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New Model Army – Glass meets Nicole Keimig

May 22, 2014

Glass meets up with 19-year-old model Nicole Keimig to get the low down on her rising career. Nicole, who hails from Omaha, Nebraska, is represented by The Society New York, Elite World; Paris, Milan, London, ...

The Peekaboo Project – bags and benevolence

Livia Feltham

May 20, 2014

Culture, Feature

When you let 10 of the most culturally resounding females loose in the Fendi atelier, each united by a Great British creative charm, a drive for innovation and a common goal to avail those who unfortunately a...

New Jewellers: Ralph Masri

Roberta Lister

May 19, 2014

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

When one wins a coveted insight into the working world of jewellery powerhouse Swarovski, one leaves with a finely tuned knowledge of the industry. Combine this with an innate eye for sublimely stylish design, ...

Rome comes alive with exclusive cinematic tour

Amanda Bernstein

May 19, 2014

Art, Culture, Don't Miss: Film, Europe, Feature, Italy, News, Travel

Rome Cavalieri, Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts, has created a brand new cinematic tour, featuring the most iconic and picturesque historic Roman landmarks, as featured in the 2014 Oscar award-winning movie...

A sojourn in Sardinia

Viola Levy

May 19, 2014

Beauty, Culture, Design, Destination Spas, Dining, Drinks, Europe, Fashion, Feature, Food & Drink, Glass Design, Italy, News, Shopping Guide, Travel

If you feel your life is somewhat lacking in the romance stakes, an Italian trip abroad might be just what is in order. But if the bustling cities and tourist hotspots of the mainland aren’t your firs...

The house that dreams built

Glass Archive

May 16, 2014

Archive, Beauty, Culture, Design, Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature, Jewellery and Watches, News, Photography

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The hallowed name of the house of Chanel could in itself be a synonym for rapture. Few maisons have managed to inspire such legions of loyal fans. Fewer still can cause hysteria simply with the introduction of ...

The sweetness outside of time

Ruvi Simmons

May 15, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, Feature

In 1969, Dorothy Iannone and her lover, Swiss artist Dieter Roth, were scheduled to participate in Ausstellung der Freunde, an exhibition of contemporaries in Kunsthalle Bern. Prior to the opening, however,...

Museum of Art and Design presents the first exhibition to explore jewellery and photography

Louise Lui

May 14, 2014

Art, Avant Art, Beauty, Culture, Design, Fashion, Feature, Glass Celebrates, Glass Design, Jewellery and Watches, News, Photography

The Museum of Art and Design in New York City will present a new exhibition to examine the interplay between photography and jewellery. Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography will be the first museum exhib...

An olfactory romance

Viola Levy

May 14, 2014

Feature

Before I start, it has to be said that there are many gorgeous perfumes from all corners of the globe – which are beautiful, dazzling … beguiling even. But when it comes to a truly seductive numbe...

Putting art first – Nelson Santos brings fashion and art together

Bonnie Friend

May 13, 2014

Art, Fashion, Feature

To have one creative career and achieve success is remarkable, to have two is practically unheard of – but for Nelson Santos that’s exactly what’s happening. Having made his name as a fashion designer, he has a...

The magic of La Mamounia

Amanda Bernstein

May 12, 2014

Feature, Rest Of The World, Travel

There are five star hotels the world over. And then there is La Mamounia. An oasis of tranquility, sophistication and luxury amongst the hustle, bustle and excitement of this age-old Moroccan city –...

A thousand lives by picture

Erik Stein

May 9, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, Feature

Her legendary subjects are too numerous to mention. From Debbie Harry on the roof of her New York apartment, to Bob Marley on tour, to intimate portraits of the likes of WH Auden and William Burroughs, Sim...

Selfridges Launch The Beauty Project

Viola Levy

May 8, 2014

Beauty, Culture, Culture of Commerce, Feature, News, Shopping Guide

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The world of beauty is a strange beast – often dismissed as fickle and shallow yet which provokes a great deal scorn, admiration and controversy in equal measure, which has been further fuelled due to the r...

Cracknrolla …

Caroline Simpson

May 7, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, Feature

Glass is delighted to present the latest fashion film by Mitja Bozic. The Slovenian-born director says that the inspiration for Cracknrolla …were the graphic shapes found in this protected area on the coast of ...

The Frenchman, the legacy, his teddy-bear and her cone brassiere

Livia Feltham

May 6, 2014

Art, Avant Art, Culture, Design, Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature, Glass Celebrates, News

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You don’t go to a Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition just for the clothes. But my, aren’t they just something else? And upon entering the no- holds-barred Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From The Sidewalk to ...

Against the clock

Bonnie Friend

May 5, 2014

Avant Art, Feature

Art doesn’t have to be pretty, it doesn’t even have to be something that you like, but it’s a pretty universally acknowledged truth that for art to be successful it has to be inspiring, none more ...

A record of what we are

Glass Archive

May 2, 2014

Archive, Avant Art, Culture, Feature

“We are now making history, and the sun picture supplies the means of passing down a record of what we are, and what we have achieved in this 19th century …” John Thomson, 1891. Such a statement could on...

Get caught up In the Pradasphere – the makings of Miuccia

Livia Feltham

May 1, 2014

Culture, Fashion, Feature, Glass Design, News, Shopping Guide

A new day dawned for Prada yesterday, and on said day, the all-encompassing Pradasphere took flight. Prada, “a cosmos of its own”, is now Harrods’ honoured guest for the duration of this month, and, just our lu...

It’s a kind of magic

Bonnie Friend

May 1, 2014

Avant Art, Feature

On a chilly evening, hopefully one of the last remaining few, I sat drinking copious amount of tea with Jonny Briggs. This is a man with whom conversation will never need alcoholic lubrication. To see the wor...

Dive into reality

Xenia Founta

April 30, 2014

Culture, Feature

“In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.” Fared Stieglitz’s sentiment seems to be reflected in the images of best established and emerging photographers in the fo...

The Trench factor – Burberry celebrates 100 years of its timeless fashion garment

Livia Feltham

April 29, 2014

Culture, Feature

What exactly could it be that makes the Burberry trench the most significant steadfast article of outerwear that still retains a timeless recognition? Its various – unassuming, yet consistently, vague...