Fashion writing
16 Independent UK-based Loungewear Brands
Following nearly a year of Covid restrictions, the holidays and months of working from home, I think we all have a new-found love and respect for loungewear. It has gotten us through some long and tough times.
APL review
A brand of athletic footwear blending luxury with high performance achieved via innovative technology.
Sustainable jewellery: How can jewellery be sustainable?
Sustainability has become a huge topic of interest in recent years, reaching all aspects of our everyday lives. But we don’t hear a lot about jewellery and yet, there have been many unsustainable practices that the jewellery trade has been guilty of.
Birthstones – Which one is the one for you?
At Baumondi, we want to show our customers the power of jewellery and the powers precious stones can have. Birthstones are the perfect introduction to meaningful jewellery.
Baumondi website copywriting
A fine jewellery brand with innovative concepts and symbolic styles.
Prada SS18 review
Prada’s inspiration for her SS18 collection was obvious way before the current face of the brand Kris Grikaite stepped out on the runway in her “illustrated” coat where creases and shadows were drawn onto it.
Chloé SS18 review
Natacha Ramsay-Levi, the former right-hand woman of Nicolas Ghesquière at both Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton, took on a gig of her own as the creative director of the brand founded by Gaby Aghion, by a woman for women.
Jil Sander SS18 review
Jil Sander has been going through a lot of changes in the past few years. This season, we’ve witnessed a debut of the new creative directors, a husband-and-wife duo Luke and Lucie Meier.
Sies Marjan SS18 review
Colour is always in the spotlight at Sies Marjan. This season, the sweet hues that we’re used to seeing on delicious macaroons – from pistachio and lemon to raspberry, lavender or orange – were the main attraction.
Dries Van Noten SS18 review
This was a truly “Dries Van Noten” collection full of prints, textures and art references.
Vionnet SS18 review
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 hair.
Coach SS18 review
Coach is to the US like Burberry to Britain, so the abundance of American references in Stuart Vevers’ SS18 collection was no surprise.
Etro SS18 review
The signature paisley and other colourful prints were preceded by an entourage of white at Etro’s SS18 show.
Men’s Prada SS18 review
Miuccia Prada combined both the real and the fantastic parts as comics and superhero motifs were her inspiration for the SS18 collection since every superhero has both a human and a fictional supernatural side to him.
The Girl of the Matter
Glass meets American supermodel, Lindsey Wixson.
The Marriage of Legends
Zaha Hadid’s final masterpiece.
Glass celebrates Bottega Veneta
Founded on the values of high quality and exceptional craftsmanship, the Italian has been widely known for its leather goods since its very beginning.
Louis Vuitton AW17 review
The inspiration behind Nicolas Ghesquière’s AW17 collection for Louis Vuitton was all about blurring the lines and mixing up opposites.
Dries Van Noten AW17 review
For his centenary show, Dries Van Noten celebrated the milestone with putting on one hell of a showcase.
Christopher Kane AW17 review
Christopher Kane again combined the seemingly incompatible. A collection inspired by contrasts and, in the wake of feminism, inspired by a “tougher femininity” as Kane himself calls it.
Calvin Klein AW17 review
It’s finally here; the long-awaited debut collection for AW17 for men and women designed by Raf Simons for Calvin Klein.
Céline AW17 review
Simple. Wearable. Powerful. Those are the key words with which we could describe Phoebe Philo’s AW17 collection for Céline.
Men’s Prada AW17 review
For this season Miuccia Prada was feeling a bit 1960s and a bit mod.
The Girl Whose Dream Came True
Victoria’s Secret model Sara Sampaio on why being sexy shouldn’t put women on a box.
Chanel reimagined
Glass visits the renovated Chanel Watch and Fine Jewellery boutique on London’s New Bond Street
Glass interviews Bulgari’s Jewellery Creative Director, Lucia Silvestri
The quest for beauty - Glass enters the enchanted world of Bulgari.
The Golden Girl
Glass meets the Polish beauty Magdalena Frackowiak.
Glass celebrates Burberry
Founded by a young man in a small English town in Hampshire, Burberry would go on to become a world-recognised name synonymous with quality, elegance and style.
Bottega Veneta unveils its new SS17 advertising campaign featuring Lauren Hutton
This season the collection celebrating the brand’s 50th anniversary was captured on film by American photographer Todd Hido.
Glass meets Gian Paolo Barbieri – the legendary forefather of fashion photography
Born in 1938 in the elegant city of Milan, Gian Paolo Barbieri has experienced – and lived – the real life and glamour of the dolce vita.
Louis Vuitton SS17 review
So Nicolas Ghesquière got the ‘80s bug too.
Lanvin SS17 review
Bouchra Jarrar presented her first runway show for Lanvin for PFW SS17.
Marni SS17 review
There was an apparent shift towards simplicity at Marni this season.
Bottega Veneta SS17 review
This international show season is all about the spectacle. And Tomas Maier made sure to throw one of those to mark Bottega Veneta’s 50th anniversary.
Prada SS17 review
Miuccia Prada presented an elegant and “safer”, albeit, beautiful collection for SS17.
Mother of Pearl SS17 review
At Mother of Pearl’s SS17 show, set in the Christ Church at Spitalfields, the current ‘80s trend showed no sign of fading as the era was Amy Powney’s main source of inspiration for this collection.
