ECHOES FROM THE OUTSKIRTS! KITTIN AND VENA IN CONVERSATION AT GOLDEN GOOSE HAUS

Sound isn’t just culture—it’s a force that shapes space, resistance, and community. VENA moves beyond passive entertainment, turning sonic interventions into acts of autonomy and transformation. At Golden Goose Haus, Federico Marcelletti & Diego Putto meet Kittin to explore escape—not just as flight, but as a creative necessity.

A ballad called Fursac

One of the very first songs by The Libertines, written and sung by Carl Barât, is called France, and in many ways, this track perfectly embodies the date of January 24, 2025—the day Fursac and its young creative director Gauthier Borsarello made their debut on the Paris Fashion Week runways.

ALMA MATER – A CONVERSATION WITH ALMA JODOROWSKY

Alma Jodorowsky reflects on the role of art and creativity in times of global uncertainty, discussing the challenges artists face in the contemporary landscape. She touches on cinema, the pressure of capitalism on the cultural industry, and the influence of social media, while sharing her vision of a future where art becomes more intimate and removed from superficial dynamics. Speaking about her experiences as a director, Alma expresses her passion for shooting on film and dreams of a quieter life, focused on creating and sharing artistic moments in small, welcoming spaces.

LIVING WITH THE GODS THROUGH THE EYES OF ELIAS CANETTI

As Canetti suggests in this book whose writing engaged the writer for 38 years, when individuals unite into a mass, their individuality tends to cancel out. At C2C, this dynamic is evident: participants merge into a collective whole.

PERCEIVING IN A REALM BEYOND TIME WITH ARIANA PAPADEMETROPOULOS

Ariana Papademetropoulos is a Los Angeles-based artist known for her surreal, dreamlike paintings filled with unique inscrutable magical symbology. For her solo exhibition "Ringin Saturn" at Massimo De Carlo gallery in Milan, we asked her about psychic-mediums, symbology and her masters.

TATRAS: WHITE AS A PEARL

For the launch of Tatras' second 'Pearl' episode, we spoke with Italy's commercial director Giacomo Serrati, to uncover more about this pearl-white capsule collection, inspired by the refined luster and timeless allure of pearls.

HEADS TOGETHER: THE ART BEHIND WEED & THE UNDERGROUND PRESS SYNDICATE

Author David Jacob Kramer gives us a look into the art in Heads Together, an art that speaks to a time when pot was smoked with optimism — as something potentially good for society and people, capable of activating profound transformation in the face of corrupt and powerful forces.

AMORE!: A PLAYLIST BY THE DARE

Harrison Patrick Smith, better known as The Dare, has curated a love playlist of ten songs for XYZ that you can easily steal to confess your feelings to that girl your friends all know about.

POST SCRIPTUM – A MUSEUM FORGOTTEN BY HEART AT MACRO MUSEUM

On October 4th, 2024, the exhibition Post Scriptum – A Museum Forgotten by Heart will open at MACRO Museum in Rome, curated by Luca Lo Pinto. This exhibition, feauturing more than 30 Italian and international artists, reflects on the outcomes of the museum's five-year program, which has encouraged a deep rethinking of the institution’s identity, production methods, and relationship with its audience.

Jacket, top & pants: Versace Shoes: Gianvito Rossi Bag: Versace Necklace (top): Dsquared2 Necklace (bottom): Gauchette Earrings: Gauchette Bracelet: Dsquared2 Ring: Shana Cave

I WILL START A REVOLUTION FROM MY BED

Mariana Maltoni and Ron Hartleben draw tones à la Nabokov for our tenth cover, where Agnese Furlanis becomes the image of the post-digital age and retrotopia for TIME issue no.03

KUBORAUM IN CONVERSATION WITH CANZONIERI

To delve deeper into Canzonieri musical vision and the creative process that drives them, we asked Kuboraum to share some insights about this fascinating electronic group.

Kiss and Ride, a NYFW SS25 guide

Fashion Month has officially kicked off, and once again, New York City is leading the charge to launch four weeks of Spring-Summer collections.

