Limited Edition “Henry” by Capital Eyewear

Do you remember this post?

Anyhow, I really like the eyewear coming out from The Capital Eyewear HQ in California. It’s a bunch of creative spirits experimenting with both wood and acetate in their very own studio and manufactory in California. They do cool handmade glasses, mostly made out of wood. Love the idea of combining oversize cool shapes with a natural material such as wood. They aren’t the only ones doing wood frames out there – from Silmo to judge it’s one of the biggest trends this year – but they are definitely doing it their way.

Limited Edition “Henry”, only 25 pieces.

November 12th they will launch a new limited edition frame named “Henry”. It’s a rounded shape made of two different woods: Darker and bold on top, thinner and lighter on the bottom. Only 25 pieces are made and will be exclusively available on their online store. Are you gonna get yourself a pair? You should!

SILMO 2012 // Frency & Mercury Clubmaster Style

The many ways of a clubmaster shape, all of them from the Japanese brand Frency & Mercury. I must admit I have a big passion for japanese glasses, they really know how to manufacture high-end frames with attention to details. Here is a classic shape made by Frency & Mercury, available in eight similar color combinations yet very different. Small details make big differences.

Available in shiny black, matte black, matte grey, with gold details, silver details, in shiny, in matte… you name it!

Matte grey with dark grey titanium details.

Matte black with matte silver titanium details.

SILMO 2012 // Kilsgaard With New Temples

At Silmo I also took the chance to pass by Kilsgaard. I like the way they still keep doing new things within the same concept from which you can clearly identify it’s a Kilsgaard frame without any logos. That’s what I call great design!

What fascinated me the most this year was their improvement on the temples. They now also offer acetate temples, which makes them more adjustable and comfort for the wearer, but what makes it unique is the way they made the acetate look so good together with the front made of steel. Here is an example, where temple and front are having the same color and feel by using a very interesting matte finish on the acetate:

Here is another shape I liked a lot. A good, modern looking female frame:

Some of the models are also available in more colorful combinations:

It was nice meeting you at Silmo!

Grand Prix IOFT 2013, Tokyo, Japan

Oliverd Goldsmith won the Grand Prix Award as “Best Ladies Frame” at the recently held IOFT Optical Show in Tokyo.

The frame is called Library and was a design that Oliver Goldsmith (the first) made in the 1930’s but in those days it was real tortoiseshell. Today it is only made in acetate!

SILMO 2012 // Streetstyle Oliver Goldsmith

At the Silmo fair in Paris I took the chance to visit the Oliver Goldsmith booth and have a chat with Oliver himself. I’ve got a very nice presentation of his collection, which I will share with you very soon.

First, I want you to meet one of the girls working at the OG booth who looked beautiful in her OG frame. That frame is definitely one of my favorites from their new collection. Slightly caty and colorful, what more can I say?

SILMO 2012 // FACTORY 900

Meet Factory 900!

At Silmo 2012 I discovered a new brand called Factory 900. It’s a Japanese brand doing some really unusual designs. See some of their shapes I captured at the fair:

And probably the craziest one:The perfect party accessory ; ).

MEET HYDE’S SPECTACLES

Last week when we visited Ibeyostudio we also had a closer look on Hyde’s Specs. Some of our favorites follow here:

Hyde’s No12 – AMAZING color and interesting feminine shape in a vintage style.

Hyde’s No15 – Love to see new versions of the classic tortoise.

Hyde’s leather case – one of the best eyewear cases I’ve seen. Much nicer than the ones from both Persol and Ray-Ban, as this one is made of real leather.

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Hyde’s Spectacles is a Swedish eyewear brand, focused on bold sunglasses. As a matter of fact, they only do sunglasses. Very cool ones. With no logos, no mass-production – Simply a cool and friendly brand doing sunglasses for cool and friendly people.

MYKITA HQ // In Love With Mirror Lenses

Visiting the MYKITA HQ

A week ago I went to Berlin for a longer weekend and passed by the MYKITA HQ. So nice meeting the PR department again and have a look at all the novelties. One of my favorite ones turned out to be the one on the pictures above, which is a new color combination of the MYKITA x Bernhard Willhelm “Xavier”. Wow! What a cool sunglass’! I’m completely in love with mirror lenses…

Some other favorites are the novelties from the DECADES collection:Classic shapes meets new materials and color splashes plus golden mirror lenses.

I also found some delicate and colorful optical frames:

Thanks for the visit!

PRADA SS13

What to say… Aren’t these glasses just kind of awesome?!

On my wish-list! From PRADA SS13.

Also available in tortoise, black and blue etc of what I’ve seen.

HYDES for BACK SS13

Barbara & Jasmin wearing Hydes for BACK sunnies at Ibeyostudio.

Last week we had the pleasure to visit Ibeyostudio during a lovely breakfast with live music, to have a preview of the SS13 collections from brands such as Hyde’s Specs, Ann-Sofie BACK Atelje and The Local Firm.

Below follow some pictures from the collaboration between Hyde’s Spectacles and Ann-Sofie BACK Atelje.

Hyde’s Spectacles for BACK

Hyde’s for Ann-Sofie BACK Atelje. Mjau!

The collaboration contains two frames, one for BACK available in three colors (see the first pictures) and one for Ann-Sofie BACK Atelje, which is the caty shape above. Very nice to see such avant-garde design from Sweden!