PMFW18: Louis Vuitton
IN A moment bittersweet, Kim Jones revealed his last ever collection today for the Louis Vuitton men’s autumn 2018 show. The final debut was marked by a culmination of culture, futurism and Jones' thirst for ad...
PFWM18: Rick Owens
SHOWCASED in the Palais de Tokyo, the latest Rick Owens collection Sisyphus continued to develop the androgynous aesthetic he’s known for. A neutral palette and visible stitching lends a rawness, which is enhan...
Message in a bottle – Glass interviews leading perfumer Francis Kurkdjian
FRANCIS Kurkdjian is one of the world’s greatest perfumers. Since creating Le Male for Jean Paul Gaultier in 1995, one of the most popular fragrances ever, when the Paris-born Kurkdjian was only 26, he went to ...
Glass discovers holistic heaven at world’s first Cinq Mondes Spa & Wellness Retreat
LIKE many of the finer things in this world, Cinq Mondes Spa originates from France, a country with undoubtable elegance and a enormous reputation for understanding the importance of health, beauty and relaxati...
Glass previews Eiji Ohashi’s solo show at Galerie &co119, Paris
VENDING machines in Japan, a postwar phenomenon, can now be found everywhere, not only in cities such as Tokyo and Osaka, but in the remotest parts of the country, dispensing sodas, beer, coffee, cigarettes, an...
Modigliani show opens at Tate Modern, London
THE Tate Modern is opening an exhibition of the largest collection of Amadeo Modigliani’s work ever shown in the UK. Modigliani is known for his paintings, the show also includes his rarely seen experiments wi...
Burberry brings the Here We Are exhibition to Hong Kong
THE Burberry Here We Are exhibition has travelled cross-continent from its original home of the Old Sessions House in Clerkenwel,l London, across to Hong Kong, bringing an insight into British culture. Located ...
SS18 The Glass Round-Up – London, Milan, Paris
GLASS rounds up the highlights from the recent SS18 fashion weeks in fashion capitals – Paris, Milan and London.
In tribute with a capital T to the true Yves Saint Laurent girl, Anthony Vaccarello’s SS18 col...
PFW SS18: Chanel
MORE typical of a Parisian summer day, the sun shone exceptionally strong on Grand Palais this week. The Chanel-clad ladies who queued up for the show seemed to regret their choice of wool-tweed jackets and qui...
PWF SS18: Balmain
BALMAIN’S designer Olivier Rousteing showcased his SS18 collection in the elegance of Paris. With the venue full, it set out to be an extravagant show.
With models literally dominated the cat...
PFW SS18: Comme des Garçons
EXTRAVAGENT and eccentric, with hints of religious artistry. Comme des Garçons’s SS18 collection gives us garments that seem like renaissance paintings.
More than clothes, the garments are art. Lik...
Louis Vuitton unveils their Place Vendôme flagship store in Paris
ARCHITECT Peter Marino merges two historic Parisian mansions at Place Vendôme to create an extravagant new Louis Vuitton flagship store, honouring the founder’s Parisian beginnings. Returning the four floors to...
PFW SS18: Valentino
VALENTINO’s SS18 collection is something other-worldly. With designs that come from the extraordinary Pierpaolo Piccioli who has overseen Valentino’s creative direction for eight years, this collection mainly f...
PWF SS18: Rick Owens
WEIRD and wonderful, that’s what we think when someone mentions Rick Owens, and that’s what we got from him for his SS18 collection. Avant–garde as ever, the show was a feast of art to the eyes, ready to awe th...
PFW SS18: Chloé
ANOTHER fashion house hosting a designer debut this season is Chloé, joining Jil Sander, Givenchy where Chloé’s former creative director Clare Waight Keller is premiering, and Lanvin. Natacha Ramsay-Levi, the f...
PFW SS18: Dries Van Noten
THIS was a truly “Dries Van Noten” collection full of prints, textures and art references such as Picasso’s Femmes à leur toilette painting from 1938 employing the technique of collaging using an eclectic mix o...
PFW SS18: Lanvin
WITH only 40 days to create his collection, Olivier Lapidus showed at Paris Fashion week as the new creative director of Lanvin. Expectations were high for Lapidus, after the departure from two other creative d...
PFW SS18: Saint Laurent
IN tribute with a capital T to the true Yves Saint Laurent girl, Anthony Vaccarello’s SS18 collection felt touched by the spirit of the recently departed Pierre Bergé. This was the first show the long-time busi...
PFW SS18: Christian Dior
ONE year after Maria Grazia Chiuri showed her first collection at Dior, the fashion house started PFW with a triumph. Chiuri created her own It girl image in 2017 at Dior with her We Should All Be Feminists t-s...
The new Chanel two-tone boot is debuted
THE classic two-tone style shoe from Chanel is back for the brand’s AW17/18 collection. First created by Gabriella Chanel herself back in 1957 in the style of a sling-back heel, the shoe was known as “the heigh...
Haute Couture Fall 2017: Elie Saab
OPEN your books to the chapter titled A Tale Of Fallen Kings – that’s exactly what the Elie Saab Fall 2017 haute couture collection was – a fairytale book. The Lebanese designer showcased his latest romantic, m...