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Bottega Veneta opens its first cafe in Osaka

November 25, 2019

ITALIAN luxury brand Bottega Veneta has announced the opening of its first cafe in Osaka, Japan. The Bottega Café will become the first venture of the brand’s creative director Daniel Lee into hospitality since...

Glass visits Sticks‘n’Sushi, a sushi restaurant even for those who don‘t like fish

Lily Rimmer

October 9, 2019

Dining, News

FAMED for their high-quality and fresh ingredients, interesting flavour combinations, and unique and savvy business approach that has seen their flagship restaurant in Denmark expand to a chain of 11 other rest...

PFWM SS20: Kenzo

Maria Noyen

June 24, 2019

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

THE FINAL moments of Humberto Leon and Carol Lim’s creative vision for Kenzo are a stunning tribute to the house. After eight years, the culmination of their partnership results in an ethereal spectacle for the...

MFW AW19: Atsushi Nakashima

Lupe Baeyens

February 25, 2019

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

CLOSING Milan Fashion Week, and leading us to the last leg of the AW19 season was Atsushi Nakashima with a PVC perfect collection. Serving us futuristic, functional yet fashionable looks, the Japanese design...

Givenchy debuts 2019 Resort Collection

Olga Kuznietsova

May 24, 2018

Fashion, News

INSPIRED by the original Hubert de Givenchy’s celebrated 1980s sport line, the Givenchy 2019 Resort collection again demonstrates Clare Waight Keller’s craftsmanship in adhering to the brand’s streetwise approa...

Glass discovers the magic of the Aman Tokyo hotel – Urban Scale with Comfort

Vanessa Xinyi Mao

April 20, 2018

Asia, Feature, Japan, Travel

BASED IN Tokyo’s financial district Ōtemachi, the Aman Tokyo hotel amazes guests by its immense scale and balanced design, providing unbelievable luxury comfort on the top floors of the 38-story Ōtemachi Tower,...

MFW AW18: Jil Sander

Lily Rimmer

February 25, 2018

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

ENCOMPASSING the minimalist elements in their signature style Jil Sander presented another delicate, neutral and understated collection for their AW18 show. Since making their Jil Sander debut last season, desi...

UNIQLO announce their second collaboration with JW Anderson

Lily Rimmer

January 31, 2018

Fashion, News

UNIQLO, the Japanese global apparel retailer, has announced their collaboration with JW Anderson is coming back for spring. Following the success of their partnership last year this reunion is highly anticipate...

Floating Urban Slime/Sublime: Opening Night at Art Gallery Miyauchi

Louise Lui

December 21, 2017

Art, Avant Art, Exhibitions, Feature

THE opening of Floating Urban Slime/Sublime at Art Gallery Miyauchi was ushered in with a programme of performance events and talks. The first event last month was a performance featuring an abstract garment sp...

Book review – Domon Ken: The Master of Japanese Realism

Ethan Long

December 16, 2017

Books, Feature

SKIRA’s release of two seminal books on the past and present of Japanese photography mark a renewed appreciation of this increasingly varied genre. In the first Domon Ken: The Master of Japanese Realism, Domon ...

Yutaka Inagawa Floating Slime Story feature image

Floating Urban Slime/Sublime Exhibition opens at Art Gallery Miyauchi, Hiroshima

Louise Lui

November 21, 2017

Art, Avant Art, Feature, Photography

THROUGHOUT modern history, countless artists, writers and philosophers have sought to break free from “linear” and “logical” modes of thought in their own ways. There is a certain allure in the idea of accessin...

New Model Army – Glass meets Kasumi

Camilla Glorioso

October 31, 2017

Fashion, Feature, Glass Models

Name: Kasumi Agency: Named Models Nationality: Japanese Kasumi. Photograph: Camilla Glorioso How did you become a model? I was scouted by a modelling agency when I was in fashion college in Tokyo. H...

Glass previews exhibition – Floating Urban Slime/Sublime

Louise Lui

September 27, 2017

Art, Avant Art, Exhibitions, Feature

COMING soon ... Floating Urban Slime / Sublime, a contemporary, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary project led by Yutaka Inagawa. Participating practitioners are: Sze Yang Boo James Brooks, Hua Kuan Chen S...

MFW SS18: Vionnet

Sara Hesikova

September 26, 2017

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

AT Vionnet, the main feature were the opening asymmetric gowns which mixed either cotton or glistening satin with a side of pleated chiffon skirt and a karate-inspired belt wrapped around the models with creped...

LFW SS18: Isa Arfen

Sara Hesikova

September 19, 2017

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

SERAFINA SAMA, the Italian-born London-based designer behind her brand Isa Arfen (which is an anagram of her first name), took on a Japanese-inspired aesthetic for her SS18 collection presented in an intimate y...

Glass is the official media partner for DR/OP: Beyond Boundaries Art Show, Singapore

Emily Rae Pellerin

June 16, 2017

Art, Avant Art, Feature, Glass Celebrates

GLASS magazine is proud to announce its position as the official media partner for DR/OP: Beyond Boundaries, an art show opening this August in Singapore. Japanese artist and curator Yutaka Inagawa leads the ar...

Louis Vuitton Cruise 2018

Amrit Chana

June 5, 2017

Fashion, News

FROM California to Rio, Nicolas Ghesquière bought the Louis Vuitton 2018 resort collection to the Miho Museum in Kyoto, Japan. Michelle Williams, Isabella Huppert and Kansai Yamamoto were sitting front row and ...

Watch the Louise Vuitton Cruise 18 Livestream from Miho Museum, Kyoto

Livia Feltham

May 12, 2017

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

WATCH the Louis Vuitton Cruise 2018 Show taking place at the Miho Museum in Kyoto, Japan on Sunday May 14 at 9:15am (UK time). The architectural journey of Nicolas Ghesquiere’s Cruise shows continues this ...

Front Cover. Dr Jane Goodall with orphan chimpanzee Uruhara at the Sweetwaters Sanctuary in Kenya

Glass steals time with the legendary primatologist-turned-activist Dr Jane Goodall

Natalie Egling

November 11, 2016

Culture, Feature

How to Change the World – Glass steals time with the legendary primatologist-turned-activist Dr Jane Goodall LAKE Tanganyika’s crystalline water laps against the shore of Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania...

Glass exclusive – we speak to the illuminating artist Cai Guo-Qiang

Glass Archive

October 14, 2016

Archive, Art, Feature

Explosions in the Sky – How illuminating artist Cai Guo-Qiang is bridging the gap between China and the Middle East CAI Guo-Qiang’s art has always been successful at drawing attention. His largest audience t...

PFW SS17: Dries Van Noten

Sara Hesikova

September 30, 2016

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

THE SS17 show staged by Dries Van Noten very much resembled an art presentation. Models with a shadow stripe over their eyes or net veil covering their face were walking around flower installations trapped with...

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