Bonocle Launching Online Store

We’re happy and excited to announce today’s opening of the Bonocle Online Store!

This is an exclusive online store, focused on eyewear. We will mainly sell special limited edition collaborations with independent eyewear brands.

First out is Swedish Vasuma “Keelback”, with a high-end G-15 lens. You will also find a matching eyewear leather case by Swedish Sandqvist for Vasuma.
Check it all out HERE!

If you’re in Stockholm, don’t forget to come and celebrate with us! Please find additional information on our Facebook Event.

The G-15 Lens

To me the G-15 lens is is a very classic and safe choice of color for sunglasses – Especially if you’re getting prescription sunglasses. The green-grayish color is soft on the eyes and looks very good in both metal and acetate frames.

In 1951 Bausch & Lomb invented the N-15 lens for the Navy Air Corps. The N-15 was later altered to be more suitable for prescription use.

The human eye responds more to green and yellow light than blues and reds. The G-15 lens emphasizes the wavelengths our eyes are most sensitive to and blocks the other colors. This gives you a natural vision without distorting the colors – it’s easier on the eyes.

The original G-15 lens is of mineral glass and blocks 85% of the light, which means it’s a dark lens since only 15% light gets through to your eyes. And of course the lens has 100% UV-protection.

Different lens manufacturers have different names for the G-15 color. Zeiss names it Pioneer, Essilor calls it . But Bausch & Lomb was first to call it G-15.

Photo from here.

Kuboraum Eyewear // PASTPRESENT

Meet Kuboraum – a new eyewear brand!

Kuboraum presented their first collection at MIDO this year. In their collection you will find a lot of black and matt black shades, or “masks” as they call the products themselves, in bold acetate. All handmade in Italy but dreamed in Berlin.

So far, you find the products in selected optician shops world wide and at their own concept store and studio “PASTPRESENT” in Kreutzberg, Berlin. I’m excited to see what will come next from this brand new eyewear label, keep up the good job!

Pictures from their cool shop/studio: