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

August 6, 2025

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...

Vincenzo Di Primo on his journey through dance

Chidozie Obasi

July 22, 2025

Culture, News

THE fickleness and superficiality of the dance industry are no secret: highs and lows sit at the core of an artist’s career, sparking patterns of joy and dismay in equal measure. For Vincenzo Di Primo, how...

Diesel and Melissa’s new collaboration pushes bold innovation into footwear

Chidozie Obasi

July 15, 2025

Fashion, News

MELISSA and Diesel proudly unveil their latest collaboration: a groundbreaking partnership that fuses Melissa’s signature innovative design with Diesel’s bold aesthetic. The result is a collection that redefin...

Beethoven, Bellini and Čajkovskij: new heights, fond farewells and poised lyricism at La Scala

Chidozie Obasi

July 8, 2025

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre

As Milan’s La Scala wraps its Summer season, engaging with timeless classics remains a point of fascination. From threads of dramatic complexity to notes of blissful intensity, scores of excess and expression ...

Amelia Gray, Xiao Wen Ju and Gabbriette star in Fendi’s Spy Bag campaign

Chidozie Obasi

July 3, 2025

Fashion, Feature

ACCESSORIES lovers, rejoice! The cult-favourite re-emerges for Fendi’s 100th year, starring in the Maison’s latest digital campaign. Titled “FENDI SPY BAG RETURNS”, the promotion unleashes the Fendi Spy Ba...

During MFWM SS26, there was a heightened sense of ease

Chidozie Obasi

July 1, 2025

Fashion, Menswear, News

Tailoring and volume gain a breezy spin next season, as the menswear spectrum continues to follow a fuss-free frisson. MILAN, ITALY — There comes a time when the practical notions of fashion, in a world inc...

At Paul Smith and Dolce & Gabbana, ease and function run apace for SS26

Chidozie Obasi

June 23, 2025

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Menswear

Slouchy separates shine across the Milan runways, while timelessness remains central. When you live in Milan and designers show across the city’s most celebrated corners, your mind naturally fires with the...

From Setchu to PDF, timeless classics appeal to the modern day at MFWM SS26

Chidozie Obasi

June 22, 2025

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Menswear

Waistlines are getting lower, preppy finds home in functionality and more from the first day of Milan men’s Spring 2026 collections. MILAN, ITALY — Amid the wealth of challenges and systemic complexities th...

Pitti Uomo 108: Niccolò Pasqualetti

Chidozie Obasi

June 19, 2025

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Menswear

To convey novelty, it takes risk. For SS26, the designer revealed a tenuous grasp on what his clientele shops for—pointing to a new maturity and understanding. FLORENCE, TUSCANY — Italian-born Niccolò Pasqu...

Pitti Uomo 108: Homme Plissé Issey Miyake

Chidozie Obasi

June 19, 2025

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Menswear, News

In a shift, the label struck again by its proclivity to make a new look out of the most common pleat. FLORENCE, Tuscany — Homme Plissé Issey Miyake’s favourite kind of aficionado looks fragile but acts str...

Callum Turners fronts Louis Vuitton’s LV BUTTERSOFT Sneaker campaign

Chidozie Obasi

June 19, 2025

Fashion, Menswear, News

SNEAKERHEADS, rejoice! Louis Vuitton introduces the LV BUTTERSOFT Sneaker created by Pharrell Williams, unleashed as part of the Fall-Winter 2025 men’s collection. The emblematic runner combines the studie...

Pitti Uomo 108: Children of the Discordance

Chidozie Obasi

June 18, 2025

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Menswear, News

The Japanese designer toys with contrasts for Spring 2026, bridging the gap between softness and severity. FLORENCE, TUSCANY — The name Hideaki Shikama will be familiar to those who pay close attenti...

Polish and poise continue to rule at Pitti Uomo 2025

Chidozie Obasi

June 18, 2025

Fashion, Menswear, News

IN THE midst of the world’s creative turmoil, poise and polish are keeping their momentum alight in Tuscany’s capital. Will they ever unleash a playful edge? Pitti Uomo 2025 FLORENCE, TUSCANY — Tie...

Isaac Hernández’s quiet dance revolution

Chidozie Obasi

June 17, 2025

Culture, Feature

AS A steady and significant presence at the heart of global creative expression for centuries, dance holds an undeniable legacy. Its essence runs deep, sustained by powerful, soul-stirring projects—and the peo...

Aitana stars in Fendi’s sun-drenched summer 2025 campaign

Chidozie Obasi

June 16, 2025

Fashion, Feature, News

ITALIAN house Fendi unveils a new vibrant campaign featuring Spanish singer, actress, and songwriter Aitana. With her signature dynamism, Aitana embodies the effortless summer spirit of the Summer 2025 col...

In Antwerp, a parody of characters evade the present — to reshape the country’s future

Chidozie Obasi

June 12, 2025

Fashion, News

Between technical dynamism and joyful optimism, Antwerp’s new guard of creatives weaved threads of substance, invention and excess as an antidote to the quiet luxury of today. ANTWERP, BELGIUM — In the end...

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