Västra Trädgårdsgatan, Stockholm
Here is a picture of myself on the street, wearing my favorite pair of glasses “Amber” from MYKITA. I love the feminine texture of the frame in a neat cat-style. And besides they are so comfortable, since they don’t weigh more than a couple of grams.
Framework has made these awesome limited posters.
I think everyone can recognize a few iconic frames that really are attatched to that evry person’s image and character such as Woody Allan’s, Kanye West‘s or Buddy Holly’s glasses. You can buy them here. I wish the DMC’s were made into one big poster or even a T-shirt.
They are all male actors, artists, musicians or politicians. Where are all the ladies?
Here is a collection of 28 iconic glasses.
01. Woody Allen 02. Kanye West 03. Buddy Holly 04. Michael Caine
05. Kurt Cobain 06. John Lennon 07. Geordi LaForge 08. Malcolm X
09. Johnny Depp 10. Dame Edna 11.Stephen Colbert
12. The Blues Brothers 13. Austin Powers 14. Yves Saint Laurent
15. Elton John 16. George Costanza 17. Bootsy Collins
18. Elvis Costello 19. Terry Richardson 20. David Hockney
21. DMC of Run DMC 22. Andy Warhol 23. Mohandas Ghandi
24. Steve Urkel 25. Napoleon Dynamite 26. Clark Kent
27. Shock G of Digital Underground 28. Truman Capote
We’ve already written about Johnny Depp’s Moscot here.
Norrlandsgatan, Stockholm.
These vintage powder blue frames were found at a flea market. Very rare shade of blue for eyewear! I think they work because the frame is very thin although the lens is huge.
(Photo from TVtropes)
MYKITA has a wonderful frame in their collection named “Ingrid”, which actually is named and inspired by Ingrid Bergman. This is one of my favorite frames from MYKITA! It’s slightly oversized but still feminine and elegant. Just like Ingrid Bergman, a classic beauty.
Here are some pictures of the frames that I took a while ago. I love the meeting between classic shapes and various colors.
The red one is definitely my favorite, since I love red details!
Sometimes it’s fun to accessorize with glasses in other ways than actual glasses.
I bought this broche at the Brillenmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands last summer. they have an excellent collection of old glasses and anything historical concerning optometry. I will post photos from the museum in the future. If in amsterdam, you should definately pay them a visit! They also sell vintage frames such as Persol Ratti.
Shane Baum has been in the eyewear business for 20 years. He is the president of Baum Vision, former designer for Louis Vuitton Eyewear and current designer of Paul Frank Eyewear, just to mention a few things. Needless to say he has exceptional taste in luxurios quality items. Mr. Baum’s new baby is Leisure Society.
Leisure Society is an high-end handmade luxury eyewear brand with both an optical and a sun collection.
The frames are tastefully detailed with etchings and they look rich, not in the bling way, rather in an “old money”-style. The sun collection holds exceptional quality where the lenses are 99.9% distortion-free and has a 12-layer anti-reflectiong coating. As an optometrist i think the lens quality is important but often times not thought of when buying expensive sunglasses. Of course the price is set even higher when the frames are wrapped in 12 k, 18 k and 24 k gold. Think of these frames as something that will last a lifetime, perhaps to be handed on to the next generations.
Sit back, relax and enjoy this beautiful video. Would you like to join their world too?
Photo: Leisure Society
Henrik Vibskov‘s AW11 show at Copenhagen Fashion Week last week really made a statement with the bright reds, oranges, blacks and whites. PLUS: eye exam frames on all models! Every optometrist has one. They’re not very comfortable but they sure look cool – Lady Gaga meets Willy Wonka. Fun and futuristic.
Photos from CopenhagenFashionWeek.
Johnny Depp is really good looking with his signature retro-style frames! He’s wearing Lemtosh Tortoise from MOSCOT Originals.
MOSCOT was established 1915 in America as a small optical shop for the neighborhood. Today, four generations later, MOSCOT is a worldwide lifestyle brand loved by people around the whole world!
Bonocle 