PFW AW16: Saint Laurent
Aside from the more crucial proceedings for Saint Laurent in Paris this evening, namely presenting 42 haute couture ensembles at Hôtel de Sénecterre, Hedi Slimane brought sexy back onto the schedule. If not mor...
PFW AW16: Givenchy
GIVENCHY’S Riccardo Tisci whipped AW16 back to Paris this season where the designer laid on all the usual Givenchy-isms but with the emphasis on mystic. Placing the symbol of the eye at the clandestine crux of ...
PFW AW16: Hermès
At first glance Hermès played it very safe for AW16, taking it back to the all but rather inoffensive basics to deliver a collection that was nonetheless delightful. On much closer inspection you’ll see creativ...
PFW AW16: Balenciaga
BALENCIAGA is back. It’s bold, brilliant and – due to all this creative upheaval – it just about feels like Balenciaga again. Stepping in as recently appointed creative director is Demna Gvasalia, of the fashio...
PFW AW16: Mugler
DAVID Koma has put his all into his latest collection for Mugler this season, delivering glam graphic aesthetics and seriously sexy silhouettes. Truth be told it was probably the most “all” he has put into a s...
PFW AW16: Lanvin
THROWBACKS were on the agenda for the design team designated to fill the void that Alber Elbaz’s shock departure in October of last year left at the Paris-based fashion house, Lanvin. A throwback to Alber’s hey...
PFW AW16: Balmain
BALMAIN’S creative director Oliver Rousteing newly uniformed Balmain army for AW16 and – curiously enough – newly coiffured while he was at it. Mixing up the dye jobs, Gigi went brunette, Kendall went dirty blo...
Perfumed Genius – Francis Kurkdjian launches Baccarat Rouge 540
IN FRANCOIS Truffaut’s film of Ray Bradbury sci-fi title Fahrenheit 451, this is the temperature of the auto-ignition point of paper — the heat at which it will catch fire without being exposed to an external f...
Join the Glass Pack this AW16 season …
MAKE sure to keep up to date with all of the upcoming Womenswear AW16 goings-on over the next fashion month on Glass Online. From New York to London to Milan and finally to Paris, Glass will be providing up-to-...
Glass meets the design duo behind the Parisian handbag brand Amey Martin
“Amey Martin is a mix of excellent quality, natural leather, handmade exclusively in France, with contemporary touches,” say Jean Baptiste Amey and Kitesy Martin, the designers behind the young handbag label, w...
Glass interviews British actor Saffron Burrow
Hackney-native Saffron Burrows first emerged on the acting scene at the age of 17, formerly trying her hand at theatre as a young adolescent. At the age of 15, Burrows found herself taking a dip in th...
Haute Couture Spring 2016: Jean-Paul Gaultier
This week in Couture, Gaultier introduced a collection that is capable of making the late, great and much-lamentedDavid Bowie rise from the dead and sing with joy some of his 1980s output. It was a collection o...
Menswear AW16 Paris: Umit Benan
Turkish designer Umit Benan’s love affair with Japan cannot be understated. Following his much-loved Tokyo store and recent Oniki collaboration with Japanese brand Tomorrowland, it only makes sense he would loo...
Menswear AW16 Paris: Givenchy
Riccardo Tisci has made a name for himself as one of the most prominent menswear designers of today, and in Paris this past week his Givenchy tour de force struck gold once again. Showing his collection in a pi...
Haute Couture Spring 2016: Armani Privé
Giorgio Armani palliated the couture high jinks he’s opted for in the past this season in Paris, delivering a little more subtle play on springtime custom-made garments for the world’s high net worth cognoscent...
Haute Couture Spring 2016: Chanel
Karl Lagerfeld’s couture outing for Chanel this season represented a gentle reflection of the softer side of the fashion industry, and not just the gossamer fine silks that made up a portion of his Spring 2016 ...
Haute Couture Spring 2016: Alexis Mabille
Alexis Mabille created classic couture for his eponymous couture house in Paris this season, doing so in a similar fashion to previous collections with one demarcating factor however; Spring 2016 was only about...
Haute Couture Spring 2016: Christian Dior
Christian Dior Spring 2016, a conundrum if ever there was one and we are all thinking it. Sans any trace of a virtuoso creative director, Dior moved forward and gave the names Lucie Meier and Serge Ruffieux as ...
Haute Couture Spring 2016: Schiaparelli
Schiaparelli’s creative director of eclectic couture creations, Bertrand Guyon, had good old fashioned gastronomy on the brain this season and went about seeking all the right ingredients for a fashionable cele...
Haute Couture Spring 2016: Atelier Versace
Atelier Versace plunged necklines, scooped out cut-outs and hiked up hem slits to the hilt in Paris last night at their Spring 2016 couture show. Styling these statements with unashamed aplomb the legendary Ita...
Menswear AW16 Paris: Dior Homme
Kris Van Assche, the creative head of Dior’s menswear division - Dior Homme, made his new collection stand out this season in Paris with a menacing play on a brazen red and black colour scheme which pitted clas...