Spiga 2 is an innovative project headed by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Now in its third year, the boutique in central Milan, Via Spiga specializes in distributing a pick of promising emerging designers.

Tomaso Fasola goes behind the scenes at the Campioni shoot for Swide Festival and looks to discover what is behind these champions, finding themselves in the unusual situation of modelling.

On Monday the 29th October the book “The Carved Theatre” was presented in Museo Novecento in Milan. Arnaldo Pomodoro presided over the introduction of the volume about the scenic sculptures created by him.

Directed by Giacomo Franciosa, the movie traces the steps of Azzurrina, right where her legend was born, in the Montebello’s Castle in Emilia Romagna region. Here she supposedly disappeared in 1375…and her voice reappears periodically to visitors.

Summer season is apparently over and with it, the music! Well, that’s not actually the case. Swide takes a look at the top 5 frozen festivals where the music never stops.

In a colourful interpretation of the realistic Campioni backstage images, SugarKane productions, AKA Leandro Manuel Emede and Nicolò Cerioni create a musical video supported by a stadium chorus.

The witch did not just appear in Medival Italy, but were persecuted throughout history. The records of Roman historians point to a period of more prolific witch-hunting in classical times.

For Swide Festival, Giulio Volpe presents a delicate and dream-like depiction of his Campioni backstage experience with Mr. Domenico Dolce.

Trust has been sweating it out in underground clubs and on the dark disco scene of the Americas and now it's Europe's turn. Swide’s Ben Taylor wanted to talk repression, sexual behaviour and performance.

It’s that time of year again, when scary becomes sexy and the underworld brings the party to us. Yes, it’s Halloween and Mood Swing’s Adrea Ratti has 3 songs to get you in the party mood.

Swide discovered the heavy optimism of Dead Times’ music earlier in September. Today, their back on our pages with the premiere of their new track Lush Lives.

Spiga 2 is an innovative project headed by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Now in its third year, the boutique in central Milan, Via Spiga specializes in distributing a pick of promising emerging designers.

Global dance music megastar Afrojack takes a moment out of his busy schedule to talk Michael Jackson, the Mayan Calendar, Bono and the clichés that make him a happy man.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is going to be THE must-see Christmas flick this December. Still unconvinced? Well, here are Swide’s Top 10 reasons why.

The girls that Pippa McManus illustrates are special. Not only do these girls have the look, but they also have complex personalities; They’re sexy, innocent and sweet all at the same time.

The Winter chill is creeping in and nothing is more satisfying than cosying up at home, listening to records. But, if you don’t let the cold keep you pent up in the house, it’s important to update those city streets playlists.

The cult of witchcraft has a long history in Italy, the signs are all around us, if we know where to look. The first in a series of four articles about witchcraft in Italy.

This week, Mood Swings’ Andrea Ratti takes a closer look at the sounds coming out of Denmark, sharing the artists that are currently pleasing his ears.

New York always has something exciting happening and one of this year’s most talked about artists, MS MR, The duo’s EP Candy Bar Creep Show was released this month, a sign of better things to come.

It’s Halloween 2012 but if you’re bored of having the old classics popping up on your Halloween party playlists, never fear, Swide’s playlist has a modern twist. Here are 10 songs for Halloween 2012.

The home of London fashion week, and the Courtauld Institute, Somerset House, does not disappoint when it comes to fashion and art displays. Next on their calendar is Tim Walker.

Spiga 2 is an innovative project headed by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Now in its third year, the boutique in central Milan, Via Spiga specializes in distributing a pick of promising emerging designers. Dolce&Gabbana want to support emerging talents by giving them visibility and retail space in an area they would fins difficult to penetrate at the start. This season we’ll focus on some of our favourites. This week: CO|TE.

It's almost here, the time of year that sees the streets become home to children and adults alike dressed up in their Halloween best. What if you-re not in the mood to go trick or treating? Well, here are the Top Halloween Horror movies for 2012 by Swide.

The Italians were amongst the forerunners in inventing the horror genre thorough the 60's and 70's. With some of the most talented directors combining horror, suspense, gore and art-house, they cretaed films of astounding creativity and shocked audiences the world over. The films are still as scary as they were then, so with Halloween on the way, Swide chooses ten of the best.

A design studio nestling in Barcelona houses two Italian guys, who are looking to leave their architectural imprint on the world. With ongoing projects in Russian, Brazil and Spain, they’ve now got their eyes set on a canoe club in Messina Sicily. Swide's Ben Taylor caught up with CaSA to find out more.

