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I Tried Looksmaxxing for Six Months: Heres What Happened

So I did it. I did that thing everyone’s talking about on the internet, I'm sure at this point even your grandma has heard of it: Looksmaxxing.

Now, you're probably thinking, “Why do we need you to tell us what happened? Isn’t it pretty obvious?” Unfortunately, I thought the answer would be pretty obvious, too: you get hotter, you feel more confident, people look at you differently. Life improves. But no. It’s not all sunshine and flowers. If anything, you simply trade in some negative aspects of life for new ones; you just look better doing it.

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Signature Styles

A signature style is more than appearance; it is atmosphere. It is the aesthetic world a person creates around themselves, from the cut of a coat to the tone of a film. In this series, we trace the visual signatures that turned personal expression into cultural language.

Signature Styles: Pat McGrath

Signature Styles: Pat McGrath

Signature Styles: Pat McGrath

Anabella Montclair

Signature Styles: Anthony Bourdain

Signature Styles: Anthony Bourdain

Signature Styles: Anthony Bourdain

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Signature Styles: Supernatural

Signature Styles: Supernatural

Signature Styles: Supernatural

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The Fashion Edit

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THE BEAUTY EDIT

I Tried Looksmaxxing for Six Months: Here's what Happened

Anabella Montclair

I Tried Looksmaxxing for Six Months: Here's what Happened

I Tried Looksmaxxing for Six Months: Here's what Happened

Signature Styles: Pat McGrath

Anabella Montclair

Signature Styles: Pat McGrath

Signature Styles: Pat McGrath

Something Smells Good: The Best Perfumes for Summer 2026

Anabella Montclair

Something Smells Good: The Best Perfumes for Summer 2026

Something Smells Good: The Best Perfumes for Summer 2026

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Learn more about the original artwork at the heart of this magazine, the founders and the artistic process at the centre of it all.

The AI Drought

The AI Drought

The AI Drought

Planet or profit? The devastating consequences of the AI boom. It has become painfully apparent, AI has destroyed the world as we knew it. Now, as the dust settles we are watching the new world emerge; record job losses, climate damage, emerging studies showing the already detrimental effects on our brains- and even AI marriages (yes, people are really marrying AI bots). But there's one issue being lost and obscured amongst the ruble: the AI drought. Whenever you prompt AI, w

Anabella Montclair

The Grassroots Algorithm

The Grassroots Algorithm

The Grassroots Algorithm

Open TikTok and you will see it: a girl in London filming her skincare routine, scroll once and you are in Gaza under bombardment, scroll again and you land at the No King’s Day protests in the United States, where hundreds of thousands boo Donald Trump on his birthday. The absurd proximity of worlds is not an accident of code. Activists have worked out how to bend the most surveilled communication system in human history to their own ends. And yes, I know, this is the moment

Anabella Montclair

Political Cannibals: How the Left Ate Itself.

Political Cannibals: How the Left Ate Itself.

Political Cannibals: How the Left Ate Itself.

Jeremy Corbyn, Emily Thornberry, and local councillors attend a petition presentation to Yvette Cooper by Islington residents calling for more affordable housing, London, 19 October 2006. Image by Labourfriend / Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain). Across the West, the left is devouring itself. We are witnessing a very strange feast, not one that takes place around tables but within political parties. The image is almost biblical: progressives and centrists locked in a ritual o

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Could Zack Polanski Save Britain?

Could Zack Polanski Save Britain?

Could Zack Polanski Save Britain?

Zack Polanski. Photo by Rob Browne (Public Domain / CC0), via Wikimedia Commons. Are we too far gone? Is this the end of life as we know it? Will Britain even survive much longer? It has become painfully apparent- Britain is on its knees. As a young person living in London in my short few years of adulthood I have witnessed life become increasingly unlivable- and not just for people my age. The cost of groceries, the rental shortages as if extortionate rents weren't bad enoug

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Peacekeeper or Bystander?

Peacekeeper or Bystander?

Peacekeeper or Bystander?

Since the UN’s founding in 1945, over 250 major conflicts have occurred worldwide. This raises the question: In a world with the highest levels of disputes, since 1946, has the UN really fulfilled its role of peacekeeper, or is it purely a powerless bystander? Let’s begin with some context. The UN emerged at the end of WWII as a way to bring states together and prevent further conflicts from occurring. How could it achieve this? The UN provides a forum for countries to come

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The AI Drought

Anabella Montclair

The AI Drought

The AI Drought

The Grassroots Algorithm

Anabella Montclair

The Grassroots Algorithm

The Grassroots Algorithm

Political Cannibals: How the Left Ate Itself.

Anabella Montclair

Political Cannibals: How the Left Ate Itself.

Political Cannibals: How the Left Ate Itself.

THE POLITICS EDIT

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