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Our Blushing Brides: Charming Couture at Alexis Mabille Spring 2014

January 21, 2014

In Paris, when the elite meet with one sartorial objective in mind, haute couture, that is exactly what they want, and in the case of the extraordinary Alexis Mabille, that’s precisely what we get, a fantastica...

Giambattista Valli Spring/Summer Couture 2014

Louise Lui

January 21, 2014

News

Fresh, youthful and spontaneous were the key words of Giambattista Valli’s couture show this season. Valli kept in line with his traditional botanical motifs and rich, sweeping fabrics, but reinterpreted them i...

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...

Atelier Versace kicks off Paris Haute Couture Week AW14

Cynthia Gregoire

January 20, 2014

News

Sunday night marked the beginning of Haute Couture Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 14 in Paris and is regarded as one of the finest fashion events in the world. Atelier Versace once again was the first show of t...

Prada Menswear AW 2014

Laura Rogliano

January 20, 2014

News

Prada’s Autumn/Winter 2014 menswear collection is a late 1970s movie director searching for a new identity, whose companion – a languid femme fatale in knee-length leather dress – introduces us a hyper-feminin...

A Shocking Epoch: Schiaparelli Haute Couture Spring 2014

Livia Feltham

January 20, 2014

News

When Elsa Schiaparelli closed the hallowed doors to her iconic maison in December 1954, it slowly sparked the almost mythical recherché that has been associated with the fabled name ever since, and today in Par...

Walk on the Wild Side: Balmain Menswear AW 2014

Jessica Quillin

January 20, 2014

News

Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing has brought a fresh, rocker look to the French brand in his nearly three years as Creative Director. His Autumn/Winter 2014 menswear is no exception, bringing a tribal flair to the b...

Jean Jeanie – Salon to Streetwear at Dior Homme AW14

Livia Feltham

January 19, 2014

News

“Jeans represent democracy in fashion,” proclaimed the original tour de force of European tailoring Giorgio Armani, and at Dior Homme on Saturday, for Kris Van Assche, the majority ruled, with a collection that...

Brit Elemental: Gucci Menswear AW14

Livia Feltham

January 19, 2014

News

In Milan, Frida Giannini’s vision of the Gucci gent, nimble, young and faintly disaffected, tapped into the omnipresent Anglophile spirit that continues to make London buzz as it becomes ever more international...

A Blushing Valentine with De Beers

Roberta Lister

January 19, 2014

News

This Valentine's Day, De Beers offer a flawlessly delicate collection of jewels which capture the spirit of romance. The collection sees classic designs reinvented in pink gold. At the centre of the collecti...

Anglomania X La Rinascente

Roberta Lister

January 19, 2014

News

Vivienne Westwood reveals a special Anglomania collection this month, created exclusively for Milan’s La Rinascente. The limited collection is an ode to the now-iconic SS 1985 mini-crini collection, and featu...

Tisci holds court at Givenchy Menswear AW14

Livia Feltham

January 17, 2014

News

Above all else, Givenchy’s AW14 mien is case in point that Riccardo Tisci has his finger firmly planted on the pulse of youth-quake forefront, with an acutely on point projection of the ice-cool urban affectati...

Bottega Veneta Menswear AW14

Emma Walsh

January 17, 2014

News

Updating the 21st century male outfit into a metrosexual haven, Bottega Veneta revealed their latest menswear collection for Milan fashion week. Like previous collections, Bottega Veneta encapsulated their s...

Utilitarian Savoir Faire for Louis Vuitton Menswear AW14

Livia Feltham

January 16, 2014

News

A compelling melody of bold, brassy, adventurous trumpets signalled the beginning of Louis Vuitton menswear today in Paris at the Parc André Citroën, enveloped by the cosmic azure of a marble-esque catwalk, rec...

Gieves and Hawkes at London Collections: Men – AW14

Calvin Baillie

January 16, 2014

News

When Glass recently met with Gieves and Hawkes’ inspiring and recently appointed creative director Jason Basmajian, the main theme of our discussion to emerge during our discussion was the brand’s need for mod...

Bharti Kher: Misdemeanours at the Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai

Louise Lui

January 15, 2014

Avant Art, News

Contemporary artist Bharti Kher will present her first major solo exhibition in Asia at the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai. Representing a survey of Kher’s work from the early 2000s to the present, Misdemeanou...

Vivienne Westwood’s Menswear Show AW14 in Milan

Cynthia Gregoire

January 14, 2014

News

Dame Vivienne Westwood’s AW 14 collection featured on day two of Milan’s menswear shows revealed a surprisingly “tame” collection. Models that resembled Barbie’s boyfriend Ken dolls took us through a series of...

Urban Cowboy Powerplay at Versace Menswear AW14

Livia Feltham

January 14, 2014

News

“Passion and love and sex and money – violence, religion, injustice and death,” the epithets stipulated by the Pet Shop Boys in 1986’s Paninaro, pertaining to the archetypal Italian paninaro boy of the decade. ...

Luxury Link Travel Group Launches In The UK

Amanda Bernstein

January 13, 2014

News, Travel, United Kingdom

The Luxury Link Travel Group has recently launched its award-winning travel website in the UK. Based in the US and already recognised as one of the world’s leading luxury travel websites, sophisticated travelle...

Steven Meisel shoots Prada SS 2014 Campaign

Cynthia Gregoire

January 13, 2014

News

Resembling a large sports team, or perhaps a street mob, models of the Prada S/S 2014 photo-shoot channel freedom and strength. Strong, bold rainbow colours mixed with contrasting accents of black and white w...

A bold new model for womanhood in 2014

Livia Feltham

January 12, 2014

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In Florence, widely regarded as the most beautiful city in the world, even fashion has infiltrated gastronomy, with the Cavalli Caffè Giacosa providing the perfect haunt for the fashion crowd that attended Pitt...