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Tommy Hilfiger teams up with Stray Kids for SS24

April 2, 2024

HAVING tapped Kendall Jenner, Devon Lee Carson, Ebony Riley and many more for its previous spring-summer 2024 campaign, Tommy Hilfiger has just unveiled its latest exciting imagery. Teaming up with Stray K...

Louis Vuitton welcomes Le Sserafim as its latest brand ambassadors

Sophie Richardson

October 17, 2023

Fashion, News

THE FIVE members of the internationally acclaimed K-pop group LE SSERAFIM have recently been announced as Louis Vuitton’s newest House Ambassadors. Having debuted as a group in May 2022 under Source Media,...

Prada Mode heads to Seoul for its next film-inspired event

Sophie Richardson

August 22, 2023

Art, Culture, News

Prada Mode, a social club providing its members with exclusive cultural, artistic and dining experiences, heads to South Korea for its next instalment. Plural and Parallel, the 10th iteration of the event, wil...

Valentino Vintage returns for 2023 with seven global stores

Alicia Tomkinson

April 21, 2023

Fashion, News

FIRST launched in 2021, Valentino now expands its unique experience of a second-hand initiative to seven vintage stores in selected cities across the world including Milan, Paris, London, Los Angeles, New York,...

JENNIE becomes the latest face of the Chanel 22 bag

Ben Sanderson

March 22, 2023

Fashion, News

JENNIE, a star from the enigmatic K-Pop girl group BLACKPINK, has fronted the latest campaign for the Chanel 22 bag, merging the French sensibilities of the house with the streets of Seoul and her own creative ...

Ormonde Jayne launches new La Route de la Soie fragrance collection in Seoul’s Lotte Main

Joshua Hendren

August 3, 2021

Beauty, News

LONDON-based perfume house Ormonde Jayne has brought its signature British flair to South Korea with a brand-new collection launched exclusively at the prestigious Lotte Main department store in Seoul’s Jung-gu...

Glass escapes to Andaz, Seoul – a Hyatt concept

Simone Williams

November 16, 2020

Feature, Travel

GANGNAM has long been considered the arts and cultural precinct of the rapidly transforming city of Seoul, and now accommodation has been created to match the leaps in modernisation that the country is pioneeri...

Glass visits the Ryse Hotel, Seoul

Amanda Bernstein

October 12, 2020

Feature, Travel

THE Ryse Hotel is truly at home in Seoul’s vibrant Hongdae district in which it is intimately connected with the cultural liveliness of its surroun-dings. Taking inspiration from indepen-dent music venues, desi...

Gucci launches No Space, Just a Place in Seoul

Simone Williams

January 15, 2020

Art, Avant Art, News

GUCCI is paying homage to the diverse contemporary art landscape in Seoul, by engaging with a multi-layer exhibition, bringing visibility to the city’s alternative art spaces. The exhibition, curated by Myri...

Glass stays at the Signiel Seoul, a Korean castle in the clouds

Amanda Bernstein

October 7, 2019

Asia, Feature, Travel

THE 555 metre tall Lotte World Tower shimmers in the afternoon sunshine, seemingly piercing the cloudless Seoul sky. This two-year-old skyscraper, the highest structure on the Korean peninsula and sixth tallest...

British Fashion Council and Seoul Fashion Week continue partnership

Alicia Pountney

June 5, 2019

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

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THE British Fashion Council continues its partnership with Seoul Fashion Week, building on a program launched last year when Seoul Fashion Week funded the London debut of Korean menswear designers Blindness at ...

Chanel launches its second collaboration with Pharrel Williams

Lorna Tyler

April 1, 2019

Fashion, News

COLLABORATING once again, Chanel and Pharrell Williams have teamed up to create a capsule collection, cLuxury mpiled from Ready-to-Wear and accessories. Constructed from a rainbow colour palette, the collection...

Chanel to release capsule collection in collaboration with Pharrell Williams

Lupe Baeyens

November 5, 2018

Fashion, News

SEEMS like Pharrell Williams has found his new passion, after successfully establishing his name in the music industry, the Happy-singer once again joins forces with long-time friend Karl Lagerfeld. In collabor...

Glass exclusive – interview with K-Pop star Jackson Wang of GOT7

Tim Chan

June 29, 2018

Culture, Feature, Music

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All welcome Jackson Wang. He the biggest popstar you haven’t heard of – until now Jackson Wang is ready for a nap. “Maybe after this interview I can relax for two/three hours,” he says, between bites of...

Glass explores K-pop in London

Nicolas Bray

June 15, 2018

Glass LIVE, Music

INTRODUCED to K-Pop in 2012 with PSY’s song Gangnam Style, my understanding of K-Pop was that it was high energy electronic music with a tongue-in-cheek edge. I now realise that the style has evolved and has li...

The Chanel Mademoiselle Privé exhibition opens this month in Hong Kong

Gemma Power

January 3, 2018

Art, China, Exhibitions, Fashion, News

THE CHANEL Mademoiselle Privé exhibition launches this January in Hong Kong THE Chanel Mademoiselle Privé exhibition opens at PMQ in Hong Kong this month. Following the success of Chanel’s previous residencies...

Little Girl Lost – Glass interviews Korean-American filmmaker So Yong Kim

Peter Yeoh

June 30, 2016

Culture, Feature

Korean-American filmmaker So Yong Kim mines her past to make movies about girls left adrift by adults THE girls in So Yong Kim’s films don’t have happy childhoods. Everything unravels around them. Their pare...

Looking up

Glass Archive

April 30, 2015

Archive, Feature, Glass Design

Part one of a two-part series – Representations of self: the urban skyline “Skylines are urban signatures. They are the shorthand of urban identity, and the chance for urban flourish. Cities of all descr...

NYFW SS15: LIE SANG BONG

Alison Santighian

September 8, 2014

News

Man-about-Seoul Lie Sang Bong is an expert cross-industry collaborator and reigning Korean design king. Designing for nearly 20 years, he's an established commercial fashion entity. Contradictory to the expecta...

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