Chic becomes Dublin
The born-again, post-austerity Dublin – small but perfectly formed – is a cornucopia of elegant places to be, from stylish hotels to quality restaurants and lovely, lovely things to buy – plus lots to gaz...
London College of Fashion BA14 Graduate Show
When you throw 26 budding young designers into the mix it makes it all the more easier to notice those memorable individuals with a real unbridled talent. Glass took on that knowing responsibility at the London...
Milan Menswear SS15: Versace
Versace maketh the man, and what a mighty good man they make. Undeniably, the thaumaturgy behind their menswear offerings is due to the pleasure Donatella takes in sculpting Hercules incarnate. This season was ...
Milan Menswear SS15: Dolce & Gabbana
Blood and sand and all of the other best bits of the “Spanish influence in Sicily between 1576 and 1713” made Dolce & Gabbana’s SS15 menswear presentation. “Made” has a little bit too much restraint though,...
Pucci Goes Large
Pucci has made its mark on its hometown’s landmark Baptistery, and over this past week if you happen to have been anywhere near Florence’s Battistero di San Giovann, one of the city’s oldest intact buildings, y...
David Lynch Revisited at the Barbican, London
It takes the contrast of a sunny morning to reflect on how delightfully bizarre last night’s dream was. What was spine-tingling then, is not so now – merely, a thrilling, removed feeling.
Running i...
V&A and China Merchants Group announce first major museum of design in China
This past week the state-owned corporation, China Merchants Group, and the worlds largest museum of decorative arts and design, the Victoria and Albert Museum, signed, sealed and are set to deliver th...
Art Basel 2014: Domenico Gnoli Beds
Domenico Gnoli’s life could be summarised as the classic story of an underappreciated painter who gains notoriety late in life.
Gnoli was born in 1933 to a family of art lovers. His father was an art historian...
LC:M Gieves and Hawkes SS15
Gieves & Hawkes output is always watertight. There is something about being the most respected mainstay on Savile Row that takes you places, and after over 200 years of creating some of the finest bespoke g...
LC:M Xander Zhou SS15
Xander Zhou was loud – I think he wanted to prove a point. Hot, heavy and throbbing, Zhou’s SS15 demonstration, labelled Hyperdrive, was a rather luring foray into the male psyche. As utility-glam as can be, th...
Join in the Fendi fun at Harrods
Time flies when you’re having Fendi fun. So make your way to Harrods right away to see the bright lights and furry amusements at the Fendi Fun pop-up on the Ground Floor of the Knightsbridge store, in what is s...
LC:M Maharishi SS15
As Maharishi bag themselves a spot on this season’s LC:M schedule, Glass is excited to see what this famous ‘90s brand has designed here in the year 2014!
Inspiration for the show sees Maharishi travel to th...
LC:M Burberry Prorsum SS15
The sun is shining on day three at London Collections Men! And the wonderful atmosphere has all been perfectly arranged by the team at Burberry. Set in Kensington Gardens, the weather and the collection just co...
LC:M Craig Green SS15
Craig Green’s debut solo show is nothing short of poetic beauty. Executed in a palette heady with chemical brights and tonic navy’s the SS15 collection is engaging and wonderfully put together. The silhouette c...
LC:M Alexander McQueen SS15
Sarah Burton OBE is slowly but surely taking McQueen down new routes with just the respect that should befit such a titled house. So a move to neo-McQueen sportswear was called for, and for all intents and purp...
Ai Weiwei’s Forever Bicycles installed at Venice Architecture Biennale
For the last week Venice has been flooded with global architects, designers and artists as its’ International Architecture Biennale – curated by Rem Koolhaas – has opened up for its 14th year. As part of the cr...
Beauty Editor’s Pick: Illamasqua Matte Liquid Lips
A beauty editor and product-junkie I may be. But let me tell you this – I’m not one of those women who are constantly whipping a lipstick out of their purse or tapping their nose with a powder puff every five ...
LC:M SS15: James Long
A primary-colour storm tore through James Long’s menswear this season, though a sporty splice of the tropics steadied the stormy semblance before a boisterous boxing motif ramped up the high-energy. It was boxi...
LC:M Richard James SS15
Atten-hut, it's time for the desert rats to come out and play. Richard James of Savile Row took us to the faraway reaches of the Saharan desert today and stationed us with the desert rat troopers of the late Th...
LC:M Moschino SS15
Since the last certain fast food chain inspired collection, all round club kid and pop culture fashion enthusiast Jeremy Scott for Moschino has become a something of a talking point across all fashion cliques...
LC:M Topman Design SS15
Cord flares, floppy barnets and skin tight daisy jacquard knitwear all brought out to a feet-tapping funky soundtrack must of meant only one thing at LC:M, let’s do the time warp again? Glass’ multiple musings ...