July, 2016 - The Glass Magazine

From the Glass Archive – Surrealist photographer and installation artist Sandy Skoglund talks to Glass

July 29, 2016

Flights of fancy – Surrealist photographer and installation artist Sandy Skoglund talks to Glass about green cats, the beauty of plastic and the pursuit of learning IN her seminal collection of essays, On Ph...

Glass celebrates Hypnotica Illamasqua’s psychedelic festival cosmetic collection

Kirsty Small

July 28, 2016

Beauty, Feature

SUMMER has arrived finally in the UK and the heatwave has begun. This can only mean one thing – festival season is upon us. It’s time to free your mind – and your make-up. This heady carnival spirit has inspire...

Gucci #24HourAce Latest Video Project Takes Over The World

Salome Baudino

July 27, 2016

Fashion, News

EARLIER this year, Glass reported Gucci’s House Creative Director Alessandro Michele's new direction towards the unification of fashion and art. Still photo from Hyo Joo's video - Courtesy of Gucci So it com...

Front Cover.Sit out on the terrace at the Lungarno for breakfast and enjoy the views of the river

Summer in Tuscany – Glass visits some delightful places to stay in Florence and the Tuscan countryside

Sean Sheehan

July 26, 2016

Europe, Feature, Italy, Travel

TIME spent in the museums and art galleries of Florence is an enthralling experience. From the glories of the Uffizi Gallery to the magnificence of Michelangelo’s David, to the ancient artworks decora...

Glass reviews the new weekend menu at 45 Jermyn St.

Stephanie Clair

July 25, 2016

Dining, Feature

REINVENTING restaurants is often a tall order but Fortnum & Mason has undergone a bright new facelift of late. October to be precise, so not so recently, and their ground floor restaurant, formerly The Foun...

Missoni Fall/Winter 2016-2017 Campaign

Salome Baudino

July 25, 2016

Fashion, News

FOR its Fall/Winter campaign, the Italian fashion house Missoni has picked top models Danish Frederikke Sofie and Frenchman Clément Chabernaud to pose for up-and-coming British photographer Harley Weir in her s...

From the Glass Archive – Greats of photography, Glass interviews Albert Watson

Nicola Kavanagh

July 22, 2016

Feature, Photography

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From the Glass Archive: Greats of photography – Albert, the Pragmatic Albert Watson, named as one of the 20 most influential photographers of all time alongside icons such as Richard Avedon and Irving Penn,...

Fendi Launches Harrods’ Pop-Up Store – Fendirumi

Salome Baudino

July 21, 2016

Fashion, News

OPENING its first ephemeral Fendirumi boutique at London’s department store Harrods this summer, the Italian Fashion house will be celebrating its worldly-recognised furry signature with two special guests: Pir...

Front Page. Just Cavalli Fall Winter 2016 - 2017

Just Cavalli Fall/Winter 2016-2017 Campaign

Kirsty Small

July 21, 2016

Fashion, News

JUST AS the fashion world is slowly anticipating the influx of fashion weeks, the Italian fashion brand, Just Cavalli, has released its fall/winter 2016-2017 campaign. With Coney Island as milieu, it’s a perfec...

The Glass Guide – our selection of the best SPFs on the (sun) block

Glass Beauty

July 21, 2016

Beauty, Feature

AS WE are in the middle of a heatwave, here is the Glass Guide to the best SPFs on the (sun) block. One – perhaps the best – thing you can do in terms of skin and healthcare is to always – come rain or shine – ...

Vichy introduces 3D Correction – the latest member of its Dermablend foundation family

Sara Hesikova

July 21, 2016

Beauty

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FRENCH beauty brand Vichy has introduced its latest member to its Dermablend family of foundations – 3D Correction, the Dermablend foundation range being well-known for its ultra-high coverage. Remember the vi...

Lalique introduces L’Insoumis – a fragrance for men

Thomas Marrington

July 20, 2016

Beauty, Male grooming, News

THE first thing you notice about Lalique’s new men’s fragrance, L’Insoumis, is the bottle. An elegant and modern looking square of glass when faced on, belies the artistry of the black fern edging, inspired by ...

Front Cover. Farad Moshiri's Home Sweet Home 2008, which is compromised of 314 knives on canvas mounted on MDF

Glass visits the Soho-based gallery Unit London

Yasmin Bilbeisi

July 20, 2016

Art, Feature

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LOOMING over a busy red carpet on a pavement in Soho is Farhad Moshiri’s sculptural homage to needlepoint totsches. This simultaneously macabre and kitsch piece of art, made by Moshiri using knives (and a curso...

Byredo releases new fragrance – Cuir Obscur

Thomas Marrington

July 19, 2016

Beauty, News

JUST launched exclusively at Harrods is Byredo’s latest fragrance, Cuir Obscur Eau de Parfum, a dark and dominating unisex scent that combines richly masculine leathery base notes with sweeter top notes such as...

Skincare company Alpha H celebrate 21st birthday in London and launch the Beauty Sleep Power Peel

Caroline Simpson

July 18, 2016

Beauty, News

AUSTRALIAN skincare brand Alpha-H celebrated their 21st birthday in London recently and invited Glass to their party on the glamorous Terrace at Ham Yard Hotel, London. Best known for its highly effective glyco...

Royal Caribbean International's Harmony of the Sea

Glass takes to the ocean on the Harmony of the Seas

Ben Olsen

July 18, 2016

Feature, Travel

THE latest addition of Royal Caribbean’s vast fleet of cruise ships, Harmony of the Seas is a lesson in superlatives. When it comes to cruise ships, size speaks volumes and having recently rolled off the produc...

Front Page, Mao Zadong- AO. Oil on canvas, 1989. Courtesy of Wang Guangyi Studio

From the Archive – Glass interviews Wang Guangyi of the Political Pop movement

Glass Archive

July 15, 2016

Art, Feature

Artist of Wizardry – Wang Guangyi, China’s leading protagonist of the Political Pop movement, speaks candidly about his life, his art – and his criticisms, not of Chinese communism, but of the Western love of c...

Glass In Motion exclusively presents short film by Christian Larson – Rendez Vous at La Suite Rio

Caroline Simpson

July 14, 2016

Feature, Film, Glass TV

UP-AND-COMING Swedish director and photographer, Christian Larson, who has made short films for Mercedes, Cartier, Agent Provacateur among others, was inspired to shoot a film about La Suite Rio an elegant bohe...

Anytime WHEN – Glass is refreshed by WHEN face masks

Natalie Egling

July 13, 2016

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, News

WHEN10:00PM is a jelly-like mask sheet containing gentle moisturising ingredients such as coconut juice, watermelon extract, key amino acids, Vitamins A & C and collagen to comfort tired skin. From the ...

New Looks – The changing face of Dior’s atelier

Livia Feltham

July 13, 2016

Fashion, Feature

In the beginning Monsieur Dior gave us light. Radiated via the luminous ivory silk of the structured jacket belonging to the iconic monochrome Bar suit that exemplified the French fashion designer’s iconic new ...

Scott Chambers. Photograph: Justin van Vliet

Great Scott – Glass steals some time with British acting prodigy Scott Chambers

Arjun Sajip

July 12, 2016

Feature, Film

SCOTT Chambers’ star is in the ascendant. This year his performance in Joe Stephenson’s Chicken was praised by Sir Ian McKellen as “astonishing, intriguing, enchanting, moving”. A fan of horror films, he set hi...

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