MFWM AW25: JordanLuca
Amid bows, vows and (snazzy!) crowds — JordanLuca’s Jordan Bowen and Luca Marchetto tied the knot during their Milan’s AW25 show.
What a difference a show can make. Sure, JordanLuca is idiosyncratic enough...
MFWM AW25: Dolce & Gabbana
Rigour (still) sells at the Italian house, while offering levity and a modern nod to the past for AW25.
IT IS unclear whether aficionados (both starlet and civilian) of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s...
MFWM AW25: Brunello Cucinelli
For AW25, the label’s takedown of timeless classics continues apace.
Fomenting the fashion revolution isn’t the purpose of Brunello Cucinelli’s oeuvre. Rather, the label continues rolling its quiet evoluti...
MFWM AW25: PDF
Simmering a hype-filled approach, Domenico Formichetti’s AW25 outing served an important purpose: to broaden the definition of style beyond Milan’s traditional codes.
IN HIS show notes, PDF’s Domenico Form...
At Pitti Uomo AW25, tradition thrives and provocation hides
After decades of marrying severe artistry and commercial savvy, where does menswear leave us?
THE VENERABLE suit is a crucial element of Italian fashion and one that the country’s designers visit agai...
On modularity, form and function: CASCINELLI
AFTER stints at Prada and Versace, emerging designer Filippo Cascinelli sets his stage with a clean slate that leans on functionality-driven clothes.
Some designers chase after cool; others are content to l...
Pitti Uomo AW25: MM6 Maison Margiela
TRUE to form, the brand’s Fall 2025 outing toasts the poised and real by finessing the obvious.
One of the more surprising decisions in the past months’ trend merry-go-round was the ousting and mixing of qu...
Feng Chen Wang reminds us that fashion must be driven by craft and technical sensitivity
Gearing up to celebrate her 10th anniversary show at Paris Fashion Week men’s, the designer unpacks her spring collection, heritage and her next act.
THE Feng Chen Wang man has done some growing up since l...
Gustav Mahler’s sixth symphony lands at La Scala under Lorenzo Viotti’s baton
Amid notes of turbulence, the engaging and highly coloured work will be conducted on three dates (13, 17 and 20 January 2025) in Milan.
AN INSISTENT thud in the nerves of turbulence is what epitomises the o...
The philosophy of balance with Setchu’s Satoshi Kuwata
Ahead of his PITTI Uomo debut on 16 January 2025, the Japanese fashion designer unpacks modularity, cultural aestheticism and future hopes with GLASS.
Satoshi Kuwata. Photograph: Stefano Galuzzi
“My...
Venice’s La Fenice Theatre brought joyful music for New Year Day’s concert
Attracting headlines the way that its visual art and cinema siblings regularly do, the famed concert was conducted by Daniel Harding and sung by soprano Mariangela Sicilia and tenor Francesco Demuro.
THE tr...
La Scala gears up for new triptych by Philippe Kratz, Angelin Preljocaj and Patrick de Bana
Global dance sensation Roberto Bolle is set to premiere the production, alongside the company’s corps de ballet.
A WORLD premiere and the return of two choreographic works with an unusual source of inspirat...
Harris Dickinson fronts Prada’s new SS25 menswear campaign
AN ACTOR absorbs the personalities of those they are trying to embody.
Yet, at the heart, the audience has a knowledge of the performer behind the role, the personality that informs the pretence. For the P...
Between timelessness and conservatism, Milan’s Palazzo Reale welcomes Ugo Mulas retrospective
MILAN, ITALY - “Ugo Mulas, The Process of Photography” is an extensive and detailed retrospective showcasing the work of one of Milan’s most revered artists, born in 1928 and passed in 1973, currently at Palaz...
Stefano and Enrico Berretti talk to Glass about brotherhood, lyricism and soulful optimism
LONG has underground music served as a much parodied and despised character study of a socially diverse universe shaped by cliches (we all know one – or two, even).
But one duo who are putting their own spi...
ECCO.kollektive joins forces with Louis-Gabriel Nouchi on a fuss-free collection
ECCO.kollektive partners with rising star French designer Louis-Gabriel Nouchi for the spring-summer 2025 collection, which spans footwear, ready-to-wear, and accessories.
Nouchi is part of the fifth intak...
Inside Hugo Marchand’s pursuit of expression
Between coming of age and pushing the edge, the winsome artist and étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet is at the peak of his stride. As he prepares to debut in Nureyev’s Nutcracker at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala – ...
Rudolf Nureyev’s Nutcracker gears up to spark winter joy at La Scala
Leaning on this timeless classic, the strong Principals of the Milanese company are bound to open the new season. New debut from Paris opera étoile Hugo Marchand.
MILAN, ITALY - After Balanchine/Robbins’ gr...
Milan’s La Scala premieres Verdi’s sprawling opera La Forza del Destino
Talented leads made this an intense production at Milan’s storied Teatro alla Scala, wrestling between blighted love and poignant storytelling.
MILAN, ITALY—Never lacking in ambition, Milan’s famed Teatro a...
Ferragamo’s Soft Hug collection celebrates the house’s heritage and modernity
FOR FERRAGAMO's Pre-Spring 2025 collection, the new soft Hug debuts alongside the classic models. This new version of the Hug bag features a single strap to be worn over the shoulder: unstructured and lightwei...
Amid national strikes, Milan’s La Scala heads a strong cast in homage to Puccini’s death centenary
In spite of choristers and orchestra members declining to perform on the eagerly anticipated concert of 29 November 2024, soloists Jonas Kaufmann and Anna Netrebko headlined mesmerising arias in honour of the ...