STRANI AMORI

PHOTOGRAPHY Markus Jans STYLING Jeanna Krichel for AMORE issue no.02

“RARA AVIS”: A WUNDERKAMMER OF RARE BIRD-INSPIRED GARMENTS ON VIEW IN ROME

Fashion’s fascination with the avian realm takes center stage in “Rara Avis. Fashion in Flight at the Farnese Aviaries”, organized and promoted by the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum. We met Sofia Gnoli, the curator of the exhibition, who walked us through the immersive display of unique and eccentric haute couture bird-dresses and feathered accessories.

IL TUO CUORE

PHOTOGRAPHY Sean Alexander Geraghty STYLING Ramona Tabita for AMORE issue no.02

FROM GLITZ TO SYNTHS: THE EVOLUTION OF ITALIAN DISCO IN THE 70S, 80S AND BEYOND WITH DISCO SAVONI

The story of Italo disco is not as easy to pin down as its signature sound, with its synths and sequencers, its widely hailed Messrs. Moroder and Flagio, and its simple, unadulterated exuberance. For many, the phrase Italo screams 80s. Yet, before becoming the globally exported phenomenon many remember it as today, the roots lie in Italian disco. A sensuous, sentimental, lavish thing that dominated the mainstream pop culture of Italy, occupying prime time slots on RAI 1, the national broadcaster.

TOUT POUR L’AMOUR

Photos by David Luraschi from the special booklet "TOUT POUR L'AMOUR" for AMORE issue no.02

INTIMACY IN EXTREMIS: HORROR CINEMA AND THE OTHER SIDE OF LOVE

Horror is a cinematic language of extremes, and the genre that most effectively mines the collective unconscious. It is no wonder that love and relationships, the causes of many of our most extreme emotions, so effectively dovetail with a form that might seem worlds apart from romance.

McDonald's paper bag lighting 2-3, 2023

I’M LOVIN’ IT

Meet the artist turning McDonald’s paper bags into mesmerizing light sculptures for AMORE issue no.02

ANCORA

Ola Rudnicka in an all Valentino special by Driu & Tíago for AMORE issue no.02

SEI BELLISSIMA

PHOTOGRAPHY Sam Nixon STYLING Ron Hartleben for AMORE issue no.02

ECCOTI

PHOTOGRAPHY Philip Gay STYLING Ray Tetauira for AMORE issue no.02

SEMPRE SEMPRE

PHOTOGRAPHY Gabriele Rosati STYLING Fabio Pace for AMORE issue no.02

ADESSO TU

Stella Duval by Donna Trope for AMORE issue no.02

SHOW DON’T TELL 

Ecco2k, Cosmo, Luna Passos and an open bar smashed after only two hours: XYZ PARTY in Venice co-hosted by Residenza725

PHILIP GAY’S “REWIND” AT ELLIA GALLERY, PARIS

Renowned fashion photographer and STXDYOZ contributor, Philip Gay, presents a retrospective at Ellia Gallery in Paris on March 21st. The exhibition promises a comprehensive exploration of Gay's career, showcasing his evolution as a photographer within the fashion landscape.

MARION BARUCH’S CUT-OUT FABRICS ON VIEW AT VIASATERNA, MILAN

Gallery VIASATERNA in Milan is currently showcasing a solo exhibition dedicated to the textile works of Marion Baruch, running until March 22nd . Protagonists of the exhibition are re-signified textile remnants that reside on the threshold between sculpture, installation, and ready-made.

IN CONVERSATION WITH PATRICK DEMPSEY

We talked to Patrick Dempsey about his first eyewear line, co-designed with Porsche Design, that redefines luxury eyewear through a fusion of innovation and timeless style.

“MOTHERBOY” AT GIÓ MARCONI GALLERY

In Milan, Gió Marconi Gallery is currently hosting “Motherboy”, a group exhibition born out of the dialogue between curator Stella Bottai and artist Gray Wielebinski around the phenomenon of the “mammone” (mummy’s boy) – a notion rooted in Italian culture but expanded to encompass broader political critiques and reflections on authority, emancipation, love, and vulnerability.

IN CONVERSATION WITH BAR DISCO

After their DJ set at STXDYOZ's inaugural issue launch, we catch up with Bar Disco – Francesco D'Aprile and Francesco Lindo – the DJ and graphic design duo that redefines and resemanticizes Italian-ness. In this interview, they delve into their Italian disco roots, talking about their inspiration drawn from the popular aesthetics of Italian bars, their “graphic bootleg” approach, their journey through Milan's creative landscape, and much more.

