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Lagerfeld takes London and the world stands by

March 17, 2014

Culture, Drinks, Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature, News, Shopping Guide, Shopping Guide

Lagerfeld has officially touched down in London town, and the sultan of the fashion new order knows every in and every out of the capital city, indicating, soon after his Britannic invasion, that it is one of...

Gold Vein: Delfina Delettrez AW14

Roberta Lister

March 11, 2014

Avant Art, Design, Don't Miss: Film, Fashion, Feature, Jewellery and Watches, News, Shopping Guide

Fine jeweller Delfina Delettrez presents Gold Vein – a suitably surreal offering for AW14. Moving on from her previous work with diamonds, the collection explores the simple beauty of precious coloured stones w...

Be original or die

Nicola Kavanagh

March 7, 2014

Archive, Art, Avant Art, Culture, Fashion, Feature, Glass Celebrates, Glass Talents, News, Photography

At Glass we have always prided ourselves on championing the forgotten pioneers of fashion and photography but there can be none greater than Madame Yevonde. Born Yevonde Thilone Cumbers in 1893, a...

PFW AW14: Hermès

Livia Feltham

March 6, 2014

Culture, Fashion, Fashion Shows, Glass Models, News

Hermès sauntered casually onto the schedule yesterday in Paris, closing PFW, and the renowned brand, known for their lucrative slow and steady approach, capped off the season with real luxury, the kind of luxur...

PFW AW14: Issey Miyake

Cynthia Gregoire

March 3, 2014

Culture, Fashion, Fashion Shows, Glass Models, News

The Issey Miyake AW14 catwalk show held at Jardin de Tuileries during Paris Fashion Week was inspired by the majestic forest and was a beautiful piece of art as well at catwalk show. Live music on a special sp...

The must-have body spray from Tom Ford

Viola Levy

March 2, 2014

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Fashion, Feature, Fragrance Picks, News, Shopping Guide

This is a product that takes me back to when I was a pre-adolescent, just discovering the world of beauty, along with trainer bras and a game called spin the bottle. There was one thing that stood out in my m...

PFW AW14: Comme des Garçons

Livia Feltham

March 2, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, Fashion, Fashion Shows, Glass Models, News

The monster within reared its nightmarish head last night in Paris, the instance Rei Kawakubo tangled the body in cramping, strait-jacket creations which abide to the designer’s conceptualist testament that cha...

PFW AW14: Haider Ackermann

Alison Santighian

March 1, 2014

Culture, Fashion, Fashion Shows, Glass Models, News

If the runway show were to start with the finale, and we saw a collection in its entirety to start, we might describe Haider Ackermann’s Fall 2014 Ready to Wear collection as “monastic”. True, there are plenty ...

Harry Winston: The King of Diamonds

Roberta Lister

March 1, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, Design, Fashion, Feature, Jewellery and Watches, News

Today is the birthday of Harry Winston. And in celebration of the late jeweller and collector, his legacy is shared in a short film. Above all else, Mr Winston is remembered as a man who knew his diamonds. I...

A hand cream not for the faint of heart

Viola Levy

February 22, 2014

Beauty, Cosmetics We Love, Fashion, Feature, News, Shopping Guide

We like to think we’re generous to our family, friends and loved ones here at Glass. Hence when various sweet-scented beauty products land on our desk, we tend to donate them to some lucky recipient after revie...

An East Coast Edit

Livia Feltham

February 12, 2014

Culture, Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature, News

Now consider – which tribe do you resonate with? Currently the leading line of inquiry initiated in New York by this season’s visceral conversation with the elements, in which ubiquitous utilitarianism trul...

NYFW AW2014: Christian Siriano

Livia Feltham

February 10, 2014

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Glass Models, News

Siriano soars at NYFW this season. Providing, of course, that he sets out to whet the appetites of the neo café society, he rarely falters, notably, more so than ever with AW14’s luscious smorgasbord for aesthe...

The simple life

Nicola Kavanagh

February 7, 2014

Beauty, Culture, Fashion, Feature, Glass Models, News

Starting her modelling career at the age of 17, Sui He has already achieved huge feats in the fashion industry. She was the first Asian face to open a Ralph Lauren show, the first Asian face of Ja...

A very stylish Valentine’s Day

Roberta Lister

February 3, 2014

Fashion, Feature, Jewellery and Watches, News, Shopping Guide

Valentine’s Day has long since been a commercial affair, one where we find ourselves endlessly encouraged to dive into the trap of mass-market consumerism, where shelves heave under the weight of romantically c...

Bringing to light – Cartier unveils new timepieces at Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie 2014  

Xenia Founta

February 3, 2014

Fashion, Feature, Jewellery and Watches

Unveiled last month, Cartier launched a new line of timepieces at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) 2014 watch show in Geneva. At this exclusive annual event, the brand introduced...

Housing luxury – Glass explores the significance of the flagship store

Jessica Quillin

January 29, 2014

Fashion, Feature, Shopping Guide

The launch of a flagship store, such as the openings of the Burberry flagship on Regent Street, London in 2013 and the Louis Vuitton flagship on Bond Street in 2011, is symptomatic of a trend among fashion hous...

Shu Qui in Chanel Sous le Signe du Lion Jewellery exhibition

Xenia Founta

January 25, 2014

Fashion, Feature, Jewellery and Watches, News

Taiwanese actress Shu Qi appeared in a total Chanel look, at Chanel Sous Le Signe du Lion Jewellery Exhibition, in Bejing, China. She posed wearing Chanel 2013 Fall/Winter Haute Couture, a total black coat and ...

Punk Couture

Roberta Lister

January 23, 2014

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature, News

Couture. It’s a powerful word, one which instantly commands connotations of grandeur and beauty. But Ziad Ghanem’s design vision is one which redefines the word, viewing the beauty of bespoke through a thor...

Yiqing Yin SS14 Haute Couture MOTH Collection

Maegan Gregoire

January 22, 2014

Fashion Shows, News

French designer Yiqing Yin launched her Spring Summer 14 haute couture collection MOTH at Paris Fashion Week. Immigrating from China as a four-year-old girl, Yiqing has lived her life in many different part...

Elie Saab SS14 Haute Couture – The Promise of Spring

Emma Walsh

January 22, 2014

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

Transforming the modern women into a fairytale protagonist, Elie Saab’s new Haute Couture spring/summer 14 collection has redefined femininity. With a consistent, romanticised colour palette of pastels thrus...

Teenage Kicks Courtesy of Slimane at Saint Laurent AW14

Livia Feltham

January 21, 2014

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

With one for the boys this season in Paris, Hedi Slimane unashamedly held the torch for pop-culture savvy with a Saint Laurent spectacular, providing prime Instagram fodder for the new me generation thanks to c...