Through the eye of the beholder
“The world breaks everyone, and afterwards many are strong in the broken places.” Perhaps Hemingway had a little insight into our ongoing romance with semi-destruction in his rather poignant line ...
Marion Cotillard is Lady Dior
This Summer, Marion Cotillard reprises her elegant personification of the Dior Lady. Jean-Baptiste Mondino’s latest campaign for the House’s classic handbag sees the actress embody the light, liberated and care...
Plisskën festival 2014 line up announced
The line-up for Plissken music festival 2014 has just been announced. The annual festival, held in Athens, features a wide array of various music genres and aims to bring eclectic artists to Greece. The music e...
First exhibition dedicated to Raymond Pettibon’s Surfers
Venus Over Manhattan will present the first exhibition dedicated to Raymond Pettibon’s acclaimed “surfer paintings”. Are Your Motives Pure? brings together 40 works from 1987-2012, and includes small, monochrom...
A new branch on the Mulberry tree
As a brand steeped in prestige, Mulberry’s knowing ability to conjure up an ideal rustic image of Somerset, or at least an image of English Arcadian pastoralism, is in part down to putting all their chips on ma...
Leading lights
Tate Britain has announced its spring season of BP Spotlights. BP Spotlights are displays of works from the Tate collection that explore particular themes or subjects or focus on the work of one artist. Thi...
Spiritual as Mountains at Pearl Lam Galleries
Pearl Lam Galleries Hong Kong will present Spiritual as Mountains, a group exhibition of contemporary Chinese art inspired by the spirituality of nature and traditional Chinese culture. Curated by Wang Chunchen...
Simply does it
In a world of perpetual information, constant conversation, and complex debate, it is an unbridled breath of fresh air and a proverbial sigh of relief to come across someone whose view liberates you from th...
La Perla Lotus Pearl
The well-known and much coveted Italian lingerie brand, La Perla, has launched a new collection, The Lotus Pearl.
Elegant and feminine as always, this limited edition, brings to life the true excellence ...
Spring make-up report ‘14
Make-up trends tend to come and go – smoky eyes one minute, a red lip the next with the occasional bold statement sneaking in which rarely makes it beyond the catwalks and coffee houses of Soho (blue lips a...
Laura Mercier teams up with Ovarian Cancer Action
Those fond of beauty with a good cause behind it will no doubt welcome Laura Mercier’s three new launches, 100 per cent of the profits are being donated to the brand’s Ovarian Cancer Fund (LMOCF). An often over...
Lagerfeld takes London and the world stands by
Lagerfeld has officially touched down in London town, and the sultan of the fashion new order knows every in and every out of the capital city, indicating, soon after his Britannic invasion, that it is one of...
Designer spotlight – Florence Bridge
Florence Bridge is a young designer. Yes, she’s one of a million. Yet she belongs to a small, and deservedly thriving, cult of young talents who are tackling the industry with a head-on, DIY method of attac...
A super smiles for a good cause
The supers are almost as well-known for their philanthropic contributions as they are for the way in which they shaped fashion during the ‘90s, and now, the smouldering Helena Christensen, renowned goodwill pro...
Private collection of African Tribal Art in Hong Kong
For the first time in Hong Kong, a private collection of original West African art pieces will be showcased. Presented by Harbour of Art, Les Arts Premiers features ritual figures and masks from the Fang, Mambi...
PFW AW14: Elie Saab
With an ombre effect of aubergine clouding the opening of the Elie Saab AW14 show, Paris fashion week was subject to chic block colouring in an array of purples.
In true Elie Saab style, he featured elegant ...
Gold Vein: Delfina Delettrez AW14
Fine jeweller Delfina Delettrez presents Gold Vein – a suitably surreal offering for AW14. Moving on from her previous work with diamonds, the collection explores the simple beauty of precious coloured stones w...
Heal’s launches own-brand fabric collection
Not since the 1970s has a fabric department been so excited. The launch of Heal’s own-brand fabric collection has created quite a stir as we see the return of archived designs by very well established names, al...
Thierry Mugler’s top-off
Thierry Mugler is bringing back old-world luxury (and a subtle note of eco-friendly) with refillable perfume bottles, referential of a time before Ready To Wear and Over The Counter scents, when ladies woul...
HYSTERIA show of new work opens in Soho, London
Opening next week in one of Glass Magazine’s favourite Soho haunts, the exquisite French patisserie Maison Bertaux, all-female art collective HYSTERIA show their latest collection of work alongside that of inte...