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De Beers unveil Aria High Jewellery Collection

July 15, 2014

Fashion, Feature, Jewellery and Watches, News

This season De Beers are doing right by taking it back to the one thing that will always be emblematic of timelessness, the diamond. The new Aria High Jewellery collection, comprised of eight completely unique ...

Kenzo AW14 campaign launched

Livia Feltham

July 14, 2014

News

Kenzo are being ever so good to us this season, not only have they treated us all to snazzy new images from their AW14 campaign this past week, but the new campaign video is something that must be seen to be be...

A fire, fjords and ferries

Sean Sheehan

July 14, 2014

Art, Avant Art, Culture, Design, Dining, Europe, Feature, Food & Drink, Glass Design, News, Norway, Travel

The fire that broke out in the town of Ǻlesund in western Norway in 1904 became an act of creative destruction. There was one unfortunate fatality but the other 10,000 inhabitants, escaping the co...

Bulgari unveil new high jewellery collection in Paris

Livia Feltham

July 11, 2014

News

The stars came out to see the sparkle at the Bulgari MVSA high jewellery launch on Tuesday night in Paris during couture week. Being the precious stone powerhouse that they are, they set the scene remarkab...

Fall Haute Couture 2014: Zuhair Murad

Livia Feltham

July 11, 2014

News

Zuhair Murad’s couture materialisations this season were something of a trick of the eye, a superbly stitched sartorial trompe l’oeil if you will. Look a little closer at his stunning designs and you won’t get ...

Nancy Rubins at Gagosian Gallery, New York

Louise Lui

July 10, 2014

Avant Art, News

Gagosian Gallery will present Our Friend Fluid Metal, Nancy Rubins’ first major exhibition of sculpture in New York since 2006. Nancy Rubins is known for exploring the aesthetic possibilities of found objects, ...

Cahiers d’Art releases 100th issue featuring Hiroshi Sugimoto

Louise Lui

July 10, 2014

Avant Art, News

Cahiers d’Art, one of the most prominent publishers of the visual arts in the 20th century, will celebrate its 100th issue of the Cahiers d’Art revue since its debut in 1926. Issue No. 1, 2014 is the third edit...

Fall Haute Couture 2014: Armani Privé

Livia Feltham

July 10, 2014

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Glass Models, News

For high fashion this season Giorgio Armani stuck to those three rewarding basics – black, red and white. The beauty of that colour scheme when used correctly is that it is manifestly un-basic, and the veteran ...

Fall Haute Couture 2014: Alexis Mabille

Livia Feltham

July 9, 2014

News

Couture is always a little, if not a lot, wilder in its grandiose diction. Alexis Mabille is a designer who knows how to tame it though, while releasing its chicest inhibitions at the same time, but maybe that’...

Glass recommends: The Treatment Rooms, Brighton

Viola Levy

July 8, 2014

Beauty, Destination Spas, Feature, News, Travel

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside. A mere hour’s train ride from London, Brighton is a perfect spot for to enjoy a charming, traditional British holiday, where browsing the many vintage boutiques and takin...

Fall 2014 Haute Couture: Dior

Livia Feltham

July 8, 2014

Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature, Glass Models, News

It was Christian Dior who proclaimed “I created flower women” and even now flora is still a stylistic linchpin that won’t budge at Dior, it’s the kind of subject matter that isn’t too flamboyant for Raf Simons’...

Fall 2014 Haute Couture: Schiaparelli

Livia Feltham

July 8, 2014

News

Marco Zanini’s second interpretation of Haute Couture for the House of Schiaparelli, now fully alive and kicking after the well-known revival last season, was all about the shocking factor. In the most resource...

Fall 2014 Haute Couture: Atelier Versace

Livia Feltham

July 7, 2014

News

Here came the girls at Atelier Versace in Paris on the first day of Fall 2014’s parade of haute couture creations. In an ideal world if there was anyone who could fly the flag for la femme, now that the boys ha...

Artists’ Film International show at Whitechapel Gallery, London

Xenia Founta

July 7, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, News

This summer, the Whitechapel Gallery hosts a showcase of artists’ films from around the world for Artists’ Film International, a touring programme of film, video and animation. The Italian artist Yuri Ancara...

The 40th Anniversary of Diane von Furstenberg’s Wrap Dress

Livia Feltham

July 6, 2014

News

The life and wraps of Diane von Furstenberg present much to celebrate on this year, the 40th anniversary of the iconic wrap dress. To mark this special milestone online retailer MyTheresa have canonised the leg...

Go behind the scenes of La Perla AW14

Livia Feltham

July 5, 2014

News

La Perla have upped the amorous ante yet again this season with their new AW14 campaign for the debut of the Made-To-Measure collection. Bringing together photography duo Mert and Marcus under the artistic dire...

To Be Or Not To be – Giulio Paolini at Whitechapel Gallery, London

Xenia Founta

July 3, 2014

Avant Art, News

This July, the Whitechapel Gallery presents To Be Or Not To Be an exhibition featuring key works from the Renaissance to the present day by the Italian artist Giulio Paolini. The exhibition is comprised of p...

Lisson Gallery to open in Chelsea, New York City

Louise Lui

July 2, 2014

Avant Art, News

Lisson Gallery is set to open a new 8,500 square foot gallery space in the Chelsea neighbourhood of New York City. This marks an expansion of the gallery’s longstanding presence in New York City, and joins thre...

Miu Miu AW14 Ad Campaign

Livia Feltham

July 2, 2014

News

For Miu Miu’s AW14 ad campaign Steven Meisel screentests the newest avant-garde cinema sensation Stacy Martin in an ode to the Warholian ‘superstar’, often considered to be one of the pop artist’s greatest work...

First Rosewood Hotel to open in China – Rosewood Beijing

Amanda Bernstein

June 30, 2014

Asia, Beijing, News, Travel

The first property in China for Rosewood Hotels and Resorts is scheduled to open Summer 2014. The 283 room ultra–luxurious Rosewood Beijing is located in the central business centre of Beijing, Chaoyang Distric...

Paris Menswear SS15: Hermès

Livia Feltham

June 30, 2014

News

Hermès rubbed Glass up in just the right direction late last week at the Silk Ball in London, so we are all feeling rather good about them at the moment. What has become most apparent is the brand’s elements of...