SUMMER EYEWEAR INSPIRATION 2013 // Part II

In this part of the photos for Optik Magazine, Dominique and I wanted to focus on antique style and intricate details such as filigree metal, fine acetates and leather.

Photography: Dominique Hernandez.
Styling: Jasmin Yaya
All frames from Bågar & Glas

Garrett Leight Venezia MPT Oliver Peoples OV-5227-S XXV-SLove the fine details! Father and son.
Garrett Leight Venezia MPT and Oliver Peoples XXV Sunglasses.

Leather side shields on Moncler Lunettes MC1106
Leather side shields on Moncler Lunettes MC1106

Ray-Ban 3475-Q 2N
Ray-Ban 3475-Q 2N with leather on the frame!

Bonocle Visiting Lunettes Brillenagentur

Lunettes Brillenagentur, Berlin

Photos by Merituuli Saario

Last weekend I visited the Lunettes Store at Torstrasse 172 in Berlin. What a beautiful boutique! They offer a huge collection of unworn vintage frames, both sun and ophthalmic. Besides that, they also have some handpicked brands (such as Clair Goldsmith, Moscot and Garrett Leight) and even more unique: their own line “Lunettes Kollektion” containing refined vintage shapes in interesting colors.

It’s a lovely story behind the lunettes shop. It all began with Uta Geyer. Uta was working as a scenery searching for vintage revisit for a theater when she came over the huge interest for vintage frames. Later on, she found such a beautiful (and cheap!) optometrists booth at eBay that she couldn’t resist to buy. One day, when sitting in a café she saw an empty boutique hall for rental… So all of a sudden she had an optometrists booth and a empty boutique just in front of her – this was a sign for the beginning of Lunettes Brillenagentur.

Vintage sunglasses on the 1st pic, Lunettes Collection on the 2nd pic. Round shape: Jeunesse Toujours in Miele & Olive; Caty shape:  Fräuleinwunder

… More lovely pictures to come, stay tuned!