A stand-up guy
At only 19, London-born Eros Vlahos has racked up an impressive list of big-deal acting gigs – and it all started with a talent for comedy. Sent to try stand-up at Soho’s...
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Aquascutum AW14 Womenswear Collection
Aquascutum will always be synonymous with Britishness, but as of late there has been a slight trend emerging each season at the brand famed for unifying the United Kingdom’s famous tailoring with fashionable...
Bella Freud launches her first Eau de Parfums created by Azzi Glasser
Few perfumers are as inspiring to chat to, or as passionate about their subject as Azzi Glasser. Her colourful career has seen her create scents for well-known brands such as Agent Provocateur, Space NK...
Art and the post-post-modern self
Entering the exhibition, Don’t You Know Who I Am?, one is immediately faced with an extensive arrangement of mis-matched chairs from various eras and in various styles. Abstract, slightly confusing but imbued...
Hypothesis for an Exhibition. Giulio Paolini at Dominique Lévy, New York
The title Hypothesis for an Exhibition is a clear reference to Paolini’s 1963 work Ipotesi Per Una Mostra, which Giulio Paolini produced for his first exhibition for La Tortuga gallery in Rome but...
Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915 – 2015
It’s not just a coincidence that the Whitechapel Gallery announces its landmark abstract art exhibition for 2015. The Tate Modern and Tate Liverpool are currently displaying exhibitions of two major abstract artists –...
Hermès announce new artistic director for women’s RTW
Meanwhile in Paris this past week, Hermès has spoken; Lemaire is out and Vanhee-Cybulski is in. Usurping the previous head of design at Hermès, Christophe Lemaire, Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski has officially taken on Lemaire’s...
A great Gaelic escape
It’s not everyday your masseuse demands “Give me a hug!” at the end of a treatment. But in the case of Melissa, my deceivingly petite South African therapist at Galgorm Resort and...
British Fashion Council and Ebay launch BFC Contemporary initiative
One thing’s for certain, the BFC certainly has initiative and as of this week, they have a brand new one in place as well. This comes after this week’s launch of the BFC...
Lydia Yee announced New Chief Curator at Whitechapel Gallery
Lydia Yee has been appointed the New Chief Curator at London’s Whitechapel Gallery. Joining the over-a-century-old gallery and working closely with the Director Iwona Blazwick, Ms Yee will guide a broad programme of...
Shadows of rebellion
In a series of rare interviews, Glass speaks to four of China’s greatest poets to discover the underground movement that inspired a nation. I’m a poet, I’m the shadow of rebellion. Let...
Sky high luxury in East London
Cast an eye over the East London skyline, and apart from the small cluster of commercial buildings in Liverpool Street, you’ll see few skyscrapers, and even fewer residential ones. It’s a different...
Jean-Paul Gaultier launches Classique Intense
Nothing exudes boudoir glamour as much as Jean-Paul Gaultier’s signature corsets, famously worn by Madonna as part of her Blonde Ambition tour in the 1990s, or more recently, by androgynous male model Andrej...
Natural progression
The very first major solo exhibition is a turning point for any artist, though when it comes to Caroline Jane Harris, an artist whose innate instinct for what’s in the detail continues to...
Givenchy flagship store opens in Hong Kong’s Ocean Centre
Givenchy doesn’t just open a new store; they unlock the doors to sanctified ground. Their new duplex flagship in Hong Kong’s Ocean Centre shopping mall maintains this exact fashion philosophy with an aristocratic...
Great balls of fire (and water)
Galerie Perrotin Hong Kong invited French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel to create site- specific sculptures. Othoniel is well known for his works of colourful giant glass “necklaces”— the Pavilion of the Nightwalkers at...
Bernstock Speirs website launched
In celebration of their newly launched website, mad hatters Bernstock Speirs have commissioned a film by Romain Sellier, entitled Bunny Love. Their new e-shop will be making their designs available to a wider audience....
Alexander McQueen AW14 ad campaign launched
When Alexander McQueen does dark romance at the hands of photographer Steven Klein, every party involved does dark romance. Making a star symbol of British model Edie Campbell, the AW14 campaign captures the...
Colour vision
Despite being a beauty editor, I must confess a slight aversion to wearing anything other than a bold stroke of liquid liner and a few coats of mascara on the eyes. Eye shadow...
How to create an artwork
Joe Zucker’s “process” art over the last 40 years has been eccentric, puzzling and uniquely appealing in its formal logic. Varying wildly in approach and technique, his work is concerned with ideas of...
Roberto Cavalli opens the Cavalli Ibiza Restaurant & Lounge
Now that Roberto Cavalli’s newest Restaurant & Lounge in Ibiza is officially open, you’ll know where to find Glass next time we are nearby the Mediterranean Island’s mega marina. Situated on the most...
