Raf Simons Spring 2014 Show at
Raf Simons’ Spring 2014 collection catwalk presentation at Paris Fashion Week was headily women’s wear and children’s wear inspired, with models donning the likes of shorts jumpers with modest, kiddie-like U-ne...
Prada Opens Store in Sanya, China
Prada opened a new store this week in Sanya, a well-known tourist destination in Southern China, located in the luxury of The Ritz-Carlton resort.
The store, designed by architect Roberto Baciocchi, occupies...
An engaging Grecovery
As I boarded the Aegean Airlines flight bound for Athens, it seemed like I had mistakenly intruded on a congregation of goddesses – there was a foreign and palpable femininity manifest in their silky dark t...
Contemporary country
As a rule of thumb, if you can reach somewhere in London using the tube then, while it will probably be full of urban character and infused with city cool, it is unlikely to require wellington boots or an O...
MFW SS14: Marni
Marni’s first look presented at Milan Fashion Week was a limey yellow, layered trench, setting a colourful precedent to the remainder of the collection. Successive looks proved just as strong, but often with a ...
Latitude Festival asks “What defines me?”
Glass is very excited to speak to Tania Harrison, the Creative Director behind Latitude Festival, who gives us an intriguing insight into how it’s put together and the thought process behind this year’s theme...
MFW SS14: Vivienne Westwood MAN
Vivienne Westwood showed her menswear line MAN at Milan Men’s Fashion Week yesterday. Citing inspiration from her travels in India, she boldly utilized the catwalk as a canvas for her statements on India caste ...
56 Welbeck St. Contemporary Extended Stay
No. 5 Maddox Street’s anticipated contemporary extended stay sister property in Marylebone Village has arrived. 56 Welbeck St. resides discreetly in a Georgian townhouse in the heart of central London and boast...
John Varvatos SS14 Collection at Milan Fashion Wk
Pocket chains and low lighting, sunglasses and post-coital hairstyles, a bit of a boot cut and a little bit of leather. All things not too far off for the usual John Varvatos, rocker-chic style. The pocket squa...
I Sing the Body Electric
It throws you that someone of Kim Gordon’s art-rock stature, someone who has redefined the position of “female-guitarist” throughout 30 years of uncompromising cool and squall should come across as vulnerab...
LCM SS14: Nasir Mahzar
Nasir Mazhar’s Spring Summer 2014 collection was a daring exploration of street style and bondage-inspired athletic wear. Carrying over the avant-garde structuralism of his millinery creations, Mazhar’s catwalk...
One moment – now
“When in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects shall present themselves to my view; and so likewise as to the hearin...
Ada + Nik SS14 Showcase at LCM
Nik Thakkar and Ada Zanditon’s eponymous Ada + Nik debut collection launched yesterday for London Collections: Men at St. Martins Lane Hotel.
The collection featured the Remus and Romulus tops, bringing a bit ...
Design with a voice
Katie Eary is a new designer with guts and gusto. Her work is demure, crafted and of true statement and strong intentions.
Graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2008, Eary rose to the top of her clas...
The songbirds of China
The 1930s Shanghai’s Jazz scene rivalled those of Paris or New York but it was the female vocalists who defined the era. Glass speaks to two living legends. In 1934, jazz composer and pianist Duke Ellingto...
Frances Aviva Blane: Critics Choice at Critics Circle show at Mall Galleries
From June 10 – 15 at London’s Mall Galleries we have a unique opportunity to discover the intimate relationship that exists between artist and critic. All 24 members of the Visual Arts and Architecture section ...
A nice change from making people cry
An exciting prospect for English film and stage, Anglo-Chinese actor, Jing Lusi, has been crazily busy over the last year. Having relished performing in her recently finished run in the play, 4000 Miles, at t...
Mile High – Destination Sicily
When hearing the words “mile high”, one might think of clandestine lovemaking at dizzying altitudes en route to an exotic faraway destination. In the case of Dine Mile High, you can ditch the former idea up...
Hermès SS14 Collection at Paris Fashion Week
The Hermès Spring show at Paris Fashion Week was refreshingly casual — it was adeptly and holistically adherent to the concept of springtime. The whole collection seemed blithe, fresh, and brazenly wearable.
T...