Celebrating Gieves & Hawkes
Although the amalgamation of separate houses Gieves and Hawkes has only stood for the past 40 years, their history of supplying the uniforms for the British Royal Navy and British Army dates back to the 18t...
AllergyCertified – one world, one label, for skin health
AllergyCertified is the Danish company bringing scientifically tested accreditation to the global beauty industry. They intend that their distinctive logo – a big blue tick in an irregular circle – will mak...
Restaurants at the water’s edge
There are splendid restaurants with a bird eye’s view of the Thames but to properly experience the river you have to have your feet on the ground or at least stand on one of its bridges and observe its sur...
PFW SS16: Miu Miu
Miuccia Prada’s show for Miu Miu presented models as little girls playing dress up in their grandmother‘s closet as they dressed in kitschy gear which combined both grandmother’s retro wardrobe gathered over th...
PFW SS16: Céline
Phoebe Philo keeps on reinventing the house of Céline and we can never know what to expect from the next collection. For SS16 the Céline woman was travelling to a warm land far away and Philo packed her everyth...
Transforming lives through love
Inspirational photojournalist Stephen Shames talks to Glass about his astonishing career, the power of photography and making lemonade when you’re given lemons
More than a decade ago, photographer Stephen Sh...
PFW SS16: Chanel
Karl Lagerfeld never does things by halves, and his ready-to-wear Chanel runways are as anticipated for their film-set locations as they are the clothing itself. This week’s SS16 show took us to Chanel Airlines...
Touching down for cocktails at NY-LON
NY-LON is a novel concept – a first-class airport lounge located not within any terminal, but instead in the O2 centre in London. We were greeted at the entrance by a stewardess who took our names as she wo...
PFW SS16: Valentino
The Valentino show for SS16 had its quiet moments with simple dresses in black or neutral colours but for most part it was pretty wild as the designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli were so clearly...
PFW SS16: Louis Vuitton
Nicolas Ghesquière went on a fantastic voyage in Paris this season, closing PFW with a departure from the kind of fast, less considered offerings that have proliferated once again this season, taking Vuitton in...
UK grooming brand and barbers MurdockLondon opens flagship store in Soho
Shoreditch-homegrown British gentleman’s grooming brand and barbers MurdockLondon has opened its London flagship store, in the Regent Street area of London. As well as selling the full MurdockLondon product lin...
PFW SS16: Elie Saab
As Paris Fashion Week came to an end, Elie Saab seemed to take this opportunity to reflect on the sort of work that he has sent onto the runway the last few seasons. This collection still displayed the tremendo...
PFW SS16: Vivienne Westwood Gold Label
As one of the last shows to be seen at PFW, Vivienne Westwood had another chance to make a statement via fashion as her latest SS16 collection centres on raising awareness of the crisis of global warming.
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Tyger tyger, burning bright
The Save Wild Tigers’ Be Inspired art exhibition at The Club at Cafe Royal London features several pieces aiming to frame the tiger’s perfect symmetry. Not least the late Neon Man Chris Bracey and Be Inspir...
PFW SS16: Christian Dior
Raf Simons at Christian Dior really seems to like his florals. At the SS16 show, set at the Louvre courtyard, models emerged from a field of blue delphiniums inside a mountain covered with the same flowers on t...
Mandeep and us – Glass talks to actor Mandeep Dhillon during rehearsals for the new stage version of Anita and Me
Mandeep Dhillon has been popping up with increasing frequency on the BBC in recent years, and is probably best known for playing Saz in the BBC3 comedy series, Some Girls, about a group of four, young...
PFW SS16: Chloé
The girly romantic softness that we are used to from Chloé was mixed with some rather unexpected pieces this season. Track suits. The collection, dedicated to the ‘90s icons such as Corinne Day, Kate Moss or Ce...
PFW SS16: Saint Laurent
One of the most long-and-well-established toasts of the schedule in Paris, Saint Laurent went ahead this season with generally the same Hedi Slimane founded formula, beautiful clothing on fashion bemused punk n...
PFW SS16: Acne Studios
Crushed CDs and Perspex guitars established the with-the-band theme of Jonny Johansson’s Acne Studios Paris presentation. A DIY bluntness echoed in sharp silhouettes and electric blue fishnet knits mid-ladderin...
Aromatherapy Associates and Liberty launch Clear Mind Oil
There was a time when the humble essential oil was tossed to the back of bathroom cabinets, strewn aside with other hippy-tainted holistic remedies. Today, however, these potent natural oils are enjoying a rema...
Dubrovnik dreaming
We have always had vacations on the French and Italian Rivieras, but now the Croatian Riviera is fast becoming the coastal vacation hotspot, with the magnificent city of Dubrovnik as its main attraction. Ab...