In May 1970 Federico Fellini wrote a feature for US Magazine Playboy in which he explains the challenges he faced while filming his then latest film Satyricon. It offers a unique insight into the mindset of Italy's greatest director as he embarked on one of his more obscure and challenging projects. Choosing to depict pagan Rome through a dreamlike imagining, the analogy of a decadent Rome in decline and the counterculture movement of the late sixties in America are not lost on the Italian. Now with The film restored to its former glory thanks to Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana it is worth reading the directors thoughts with the benefit of hindsight, also one wonders, if he were to make the film today, how would society affect the outcome.

Being a DJ, Mood Swings’ Andrea Ratti often searches out music that’ll make your feet want to tumble through all sorts of shapes and positions, making you work up a well deserved sweat. This week, he takes a look at the darker side of pop.

Alpines have finally been getting the recognition that they deserve. The UK based duo have been making sounds together since 2010, has had their track ‘Drive’ used by Rankin in a fashion video and they’ve been on the road with some amazing talent. October sees the release of their early hours EP. Here's a closer look at the latest release Got Me Wrong.

The US Presidential race is hotting up and getting into its most crucial phase 9n the last few weeks before election. It was perfectly timed then a secret screening of Steven Spielberg's latest work 'Lincoln' got an unfinished premier at the New York Film Festival and in keeping with all things Presidential, Swide brings you five of the bet Presidential portrayals in cinema.

Among the most prestigious in the world, the Istanbul Biennial is the most comprehensive international art exhibition in Turkey. The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, who organise it, are now realising the first edition of the Istanbul Design Biennial - from October 13th till December 12th 2012. The Design Biennial a “spin-off”, curated by Emre Arolat and Joseph Grima, and focuses on design its importance for production, economy, cultural interaction and quality of life.

Spiga 2 is an innovative project headed by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Now in its third year, the boutique in central Milan, Via Spiga specializes in distributing a pick of promising emerging designers. Dolce&Gabbana want to support emerging talents by giving them visibility and retail space in an area they would fins difficult to penetrate at the start. This season we’ll focus on some of our favourites. This week: Alice Palmer.

The acclaimed director of 2003’s Old Boy, Park Chan Wook, is gearing up to play us all with his brand new psychological horror thriller Stoker. The Dracula inspired film stars Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode in a cinematic event that brings the east and west together with a twist.

Zebra Katz have taken the fashion and underground music scene by storm. Referencing hip-hop, ball culture and Shakespeare in their work, Ojay Morgan and Njena Reddd Foxxx are on to something good. Swide's Ben Taylor caught up with them in Milan during fashion week.

With the internet being saturated with new music, it is becoming harder and harder to sift out the promising from the persistent. Mood Swings’ Andrea Ratti also shares the same sentiment but has his own ways around this problem. Focus on the record labels.

Dolce&Gabbana have funded the restoration of Fellini’s Satyricon, a movie released in 1969 by the “La Dolce Vita” director that depicted the decadence of the Roman Empire.

Venice, New York and now London; BFI London Film Festival gets going October 10 – 21 and Swide are here to help you decide what it is you should be watching during these days.

The highly anticipated release of Adele’s Skyfall, the theme tune for the new James Bond film, has been leaked online, giving the bookies reason to think that the singer is on her way to scoring a number one record. Here is what Swide thinks.

Spiga 2 is an innovative project headed by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. Now in its third year, the boutique in central Milan, Via Spiga specializes in distributing a pick of promising emerging designers. Dolce&Gabbana want to support emerging talents by giving them visibility and retail space in an area they would fins difficult to penetrate at the start. This season we’ll focus on some of our favourites. This week: Comeforbreakfast.

It might be by Leonardo Da Vinci: a new Mona Lisa, just younger. The Mona Lisa Foundation in Zurich just presented the painting that experts now call the “Isleworth Mona Lisa”. But what’s the story behind it? And why are some critics studying it?

Prado just launched a new website completely dedicated to the Aragona painter: all his works on show online from the permanent collection of Prado.

The singing sensation and The Voice UK judge, Jessie J, is known for her chameleon like ability to flit from diva to hip-hop girl in the blink of an eye. Now, by the looks of her shoot for Elle UK, she’s adding gothic glamour to the mix.