Influencers

Street art, hammocks, anything made out of bamboo. As Clive Martin found on a recent trip to Mexico, influencing is no longer just for the pros. It's now the standard model for travellers.

The sequins, the fringe, the glitter, the glam. For influencers and brands, festival dressing now has one key goal in mind: looking good for the ’gram. But it turns out that performing a good time isn’t all that, er, good.

From Fashion Nova to Pretty Little Thing, fast fashion brands are increasingly designing clothes with only one body shape in mind.

A traditional, self-enforced “glow up” typically involves gym memberships, eight-step skincare regimes and fillers. But according to a growing number of TikTok and YouTube users, these days, all you need to do is simply will hotness into existence.

THE FACE explores the weird and not-so-wonderful changes to daily life after a year on plague planet.

2020 in review: Due to a precarious economy, Covid safety measures and irrepressible lockdown horniness, the site enjoyed a huge surge. It was only a matter of time before celebrities wanted a slice of the action.