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Weekend Max Mara and Giuliva Heritage take us from day to night with capsule collection

September 24, 2025

MILAN, ITALY — Fine Settimana is the new Weekend Max Mara capsule collection for Autumn/ Winter 2025, co-created with the Italian label Giuliva Heritage. The label was founded by Gerardo Cavaliere and Margheri...

Demna Makes His Gucci Debut at MFW SS26

Chidozie Obasi

September 24, 2025

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature

MILAN, ITALY — It’s a big moment for Gucci. The brand that recently appointed Balenciaga’s former Creative Director, Demna Gvasalia after the departure of his predecessor is arguably one of the most influentia...

Poise, Tradition and Excess: 4 Newcomers to Look Out For

Chidozie Obasi

September 24, 2025

Fashion

GLASS digs into 4 upcoming labels, shifting the codes of design — one stitch at a time. AGRO Studio’s Lineup Points to the Contradictions of the Modern Day Growing up often looks like this: your brain st...

MFW SS26: Diesel

Chidozie Obasi

September 24, 2025

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature

MILAN, Italy — Glenn Martens has relocated from his outlandish realms for Diesel to the quiet corners of Milan. Whether temporary or permanent, he doesn’t yet know, but one thing’s for sure: the Italian scrum ...

Blauer Explores Deep Connections for its AW25 Campaign

Chidozie Obasi

September 24, 2025

Fashion, News

TIMELESS monochromes meet an urban edge in Blauer’s latest campaign, as the brand embraces a new partnership with photographer Bruce Weber for its Autumn/ Winter 2025 outing. Shot against the vibrant backd...

La Scala Returns After Summer With Three New Productions

Chidozie Obasi

September 17, 2025

News

MILAN, ITALY - Three masterpieces from different periods of the twentieth century mark the first event of the La Scala Ballet after the summer break — a true tribute to dance. A symbol of this is Harald Lander...

Versace Ushers in a new Chapter: Versace Embodied

Chidozie Obasi

September 17, 2025

Fashion, News

SHOWCASING the many facets of expression that are irrevocably Versace, the Italian House has released a new code that hopes to define the House through the people, places, and emblems that embody its values. S...

Movement and Traditional Tailoring are Spotlighted in Sportmax’s AW25 Campaign

Chidozie Obasi

September 15, 2025

Fashion, News

THE NEWS in tailoring? Sportmax AW25 campaign, which presents a continuation of the brand’s exploration of tailoring, structure, and movement. Pegged from the runway show, the campaign focuses on crystallising...

Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2025: Carmina Burana

Chidozie Obasi

September 15, 2025

Culture, News

VERONA, ITALY — The present times are often permeated with a wave of prosaic music styles coming from all over the world, but Italians continuously seem to have a particular affection for opera and scores of c...

La Scala’s Staging of Cinderella Packed a Punch of Rapturous, Charming Theatrics

Chidozie Obasi

September 15, 2025

News

MILAN, ITALY — Gianluca Capuano was one of the brilliant directors during the peak of the summer festival season: alongside Barrie Kosky and Cecilia Bartoli. Bringing Vivaldi to Salzburg with the highly ac...

Max Mara Unleashes the Untamed Heroine for its AW25 Campaign

Chidozie Obasi

September 11, 2025

Fashion, News

INSPIRED by Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, the Max Mara Autumn/ Winter 2025 advertising campaign embodies a narrative of resilience and untamed femininity. It celebrates a woman who is deeply connected to n...

Jessica Chastain on Romance, Toxicity and the “Healing Power of Storytelling”

Chidozie Obasi

September 11, 2025

Culture, Feature

WHEN Jessica Chastain connects with GLASS—on a much warmer Mexican evening than England’s gloomy, end-of-summer dawns—she’s winding down from a weekend straight out of a Hollywood playbook: lights, cameras, pr...

As Giorgio Armani passes, the world bids farewell

Chidozie Obasi

September 11, 2025

Fashion, News

MILAN, ITALY — Timelessness, elegance, and refined poise cannot quantify the resonance and sheer importance of Giorgio Armani’s influence, aesthetics, and impact through the decades. As a creative who has ...

Casablanca Gets Inspired by Japanese aesthetics for its AW25 Campaign

Chidozie Obasi

September 8, 2025

Fashion, News

THE Casablanca Autumn/ Winter 2025 collection is inspired by everyday life in Japan. The country has been carefully observed and experienced by founder and Creative Director Charaf Tajer over two decades, ...

Sportmax’s Resort 2026 Collection Points To Soft Opulence And Modern Womanhood

Chidozie Obasi

August 7, 2025

Fashion, News

A WOMAN on the go, always shape-shifting and changing attitude: these are the motions that drive Sportmax’s Resort 2026 collection. This season, the search for lightness guides the house’s codes, shifting focu...

Identity, Levity and Acts Of Resistance: Glass Goes to Venice Dance Biennale 2025

Chidozie Obasi

August 6, 2025

Culture, News

Between soulful lyricism and notes of optimism, artists and choreographers unleashed shreds of panache, fierce beauty and feel-good compositions, in response to the bleak climate of our present times. VENI...

Venice Dance Biennale 2025: Yoann Bourgeois and Patrick Watson’s Airy Romance

Chidozie Obasi

August 6, 2025

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, News

The trailblazing duo, whose offering oozed poised lyricism and a pulsating energy to match, delivered a sweeping experience that toyed with notions of form, gravity, and scale. It was a poignant piece of theat...

No Place Like Rome: Introducing The Rome EDITION

Chidozie Obasi

August 6, 2025

Europe, Feature, Italy, Travel

AS THE world slowly starts to turn balmy and the warm summer days creep in, we immediately turn to the sunnier side of the globe to dream of our next escape. If your plans for the break include hours loung...

L’Arena di Verona: La Traviata’s tale of love and consumption boasts historic theatrics on stage

Chidozie Obasi

August 6, 2025

Culture, News

As the 102nd Opera Festival is well under way, Hugo De Ana’s current staging shines a light in favour of the protagonists’ voices. Dancers added colour to the production. Photograph: EnneviFoto VERON...

Venice Dance Biennale 2025: La Morte I La Primavera by Marcos Morau

Chidozie Obasi

August 6, 2025

Don't Miss: Theatre, News

A decade after its previous participation and drawing inspiration from universal patterns of life and death, Morau’s Catalan dance company fused literature with theatre performance in this year’s ‘Myth Makers’...

US Actor Emma Myers On Finding Calm In The Chaos

Chidozie Obasi

August 1, 2025

Culture, Feature

From Spring Issue 61 Glass talks to US actor Emma Myers about starting out young, what followed after her breakout role in Wednesday, and how she’s learned to remain calm under pressure From her emotiona...

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