January, 2014 - The Glass Magazine

Frank Gehry: Fish Lamps at Gagosian Hong Kong

January 10, 2014

As one of the most celebrated contemporary architects, Frank Gehry's inspiring buildings and fascinating designs are hallmarks of today's urban landscape. In addition to architecture, Gehry is also known for hi...

When style is a  woman

Lillian He

January 10, 2014

Feature

“When Hong Kong is a woman, she stands in emancipation, fans her lashes, highlights her lines, clasping her silver handbag under a coat of grey. dismantles an entire truth – Hong Kong, a woman of contrasts...

Xu Zhen and Ji Dachun at the Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art

Louise Lui

January 9, 2014

Avant Art, News

To start the 2014 programme, the Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art is showcasing two major solo exhibitions by Chinese artists Xu Zhen and Ji Dachun. A MadeIn Company Production by Xu Zhen is a mid-career r...

Oklahoma City rises again

Nico Kos Earle

January 9, 2014

America, Avant Art, Feature, Travel

The first time I boarded an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Oklahoma City eight years ago, it was half empty and exclusively full of men, rugged faces mostly hidden behind dusty ten gallon hats. Eac...

Linda Farrow celebrates 10 years

Roberta Lister

January 8, 2014

News

Linda Farrow celebrates 10 years at the forefront of directional eyewear with a retrospective shoot, recognising some of the brand’s most iconic collaborative pieces. Shot by Haruki Horikawa, the images feature...

London Collections: Men’s – Burberry Prorsum AW14

Calvin Baillie

January 8, 2014

News

As the bare, yet romantic, trees billow down from Hyde Park and Kensington Gore surrounding the transparent marquee containing Glass Magazine and the mostly beige-adorned audience, we all wait and...

Recipe for a Painter – Mr Chow aka Zhou Yinghua

Louise Lui

January 8, 2014

Avant Art, News

Michael Chow, the man behind Mr Chow restaurants across the world, will present his first ever solo exhibition in Hong Kong at Pearl Lam Galleries. Painting under his Chinese name Zhou Yinghua, the exhibition i...

London Collections: Men – Lou Dalton AW14

Joseph Kocharian

January 8, 2014

News

Lou Dalton kicked off LC:M’s proceedings on a drizzly January Monday morning. There was a definite air of back to work as everyone filed in to Victoria House, London and Lou’s collection set everyone straight t...

London Collections: Men – Astrid Andersen AW14

Joseph Kocharian

January 8, 2014

News

Astrid Andersen’s AW 14 show at LC:M offered a more covered-up affair than her debut solo show last season – even so, with plenty of expert layering and cropping, the silhouettes remained body conscious to the ...

Just for now – Glass discovers more about the London-based Greek poet and musician Sitron Panopoulos

Caroline Simpson

January 8, 2014

Feature, Music

Poetry is a much abused and misunderstood medium. And it is a matter of some sadness, to me at least, that the stagnant pond that passes for London's poetry scene is in the main filled with soi-disant poets who...

London Collections: Men – Huntergather AW14

Cynthia Gregoire

January 7, 2014

News

Huntergather hosted a hospitable celebration for the reception of their new A/W14 line. Featuring a catwalk inside the innovative fashion concept store, audience in attendance were treated to canapés and bever...

Buckle Up and Button Down LC:M

Calvin Baillie

January 7, 2014

News

Wearing only my finest Melton's and my brightest brogues, I join the impeccably dressed gentlemen flocked outside the Winston Churchill Cabinet War Rooms for the Wo...

London Collections: Men – Margaret Howell AW 14

Cynthia Gregoire

January 7, 2014

News

The A/W 2014 collection by Margaret Howell for the London Collections: Men is characterised by relaxed, slightly oversized pieces presented in an overall conservative colour palette. High quality fabrics give ...

London Collections: Men – James Long AW14

Calvin Baillie

January 7, 2014

News

Day two at LCM and for the AW14 season James Long's collection excels. Long has been inspired by primitive sci-fi and cosplay – the fantastical world of costume play – to create a collection of stric...

Runway versus presentation – Burberry and Pringle

Elisabeth Krohn

January 7, 2014

Feature

Throughout last year's international fashion weeks we have witnessed different brands appropriate contrasting strategies for showing off their new collections. Some going all out with grand runway shows in ...

London Collections: Men – Fashion East AW14

Calvin Baillie

January 6, 2014

News

Fashion East is always one of the most exciting snippets of London Collections. A moment to truly see the talented work of new and aspiring individuals seeking a ...

London Collections: Men – Topman Design AW14

Calvin Baillie

January 6, 2014

News

What better way to kick start the new year with a sartorial vitamin dose of London men's fashion and land two New Balanced feet solidly on the ground at the Topman Design AW14 show. What a way to...

London Collections: Men – Matthew Miller AW14

Calvin Baillie

January 6, 2014

News

For his AW14 show Matther Miller asked 10 people from different social circumstances to write a short text describing their everday reality, both dreams and problems. Written by employed and un...

Still got it: Cannes

Ruthie Holloway

January 6, 2014

Europe, Feature, France, Travel

Playing host to numerous arts festivals held in and around the sun-drenched La Croisette, Cannes has sustained an undisputed reputation as the French Riviera’s most glamorous and popular hotspots. Not surpr...

Diane von Furstenberg / Pre Fall 2014

Annie Fong

January 5, 2014

News

Diane von Furstenberg’s Pre Fall 2014 collection is where Venice meets the glamour of New York. With prints being as integral to the label as the wrap dress, the muse of this collection is likened to a mid-cent...

Life is beautiful

Glass Archive

January 5, 2014

Culture, Feature, Film

Frankly speaking, interviewing someone famous is always a challenge. It is hard to get something new, deep or meaningful when they have had so many experiences but too little time, and perhaps little inclinatio...

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