The other day I visited the Swedish agent for MYKITA and had a look at the news. I especially fell in love with these ones below:
I’m a big fan of thin frames in crazy shapes and once again MYKITA succeeded designing the seasons coolest eyewear.
Other positive news is that all their new temples can be bent down behind the ears like this:
Bright colors! Bold shapes! Fun and Crazy. New yet timeless. Once you go Theo it’s hard to go back!
This is how I would describe Belgian eyewear brand Theo. The frames are sturdy and durable, the styles are bold and hard to place in a timeframe.
Theo had custom made Belgian chocolate made in a shape of a pair of round spectacles.
Love you right back!
The frames are made of just powder. Wait now, what? POWDER? Yes, Powder.
MYKITA presented their new series of Mylon Frames at Silmo in Paris. Mylon is like nothing else you’ve seen or touched before!
The first Mylon collection was fun and experimental while this new collection is wearable, sporty and more useable.
Photo: MYKITA
The material Mylon is very special and the making of these frames is not like any other. The shape is drawn in 3D in a computer, a laser beam then prints on powder made of Nylon in layers after layers. Where the laser hits, the Nylon melts and hardens. This allowes MYKITA to experiment with the shapes and make really advanced frames! Afterwards the front and temples are lifted out and most of the remaining Nylon powder can be reused again. The parts are softened, colored and treated so that the surface feels alost like wood (very comfortable against the skin!) and the parts are put together with MYKITA’s special screwless hinges. The color won’t rub off and the material is super durable, it can’t break, but all Mylon frames can be adjusted.
This collection is a little bit more sporty, they fit very well around the head and they all come with Zeiss lenses in different colors. This is really a light and stylish sports sunframe that can be worn in the city as well! You can even put corrective lenses in most of the models!
There are seven different models, each of them come in three different colors.
In Paris I met Garrett Leight and Elena Doukas to see the Garrett Leight glasses. It was great to finally meet them since we at Bonocle like the frames so much! We had a great time and talked most of the time so I kinda forgot to take pictures.
What I can tell you is that great things are about to come! I am really really excited! Garrett is doing a great job, there are few models but all of them are truly well executed!
You can read more about Garret Leight’s frames here and here and stay tuned for future posts about Garrett Light!
Garrett Leight through the Hampton.
The cool Elena Doukas in the Lucille.
The Brooks in a new color.
The Harding. Perfect shape. Perfect colors.
An evening on a rooftop in beautiful Paris I had the opportunity of seeing Thom Browne‘s first eyewear collection.
Thom Browne is a New York based fashion designer. His suits look a littel bit awkward consisting of pants so short they show the sockless ankles, and jackets ending right below the waist, not covering the back. The suit colors a mostly gray and matched with a tie in the same fabric.
For his sunglass line he teamed up with eyewear brand Dita to make one of the most detailed and finest eyewear collections I’ve seen. Details such as perforated splatter shields and tri-colored cable temple ends are made in such detail it’s absolute perfection. The shapes are round, oval, aviator or wayfarer in the style of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. Have a look and enjoy both the detailing in Thom Browne’s eywear and an amazing Paris Indian summer evening.
Photo: The Goodiebad Blog
Flip ups.
Net shields.
It’s in the details, especially if you are the only one knowing it.
The sunglasses in the very back have flat lenses. Hot!
At the Silmo fair in Paris last week I had the chance of meeting the awesome guys at Moscot. The New York-based eyewear brand had a few new models to show along with their classic ones.
Beautiful decorations. I love the heads covered with old newspaper.
Fourth generation Moscot: Harvey.
New lovely round frame called Zolman.
I just love the new colors from l.a. Eyeworks, especially their fading colors such as these below:
l.a. Eyeworks will release a book of all their wonderful portrait ad campaigns shot by Greg Gorman with the text “A face is like a work of art. It deserves a great frame.” Here are a few of those amazing shots. I love that they really pushed the blacks in the pictures.
Last week in Paris I met a beautiful woman who works at the family owned optician Optiek Tackoen in Hasselt, Belgium. She looks cool and stylish in her Reiz frames!
As I’ve been telling you before I’m a big fan of red. So, no wonder I love this red frame from the french brand Selima Optique! It has a lovely caty shape and a perfect nuance of red, just like my nail polish…
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