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Best Sellers From Vasuma In New Tortoise
Vasuma just received the following best sellers in a new retro cool nuance of tortoise. You find Yarara, Puff Adder and Cotaira in this new lovely color.
Hexagonal And Ocagonal
Lately I’ve had a thing for hexagonal glasses. Here are my favorites: Jacqueline Onassis, 1971. A very classic picture of Jackie in her tortoise hexagonal over sized sunglasses. Photo from here. Faux-Bamboo Injection-modeled octagonal sunglasses, Italy circa 1960′s. Picture from … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960-s, 1970's, 1971, 905, bouvier, cazal, faux-bamboo, gold, gradient lenses, gwen stefani, hexagonal, hippie, jacqueline onassis, kennedy, octagonal, ray-ban, Sunglasses, tortoise
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On the Plaza…Stortorget, Stockholm, Sweden
These two ladies live in Finland and they both fell in love with this bold frame. Fun!
Posted in On the Street
Tagged bold, finland, frame, french, glasses, stortorget, tortoise
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On the Square…Stortorget, Stockholm
I met a guy wearing the classic Moscot Lemtosh och the historic square Stortorget in Stockholm.
Posted in On the Street
Tagged Bonocle, classic, glasses, Lemtosh, Moscot, stockholm, stortorget, tortoise
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On the Street…in Spain
My great friend Frida took this picture during her vacation in Spain. She’s wearing a thick round acetate frame from Erdem for Cutler And Gross called Tomoko in Tortoise with Dark Green lenses.
Posted in Miscellaneous, On the Street
Tagged acetate, Cutler And Gross, Erdem, Erdem for Cutler And Gross, Sunglasses, tomoko, tortoise
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Green is the new brown
Lately, we’ve seen a lot of frames in green nuances. It’s like a couple of years ago, when all the classic black frames became brown, and now they are turning into green. Green is the new brown? Tom Ford 5197, … Continue reading
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Tagged 649, 714, acetate, blue lenses, Bonocle, casino royale, classy, daniel craig, die another die, divorce italian style, Eyewear, frame, frames, G-15, glasses, goggles, james bond, luxottica, marcello mastroianni, persol, persol 649, persol 714, persol ratti, pierce brosnan, Retro Eyewear, steve mcqeen, Sunglasses, the thomas crown affair, tortoise, Vintage, Vintage Eyewear
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Wood grain
l.a. Eyeworks always has crazy shapes and colors. And now they have the craziest textures as well. It looks and feels like wood grain – feels very soft and natural – but its actual acetate! Even other brands, such as … Continue reading
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Tagged 649, 714, acetate, blue lenses, Bonocle, casino royale, classy, daniel craig, die another die, divorce italian style, Eyewear, frame, frames, G-15, glasses, goggles, james bond, luxottica, marcello mastroianni, persol, persol 649, persol 714, persol ratti, pierce brosnan, Retro Eyewear, steve mcqeen, Sunglasses, the thomas crown affair, tortoise, Vintage, Vintage Eyewear
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Classic Persol
Persol is a very classic Italian eyewear brand founded in 1917 and several of their glasses feature the characteristic metal arrow hinges. The name is derived from “per il sole”, Italian for “for the sun”. If you find a pair … Continue reading
Posted in Celebs, Classics
Tagged 649, 714, acetate, blue lenses, Bonocle, casino royale, classy, daniel craig, die another die, divorce italian style, Eyewear, frame, frames, G-15, glasses, goggles, james bond, luxottica, marcello mastroianni, persol, persol 649, persol 714, persol ratti, pierce brosnan, Retro Eyewear, steve mcqeen, Sunglasses, the thomas crown affair, tortoise, Vintage, Vintage Eyewear
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