Menswear AW16 Paris: Cerruti 1881
Jason Basmajian, previously of the tailor that takes up the No 1 spot on Savile Row, Gieves & Hawkes, made his first major sartorial move with his debut collection at Cerutti 1881 in Paris this season.
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Menswear AW16 Paris: Raf Simons
In his first show since leaving Dior, Raf Simons has severed ties with the French fashion house in more ways than one. The theme of the collection, according to the designer, is Nightmares and Dreams. Sending h...
Glass talks to author Joël Dicker about his collaboration with car brand DS automobiles
Glass visits Paris to talk to Swiss novelist Joël Dicker to discover the inspiration behind Dicker’s latest cast of fictional characters which stems from the author’s latest collaboration with hallmark French a...
Luxury leather brand Jitrois comes back with a revamped identity
The brand behind the original stretch leather, Jitrois, is on the cusp of re-entering international markets in a big way, bringing designer leather to wider audiences across the world.
Currently based in Par...
Issey Miyake 2015 holiday accessories collection
For the holiday season, the Japanese designer Issey Miyake is mixing art, fashion and culture into one limited edition collection, which will be sold across 12 stores in Asia, Europe and the US.
Drawing insp...
The authority of boldness
From the Glass archive: The authority of boldness – In a conversation with Glass, revered Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas talks about power, ethics and conciliatory architecture
There is no common sty...
Chanel Mademoiselle Privé comes to London
The Chanel Mademoiselle Privé exhibition closes this week, after being open to the London public for almost three weeks, taking over all three floors of the Saatchi Gallery.
As a maze of wonders, going up a...
Raf Simons leaves Dior
Raf Simons has stepped down as creative director of Dior. With the recent SS16 collection being his last during his three and a half years at the maison, Simons, 47, decision not to renew his contract comes as ...
Creed returns to its UK origins and opens Mayfair boutique
The term “storied heritage” can often sound like a cliché. However in the case of the perfume house Creed, the description is most apt as the company has a rich, long and fascinating history and is the only per...
In the final analysis
It was a season that saw some designers saying a new hello to the fashion pack (Peter Copping’s debut as creative director at Oscar de la Renta), some bidding adieu (Alexander Wang at Balenciaga) and some forgo...
PFW SS16: Louis Vuitton
Nicolas Ghesquière went on a fantastic voyage in Paris this season, closing PFW with a departure from the kind of fast, less considered offerings that have proliferated once again this season, taking Vuitton in...
PFW SS16: Saint Laurent
One of the most long-and-well-established toasts of the schedule in Paris, Saint Laurent went ahead this season with generally the same Hedi Slimane founded formula, beautiful clothing on fashion bemused punk n...
PFW SS16: Acne Studios
Crushed CDs and Perspex guitars established the with-the-band theme of Jonny Johansson’s Acne Studios Paris presentation. A DIY bluntness echoed in sharp silhouettes and electric blue fishnet knits mid-ladderin...
PFW SS16: Emanuel Ungaro
Fausto Puglisi, creative director of the moment at Emanuel Ungaro, took the house in a much more controlled direction at Paris Fashion Week this season while still taking louder-than-loud pattern and bold, yet ...
PFW SS16: Akris
Over at Akris this season Albert Kreimier delivered another smart collection for the Swede brand and also did what all designers in Paris should be doing all along, creating fashion that enlivens in its eleganc...
PFW SS16: Mugler
There was traffic stopping colourways, silhouettes and cunning concealments with frank flashes of skin at David Koma’s Mugler this season in Paris, where the creative director staged a militant account of darin...
PFW SS16: Lanvin
At Lanvin this season Alber Elbaz did no wrong once again in a show that questioned what it takes to put together a collection of “trend” lead pieces dictated by more-ish marketability. Instead, the dynamic des...
PFW SS16: Alexis Mabille
Alexis Mabille was feeling fruity in Paris this season and an unexpected burst of watermelon motifs was the way in which the designer chose to express this. This singular design inflection meant sweet typically...
Moments in time
Twice president of Magnum, who died in June this year, photographer Charles Harbutt talks us through an extraordinary career and its seminal moments. Glass celebrates the career of this eminent image maker
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Design for life
Boucheron is a name that has been scorched into the jewellery industry for over 100 years. One of their most recognisable collections is the Serpent collection which originated in 1968 at the height of the ...
The outsider
On a scorching August morning in Biarritz, France’s surfer paradise South West coast, the promenade is thronging with holidaymakers as they idle their way to the beach. The Glass shoot team, consisting of a ph...