Fall 2015 Haute Couture: Versace Atelier
Donatella Versace traded in the usual Italo-house thrills for some more traditional frills at a rather atypical couture offering from Versace Atelier in Paris.
Landing somewhere in-between Woodst...
Fall 2015 Haute Couture: Ulyana Sergeenko
The latest couture presentation staged by high fashionista Ulyana Sergeenko instantly placed the style conscious socialite at the top of the haute hit parade, despite being one of the first collections to make ...
Soaking up the je ne sais quoi
Parisian chic – that certain je ne sais quoi that many of us Brits like to try to absorb on long weekends across the channel – is an elusive attribute. There are places in the city, however, where the essence o...
Paris Menswear SS16: Paul Smith
Paul Smith did things his own way this season by fashioning his latest collection as a contemporary take on the new wave that hit music and fashion vice versa in the late ‘70s, lingering throughout the ‘80s.
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Paris Menswear SS16: Saint Laurent
Hedi Slimane’s, and I stress – Slimane’s, Saint Laurent took one of its wackier turns this season, in a grunge-fest of Southern Californian riders on the storm in Kurt Cobain sunglasses proportions. That may we...
Paris Menswear SS16: Balmain
Showcasing his first men’s wear collection for Balmain, Olivier Rousteing decorated the Parisian runway with a variety of safari-inspired looks; encapsulating the essence of British explorers.
Like many SS16...
Paris Menswear SS16: Dior
Dior kept it very cool and collected for SS16, with menswear creative director Kris Van Assche drawing on Dior’s age old ability to refresh and refine luxury. This was centred precisely around a very modest exe...
Paris Menswear SS16: Sacai
Sacai’s Chitose Abe pulled out all of the stops in Paris this season for menswear SS16 by concocting a bricolage mish-mash of the flurry of textiles that the brand incorporates into their unmistakable brand ide...
Paris Menswear SS16: Berluti
Berluti stuck to a safe selection of painterly primary colour hues, something that menswear is constantly trying its damnedest to popularise, and layered monochromes for a swish SS16 collection. LVMH’s resident...
Paris Menswear SS16: Givenchy
At Givenchy this season, in his latest blast of high-style menswear, Riccardo Tisci took pseudo-religious brutalism to new heights. While his direction this season was guided by a higher power, it swerved unste...
Paris Menswear SS16: Louis Vuitton
Over at Louis Vuitton this menswear season designer Kim Jones took his latest collection for the house on yet another voyage that spanned the length of Oriental chinoiserie and the breadth of Americano sportswe...
Why vinegar is the secret to great hair this summer
Summer isn’t good news where our hair is concerned. All that sweltering heat and perspiration can leave it greasy and stuck to the side of our face – not to mention it ending up dry and dull from all that sun, ...
Paris Menswear SS16: Valentino
On the first day of the Paris-based leg of menswear SS16’s gala performances, Valentino revealed its most unbridled side. Building on the fashion house’s increasingly fanciful transition now that Maria Grazia C...
Paris Menswear SS16: Raf Simons
Raf Simons was inspired by the 1970’s for SS16 – tartan patterns, extra wide flared trousers, even head scarves made an appearance on the catwalk for this collection.
Throughout the show any of the model...
A secret sanctuary
The 16th arrondisement in Paris, much like New York’s Upper East Side or London’s Knightsbridge, is a district synonymous with affluence and prestige. It is also the largest, with the grand Palais de Chaill...
Being human – Glass meets Christopher Anderson, one of the Magnum Photos collective’s rising stars
Being human - Glass meets Christopher Anderson, one of the Magnum Photos collective’s rising stars
Christopher Anderson, one of the Magnum Photos collective’s rising stars, explores the textures of human emo...
Années Folles
Pondering the 1920s instantly conjures rich images of extravagance and frivolity, of high-octane nightlife and rebellious dress, thriving society and decadent indulgence. For the after-dark mondaine of the ...
Glass previews Peugeot’s new state-of-the-art food truck
“Food, and products relating to food, are things we’ve been building since the business opened. It was a food business that started the Peugeot business.” said Design Lab head Cathal Loughnane whe...
Martell Cognac celebrates 300th anniversary with Diane Kruger as Brand Ambassador
Martell Cognac celebrates their 300th anniversary this week with the appointment of Diane Kruger as brand ambassador. The international cognac house has selected the German actress, fashion model and Francophil...
Contrarian couturier
Yohji Yamamoto, whose clothing designs revolutionised the sartorial codes of the late 20th century, reveals to Peter Yeoh his views on how intelligent fashion can transcend sexuality, cultural boundar...
PFW AW15: Stella McCartney
Stella McCartney has a knack for making everything look effortless. This season, she stresses that by using thick winter fabrics like wool in a delicate, swishy manner that belies their stiffer materiality. Str...