Maranza and Moguls: Who Does Milan Fashion Week Belong to?
April 4, 2026 Caterina Guarna Maranza and Moguls: Who Does Milan Fashion Week Belong to? From models walking the Gucci show sporting maranza staples, to tech billionaires sitting front row, Milan Fashion Week keeps on feeling more divided every season. Milan Fashion Week has just been and gone; people from all over the globe flocked […]
Italy for Rent: How Overtourism and Aesthetic Capitalism are Pushing Away Locals
Picture by Valeria Sinisi Garcia 7 Dicembre 2025 Flavia Sinisi Garcia Italy for Rent: How Overtourism and Aesthetic Capitalism are Pushing Away Locals In June 2025, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s wedding in Venice became a breaking point for Venetians already frustrated by years of overtourism. Activists exhibited banners and threatened blockades, which ultimately forced […]
Who Gets to Belong? Citizenship, Labour, and the Quiet Defeat of the 2025 Referendums.
20 Luglio 2025 Luna Katrina Vriends Who Gets to Belong? Citizenship, Labour, and the Quiet Defeat of the 2025 Referendums The referenda held in Italy on 8 and 9 June, 2025, were not simply invalidated, they were culturally erased. Framed around four proposals to strengthen labour protections and one to reform citizenship law, these initiatives […]
The Myth of ‘Made in Italy’: Between Romance, Reality and Responsibility.
18 Maggio 2025 Flavia Sinisi Garcia The Myth of ‘Made in Italy’: Between Romance, Reality and Responsibility. Few labels in fashion carry as much weight as ‘Made in Italy’, which has long been associated with artisanal excellence, heritage, and effortless style. It has become a global symbol of prestige, from Milan’s runways to Manhattan’s boutiques. […]
Valditara Reform: Is the Meloni government looking to the future or rewriting the past?
March 8th 2025 Giorgia Sgueglia Valditara Reform: Is the Meloni government looking to the future or rewriting the past? “A nationalist vision” that “risks distorting history and hindering an education open to the global challenges of the 21st century.” On January 14, 2025, the Italian Minister of Education and Merit, Giuseppe Valditara, presented the new […]