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Glass finds glitz and glamour at The West Hollywood Edition

February 5, 2024

IF YOU thought “California dreaming” was just a way of words, let me assure you that when it comes to The West Hollywood Edition it is a reality. Situated in the middle of Sunset Strip, I’m immediately in ...

The Carlyle unveils multi-year transformation of the Upper East Side Hotel, NYC

Adina Ilie

November 8, 2021

News, Travel

DESIGNED by New York-based, award-winning design practice tonychi, a Rosewood Hotel, The Carlyle’s newly reimagined guest rooms and suites are inspired by the glamour and beauty of Manhattan’s pre-war era, the ...

Glass Street Style Series – Ssam Kim, US Editor

Lily Rimmer

April 5, 2019

Fashion, Feature

THIS week, in our Glass team street style series, we feature our US Editor – Ssam Kim – who is captured out and about on the streets of LA. Ssam has worked closely with Glass for the past few years and has shot...

Simon-Sinek and Matthew Upchurch in discussion at Virtuoso Travel Week 2018[6]

Glass attends Virtuoso Travel Week, Las Vegas

Amanda Bernstein

September 3, 2018

News, Travel

A TOTAL 6,000 travel professionals from around the globe converged on Las Vegas on Sunday August 12 for the opening of the 30th Virtuoso Travel Week. It is one of the world’s most renowned travel conferences wh...

Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU Featured image

Glass welcomes the Institute for Contemporary Art – a major contemporary space in Richmond, Virginia

Derby Jones

May 8, 2018

Art, Exhibitions, Feature

THE recent opening of the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond marks an important moment for the city. The striking, silver-hued building, with its titanium-zinc and et...

Glass enjoys organic luxury at Bamford Haybarn Spa, Brooklyn Bridge, NYC

Derby Jones

April 3, 2018

Beauty, Feature

THE opening of 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge last year created quite a stir. The luxury hotel brand, known for its first-rate eco-credentials and interest in sustainable design, transformed the local neighbourhood wi...

The Henry Howard Hotel blooms in the Garden District, New Orleans

Derby Jones

March 19, 2018

America, Feature, Travel

THE Irish-born American architect Henry Howard cast quite a spell in New Orleans during the 19th century. Over the course of four decades, the influential figure designed over 280 buildings within the state of ...

The Roosevelt - the Waldorf Astoria Spa, New Orleans

Glass unwinds at the Waldorf Astoria Spa, New Orleans

Derby Jones

March 12, 2018

America, Feature, Travel

NEW Orleans is most definitely on the rise, yet don't think that the city is about to forgot its rich history. As one of the oldest cities in the US, it has a particularly iconic air about it, and walking into ...

Glass enjoys killer cocktails at Loa Bar in New Orleans

Derby Jones

February 27, 2018

Feature, Food & Drink

Down a quiet side street that runs off New Orlean's bustling main thoroughfare lies a sultry candlelit bar that serves five-star cocktails. It would be in your interest to not pass the International House hotel...

Glass talks to architect Paul Murdoch about his Flight 93 Memorial

Regner Ramos

September 8, 2017

Architecture, Design, Feature

Honour in the Field – Glass talks to architect Paul Murdoch about how, through his Flight 93 Memorial, the sacrifice of 40 9/11 passengers can still be heard today THERE was nothing extraordinary a...

Glass soaks up the atmosphere of The Now, Los Angeles

Derby Jones

August 4, 2017

Beauty, Feature, Wellbeing

A DREAMY ambience is at the heart of The Now, a luxury massage parlour that opened in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, in 2015, and which now has three more locations across the city. While high-quality massag...

Glass talks ending world hunger and poverty with Heifer International

Sara Hesikova

March 31, 2017

Culture, Feature, Human Rights

Making a Change for Good – Glass talks ending world hunger and poverty with Hilary Haddigan of Heifer International HEIFER International works to end two of the biggest problems our world faces today and has...

Glass documents the recent demonstation at Whitehall and Downing Street

Camilla Glorioso

February 1, 2017

Art, Feature, Photography

GLASS magazine attended the recent demonstration at Whitehall this week against the Trump government travel ban on travellers and refugees from seven Muslim countries and documented the protest. ...

Massey Blakeman. Photograph: Ssam sung-un Kim

New Model Army – Glass meets Massey Blakeman

Ssam Kim

October 11, 2016

Fashion, Feature, Glass Models

Name: Massey Blakeman Agency: Heroes Model Management Age: 22 Nationality: American Massey Blakeman. Photograph: Ssam sung-un Kim How did you become a model? My dad was a model too and he starte...

From the Glass Archive – Surrealist photographer and installation artist Sandy Skoglund talks to Glass

Glass Archive

July 29, 2016

Archive, Art, Feature

Flights of fancy – Surrealist photographer and installation artist Sandy Skoglund talks to Glass about green cats, the beauty of plastic and the pursuit of learning IN her seminal collection of essays, On Ph...

Glass talks to Jamileh Kamran – the designer behind some of Hillary Clinton’s defining fashion moments

Nicola Kavanagh

January 26, 2016

Fashion, Feature

Dressed for success – As Hillary Clinton makes her bid for president, Glass meets Jamileh Kamran, the designer behind some of her defining fashion moments Few people have heard of Little Rock, Arkansas, even...

Transforming lives through love

Glass Archive

October 9, 2015

Archive, Photography

Inspirational photojournalist Stephen Shames talks to Glass about his astonishing career, the power of photography and making lemonade when you’re given lemons More than a decade ago, photographer Stephen Sh...

Moments in time

Nicola Kavanagh

October 2, 2015

Archive, Art, Feature, Photography

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 J...

Burning bright

Yasmin Bilbeisi

August 26, 2015

Avant Art, Books, Feature, Photography

A new members’ club in the West End has eclipsed the strobe lights, street lights, and twinkling taxi signs to earn the distinction of its name – Lights of Soho (LoS). LoS runs on a principle of inclusivity ra...

California Dreaming … of San Diego

Amanda Bernstein

June 29, 2015

America, California, Dining, Feature

Fashion aficionados and culture vultures should seriously consider their choice of holiday destination next time they are planning a trip to the USA. Southern California has much to offer everyone – for bot...

The image at breaking point

Fausta Maria Bolettieri

August 21, 2014

Avant Art, Culture, Feature, Travel

“My body is the intention, my body is the event, my body is the result,” said Gunter Brus, co-founder with Otto Mühl, Hermann Nitsch and Rudolf Schwarzkogler of a new art movement called Vienna Actionism. A...

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