PFW SS17: Valentino
VALENTINO, since 2008 the result of a design duo acclaimed for stylish synergy, is now a one-man show. Pier Paulo Piccioli is that man – the sole creative director whose partner in cloth since around about the ...
New Looks – The changing face of Dior’s atelier
In the beginning Monsieur Dior gave us light. Radiated via the luminous ivory silk of the structured jacket belonging to the iconic monochrome Bar suit that exemplified the French fashion designer’s iconic new ...
Glass investigates the rise of haute couture in China
Couture in China – Glass investigates the rise of couture in China and asks whether Asia could provide a lifeline for fashion’s highest art form
HAUTE couture, French for “high sewing” has long been synonymous...
From the archive – Glass spends a day in Paris with the inimitable Audrey Tautou
FROM the Glass archive – Talented, accomplished, beautiful. Glass spends a day in Paris with one of its finest exports, the inimitable Audrey Tautou
Audrey Tautou is one of those rare birds. She is simultaneou...
Haute Couture Spring 2016: Valentino
Making their way through a bed of roses, the models almost floated in their lightness and fluidity, accentuated by a haze of pleated chiffon gowns, which were at the core of Valentino’s haute couture collection...
Menswear AW16 Paris: Valentino
Valentino’s AW16 Menswear collection could be described as the ultimate sartorial mullet - business in the front, party in the back. The two faces of Valentino came together in full force to present a show cont...
PFW SS16: Valentino
The Valentino show for SS16 had its quiet moments with simple dresses in black or neutral colours but for most part it was pretty wild as the designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli were so clearly...
Changing Cerruti
No one can be the new (or next) Nino Cerruti. Nor should anyone try to be. The dashing founder of Cerruti is irreplaceable, inimitable. He is the consummate sartorialist, embodying la grande bellezza – the gr...
Dolce & Gabbana and Valentino go off schedule for Fall 2015 Haute Couture
Two of couture’s most illustrious players, Valentino and Dolce & Gabbana, chose to debut their latest array of one-off designs off schedule this season to emphasise that they are each in leagues of their ow...
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...
PFW AW15: Valentino
The Valentino show for AW15 started off small and ended big. The black and white beginning was very minimal including the bare make-up of the models with only a hint of brown eye-shadow and hair clipped at the ...
Paris Menswear AW15: Valentino
Valentino’s top creative dogs Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli’s stuck to the house codes this season for a menswear presentation staged in harmony with the design house’s affinity with pattern making...
The well-heeled world of Valentino
Harrods, are launching of The World of Valentino next month. Equipped with a brand new, exclusive to Harrods, capsule collection, Valentino have presented an explosion of colour drawing from the brands 1973 co...
PFW SS15: Valentino
It began with an opening of several navy looks; from head to toe, Valentino used block colouring to present classic smart styles. Deviating from this classicism to also include folk design, retro print was spl...
Shoes, glorious shoes at Harrods Shoe Heaven
Let’s get to the point, when it comes to shoes, there is nothing more heavenly that heels. Harrods knows this, we know this, and you should too, but just in case you need to remind yourself what made Sonia Ryki...
New Model Army – Glass meets Iris Somen
A new face on the modelling scene, 18-year-old Solvenian model Iris Somen, hails from the town of Ptuj and is represented in the UK by Profile. Iris was scouted at a concert in her home country.
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Paris Menswear SS15: Valentino
In Paris this menswear season Valentino was a little bit of this and a little bit of that. This was free-spirited and that was evocative of calmer days gone by. Well, as it goes, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpao...
PFW AW14: Valentino
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli have been at the helm of the Valentino label for five years now, with admirable success. The rejuvenation of the brand, their meticulously researched and executed coll...
Valentino SS14 Haute Couture
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaola Piccioli truly know how to thrill and win over the cognoscenti. The duo has yet again created a fantastical collection, yet this time with an unexpected turn in direction. Ever...
Paris Fashion Week: Valentino
The past seasons we have grown blissfully accustomed to Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli reinterpretation of the Valentino brand – a romantic historicism in a thoroughly new way. This Spring/Summer 2...
Valentino Couture SS13
There has been much talk of late of a new era in fashion, both in couture and pret-a-porter. A desire for beautiful yet wearable clothes and the sea change in certain fashion houses, both in appointments and di...