Introducing: OOR Apparel, designed by OOR Studio, our creative family in Berlin

In times of crisis, fashion potentially becomes dark, dangerous, warlike. But exception proves the rule. Our colleagues of OOR Studio, the creative agency behind XYZ in Berlin, have designed a collection that aims at bringing imagination and fun back into fashion. It's luxurious yet playful, never taking itself and fashion as a whole too seriously. At current Pitti Uomo, OOR Apparel is celebrating its launch, finally.

Red Radiance

This seasons accessories shot by Mattia Parodi & styled by Fabio Pace

CELINE HOMME SUMMER 24

In these challenging times, filled with conflicts and wars, daydreams often offer the only solace.

NONHUMAN EXCELLENCE

Lawrence Lek’s intricate world of NOX – short for ‘Nonhuman Excellence’ – invites us into a speculative reality where empathy and care come head to head with productivity and optimisation. Lawrence combines his various artistic practices to construct an atmospheric and meditative experience of a highly technologized future.

In Conversation with DJ Kaiser

Whether it’s Freddy’s K’s epic Berghain closing sets, Pablo Bozzi and Luigi de Venere’s colourful Italo disco, or Caterina Barbieri and Claudio PCR’s out-there electronics, Italian electronic musicians have sizable clout in Berlin’s club scene. One of the scene’s rising names is the Italian techno producer and DJ Kaiser.

“PARAVENTI”: BETWEEN DICHOTOMIES

Unveiling the profound ambiguity of an intriguing and ever-lasting object through “Paraventi: Folding Screens from the 17th to 21st Centuries”, curated by Nicholas Cullinan at Fondazione Prada in Milan.

RHYTMIC RADIANCE

Sleek leather and clear structures: Highlighting Isabel Marant's FW23 collection for our digital exclusive feature

BRYANT GILES “I’M ALIVE?” AT SCHLACHTER 151

Prepare to embark on a transcontinental journey of artistic introspection as Bryant Giles, the innovative LA-based artist and designer, plants his creative flag in Berlin with ‘I’M ALIVE?’ at Schlachter 151.

DETAIL STUDY

PHOTOGRAPHY Patrice Brylla ART DIRECTION & STYLING Fabio Pace

Grotesque but Elegant: The Top 5 Horror Movies to Stream on MUBI Italy right now

Get ready to plunge into a realm where the bizarrely grotesque harmonizes with the haunting aesthetic, crafting a spine-tingling symphony of cinematic marvels. Join us as we unveil the top 5 horror films that flawlessly blend these contrasting elements, ensuring an unforgettable odyssey into the realm of the macabre and the magnificent, all available for streaming on MUBI Italy:

RUN FOR THE HILLS

It wrote January 2023, when the paths of Giammi and Ina collided, orchestrated by an introduction from Ina's vivacious roommate.

Anyway, Hemingway

I was running late, so Angela went inside the house to wait for me. When she came in, I was in front of the mirror tying my tie.

Pasta/ Basta

Italian food has always been THE food of my heart. Bolognese, caprese, spaghetti, pizza, ravioli, tiramisù, lasagna, sorbetto, ossobuco, gelato, ragù,… the list of amazing Italian dishes is endless and just listing them makes my mouth water, a sentiment I think almost anyone who gives a d*mn about food agrees with

Gibellina Metaphysics

An abandoned gem of art and architecture in the middle of Sicily. Just waiting to be rediscovered.

GAETANO PESCE BY ALBERT WATSON FOR Issue NO. 01

“This occurred to me when looking at Michelangelo’s designs for fortresses, which convey the negativity of war. It was then that I realized that architecture does not always have to be a positive act of faith, it can also be a critique of a place, a regime, or a way of thinking.”

DREAMING / DESIRING

“Clothes have become the Trojan horse, bringing art into the most intimate and everyday dimensions of life.”

ITALY IN SPACE

“Architects are among the few professional figures capable of translating policies and new ways of inhabiting the planet into ‘space.’ We are already in a paradigm shift, we just don’t know it yet.”

WELCOME TO STXDYOZ!

I have been thinking a lot in recent years about how my life will continue. What truly interests me? What is more than just any new project? What truly moves me?