Burberry SS17 review
It seems that along with the new see-now-buy-now format comes a lot of grandeur, perhaps to properly celebrate its premier.
Bottega Veneta introduces its new advertising campaign for FW16
The Italian luxury fashion house, Bottega Veneta, has released its FW16 advertising campaign featuring both womenswear and menswear.
Valentino AW16 review
Ballet, movement and living in the moment – that was the inspiration behind Valentino’s AW16 collection.
Céline AW16 review
At Céline it was all about the oversized and the layered for AW16.
Christian Dior AW16 review
Dior delivered a collection with an attitude.
Paul Smith AW16 review
This season, Paul Smith was feeling nostalgic. Returning to his youth and the beginnings of his career as a designer, Smith delivered a collection influenced by the 1970s.
Calvin Klein Collection AW16 review
This season, we’ve experienced something unusual at Calvin Klein Collection. For AW16, Creative Director Francisco Costa moved away from his beloved minimalism and decided to tap into areas yet unexplored.
Altuzarra AW16 review
Altuzarra’s show for AW16 was set in a bohemian yet very dynamic atmosphere.
Glass meets the design duo behind the Parisian handbag brand Amey Martin
“Amey Martin is a mix of excellent quality, natural leather, handmade exclusively in France, with contemporary touches.”
Valentino Haute Couture SS16 review
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 for spring 2016.
Top 10: fashionable sportswear
A few seasons ago sportswear was brought into fashion and has become hugely popular as women swapped their stilettos for Nike Airs and designers are introducing sportswear-inspired collections.
Skinnydipping with James Gold
Fun, youthful and a little cheeky – that is how James Gold, co-founder of Skinnydip London, describes the accessories brand that has taken Instagram by storm.
Festive Top 10: ‘cool’ Christmas jumpers
As the Christmas craze has most definitely come upon us this year, it is the right time to consider what our Christmas jumper of choice will be for this season.
Star Wars for Children’s Charity
With the long awaited addition to the Star Wars franchise, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, ten British fashion designers were asked to design a limited edition t-shirt and a sweatshirt inspired by the sci-fi films.
Love x Style x Life: all things important by Garance Doré
After a two-year hiatus, fans and loyal readers of fashion blogger, illustrator, photographer (and now author), Garance Doré, can finally get their hands on her first book titled Love x Style x Life.
Chanel Mademoiselle Privé comes to London
As a maze of wonders, going up and down, from room to room, each space in the show is dedicated to a different aspect of the brand’s fame and history.
The Sparkling Universe of Chanel
Glass talks to the Chanel Fine Jewellery Director, Benjamin Comar, about the timelessness and inspiration behind the newest high jewellery collection.
Miu Miu SS16 review
Miuccia Prada’s show for Miu Miu presented models as little girls playing dress up in their grandmother‘s closet.
Valentino SS16 review
It was pretty wild as the designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli were so clearly inspired by Africa and its nations.
Christian Dior SS16 review
Raf Simons at Christian Dior really seems to like his florals. At the SS16 show, set at the Louvre courtyard, models emerged from a field of blue delphiniums.
Carven SS16 review
Carven’s artistic directors Alexis Martial and Adrien Caillaudaud took the audience deep into the sea with their second collection for the French house for SS16.
Marni SS16 review
A lot of Marni’s collection for SS16 in many ways didn’t exactly resemble the usual and expected attire for the spring/summer season.
Tod’s SS16 review
Tod’s Creative Director Alessandra Facchinetti was inspired by 15 women from the creative fields for her SS16 collection, including illustrator and model Langley Fox Hemingway who closed the show.
Belstaff SS16 review
The Belstaff SS16 presentation was a celebration of the sea, its beauty and power.
La Dolce Vita with Bulgari
Colour. Innovation. Integrity. These are the three words which sum up what Bulgari stands for and which help to explain why, 130 years since its creation, Bulgari is still the most beloved of Italy’s fine jewellers.
Louis Vuitton AW15 review
As soon as the favoured girl Freja Beha Erichsen hit the runway wearing a big white fur coat, resembling a polar bear or even the Yeti, carrying a travel case in her hand as a handbag, it was clear we were in for something special.
Valentino AW15 review
The Valentino show for AW15 started off small and ended big.
Saint Laurent AW15 review
Hedi Slimane did Madonna and her ‘80s era proud in his AW15 collection for Saint Laurent.
Chloé AW15 review
This season’s Chloé show seemed as if it started at one place and ended in quite another.
Dries Van Noten AW15 review
Rich and royal. That is how the Dries Van Noten’s AW15 collection can be described if one was allowed two words only. But, thankfully, here this is not the case.
Miu Miu announces SS15 campaign
The campaign was shot in New York by photographer Steven Meisel and features three young rising screen stars – Mia Goth, Imogen Poots and Marine Vacth.
Style Stories
“I see style and clothing now as compositions … That, I guess, comes from the art I do.” - Alexander Ikhide
Style Stories
“I’m inspired by slightly older, effortless and free-spirited women who have developed their own style and know exactly who they are.” - Marina Guergova
Maya Pollock Style Story
“I like bright and colourful clothes. My mum’s definitely influenced my style because she’s so bright and colourful.”
Revival of the Icons
Pigeons & Peacocks
Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn – these women are some of the biggest stars in the history of film and in fact, they’re all still on our screens, starring in TV commercials.