watch. Now, having blown the doors clean off for east Asian artists in pop, he’s taking us down the rabbit hole with his ‘surprising’ new solo era. Read more…
Photo: courtesy of Sammy Ray4. Blast-over tats take over
In August, we covered a growing trend in the tattoo industry: blast-overs are cover-ups that intentionally leave the old work visible beneath the new, allowing your tattoos to grow and evolve with you. Read more…
Photo: Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images5. The Kardashians and toxic beauty
Back in April, it felt like we were on the cusp of some meaningful conversations around beauty standards, body image and the role that celebrities and influencers play in our self-esteem. So, we asked, are the Kardashians finally taking accountability for toxic beauty ideals? Read more…
Image via Wikimedia Commons6. Everyone needs to grow up
Whether it’s people who mention their Hogwarts house on their Hinge profile or literal white supremacists, culture is awash with adult babies, wrote James Greig. Read more…
Image: We Are via Getty Images7. The rise of the deinfluencer
2023 was the year of 'deinfluencing' – or was it? In February, we asked if TikTok's new trend was genuinely an antidote to our culture of overconsumption or just a symptom of our economically turbulent. Read more…
Photography: Brent Mckeever8. Ice Spice: the people’s princess
Ice Spice, our Spring 2023 cover star, is the new people’s princess twerking the pain away with her fluorescent spin on the Bronx drill scene. Read more…
Image: My Dinner with Andre (1981)9. Why did people in the past look so much older?
More smoking, less sunscreen and old-fashioned haircuts – did people in the past really used to look older, or do we just equate the fashions of the past with age instead of youth? Read more…
Photography: Thibaut Grevet10. Dua Lipa: from pop princess to Versace collaborator
She’s touched on pop perfection with ‘hard, plastic’ songs tooled with laser precision. Now, Dua Lipa is teaming with Versace on a new fashion line, bonding with fans over books – and making a splash on screen in Barbie. Read more…