Feature - The Glass Magazine

Covent Garden’s Crudo makes ceviche and cocktails easy

July 17, 2023

WHEN IT comes to central London, I'm not sure what's harder - to navigate through the visiting slower-paced tourists or finding a place to eat that doesn't disappoint. It's those little hidden gems in Covent G...

Glass presents “I put a seashell to my ear” – a fashion editorial by Paul Farrell and Celine Sheridan

Amber Imogen Star Backhouse

July 12, 2023

Fashion, Feature

THE TREASURES of a Mallorcan beach offer us romantic visuals filled with colour and textures. Its rugged lines translate perfectly into the patterns and silhouettes of the fabric in motion. Photograph...

Glass enjoys the culinary masterpiece of Berners Tavern with Giuseppe D’Aniello

Amber Imogen Star Backhouse

July 11, 2023

Dining, Feature, Food & Drink

EXCELLENCE is a word Berners Tavern at The Edition, London has adopted with pride. The award-winning Berners Tavern, located in London’s celebrated Fitzrovia neighbourhood, is a gastronomic gem under the direc...

Glass receives a royal welcome at the palatial Shangri-La hotel, Paris

Amanda Bernstein

July 10, 2023

Feature, France, Travel

THE LAVISH Shangri-La Paris was previously the private residence of Prince Roland Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte’s grandnephew. This 19th century French architectural gem, classified as a historical monument sin...

PFW AW23 Couture: Valentino

Imogen Clark

July 7, 2023

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature

THERE have only been a handful of times that Anna Wintour has stood up with applause following a fashion show. It has become such a significant rarity that when she lifted herself off her chair after the Valen...

The Crucible – Arthur Miller’s Masterpiece comes to the West End

Derby Jones

July 5, 2023

Culture, Don't Miss: Theatre, Feature

FOLLOWING a sold-out run at the National Theatre, Arthur Miller’s great witch-hunt drama has now taken up residency in the West End, at the Gielgud Theatre. Exactly seven decades after the play debuted in New ...

Glass exclusively showcases the Attracta Beauty Awards 2023

Imogen Clark

July 4, 2023

Beauty, Feature

CONTINUING our partnership with the Attracta Beauty Awards in 2023, this year the theme of the prizes was centred around the phrase 'Beauty Is Integrity'. Recognised across this sector as one of the highest ac...

Glass unwinds in the charm of Hart Shoreditch

Alicia Tomkinson

July 4, 2023

Feature, Travel, United Kingdom

UPON arriving at the Hart Shoreditch Hotel London, Curio Collection by Hilton, I'm taken aback by how seamlessly this building blends into the high street. The effortless modern charm of the hotel presents a w...

Glass experiences unprecedented luxury at Raffles Doha, Qatar

Adina Ilie

July 3, 2023

Feature, Rest Of The World, Travel

JUMPING on an impromptu 8-hour flight for a 3-day stay highlights my serendipitous personality. Luckily, this time around, it happened as news of the reopening of Raffles in Doha surfaced. A...

Exploring wine and art at the edge of the Mediterranean

Olga Petrusewicz

June 30, 2023

Drinks, Feature, France

LIGHT afternoon breeze welcomes me as I arrive in Provence, a home of a family-owned vineyard Château Sainte Marguerite. Picturesque architecture and long rows of vines spreading across the south-facing s...

Glass’ picks on Glastonbury 2023’s most stylish performers

Alicia Tomkinson

June 29, 2023

Fashion, Feature, Music

UNLESS you've been living under a rock this past week, Glastonbury 2023 took to the fields, dosing us with live music satisfaction and a lot of sunburnt shoulders. Join us in counting down the festival's most ...

Alexander McQueen breaks into beauty with launch of candle collection

Imogen Clark

June 28, 2023

Design, Feature

MARKING their first venture into the beauty and interior sphere, Alexander McQueen launches a candle collection. Made up of three unique scents - Ghost Flower, Pagan Rose and Savage Bloom - the nature-inspired...

Glass escapes the city heat at London’s Sloane Place

Ben Sanderson

June 27, 2023

Feature, London, Travel

SITUATED in the heart of Chelsea, a stone's throw from the bustling Sloane Square, is the new Sloane Place hotel. Having opened just two years ago, the residence mixes modern luxury with classical comforts, ye...

PFWM SS24: Givenchy

Ben Sanderson

June 27, 2023

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature, Menswear

THE LATEST collection from Givenchy is a reiteration of menswear staples, as imagined through the lens of Matthew M. Williams. Denim two pieces, suiting separates, tank tops, bomber jackets, all given a France...

PFWM SS24: Dior

Imogen Clark

June 26, 2023

Fashion Shows, Feature, Menswear

KIM JONES' appointment at Dior in 2018 was met with both intrigue and excitement. How was the British designer going to translate the couture heritage into menswear whilst still maintaining his contemporary to...

Change Author // Glass Tastes a Wee Dram on Orkney

Glass tastes a wee dram on the isle of Orkney

Sean Sheehan

June 26, 2023

Feature, Travel, United Kingdom

IF EINSTEIN, having showed how time is relative to its own frame of reference, had visited the Orkney archipelago he might have been tempted to extend his insight into the naming of places. The largest and mos...

PFWM SS24: Wales Bonner

Imogen Clark

June 23, 2023

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature

FOR A brand whose staple is an intricately crafted tracksuit, it seems apt that Wales Bonner's latest collection takes a moment to focus on the very silhouette that has gained her popularity. Still remaining c...

Glass speaks to Victoria Grant – the British milliner crafting timeless narratives between traditional artistry and modern flair

Zlata Kryudor

June 22, 2023

Fashion, Feature

IN THE world of millinery, there are few names as revered and recognised as Victoria Grant. Known for her audacious creativity and unique aesthetic, Grant has carved an impressive niche for herself in the fash...

Pharrell ushers in a new era at Louis Vuitton with SS24

Imogen Clark

June 21, 2023

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature, Menswear

THIS WAS no ordinary debut show. Louis Vuitton's highly anticipated spring-summer 2024 menswear collection marked not only the beginning for the newly appointed Pharrell Williams as its creative director but a...

Celine Haute Parfumerie opens at London’s Harrods

Imogen Clark

June 21, 2023

Beauty, Feature

AFTER its successful summer pop-up last month in Harrods, Celine is returning to London's luxury fashion behemoth to open their first dedicated Haute Parfumerie outside of Paris. Taking up space in the Beauty ...

MFWM SS24: JW Anderson

Imogen Clark

June 20, 2023

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature, Menswear

THE SHOW notes of JW Anderson's spring-summer 2024 show describe the collection as both crude and blunt. Separately these adjectives are far from being positive but the very nature of Jonathan Anderson's epony...