This weekend I went to the, in my opinion, greatest second hand shop in Stockholm: Humana. They have a lot of nice clothes and accessories, but also some awsome eyewear like this heart-frame above. I can imagine this frame with a slightly faded lens…
Ran into pretty Alice in Kungsträdgården the other day. Love how she matches her vintage red tortoise Clubmaster inspired round shades with her lipstick and t-shirt. Also awesome feather earring!
The Classics are a great investment and will look good for many occasions and for many years. If taken good care of, a classic sunframe may be passed down to the next generation. If you find one of these in your parent’s drawers, take great care of it.
These classics have been inspiration for many many sunglasses and still going strong.
Randolph Engineering Aviator, an American classic seen on Don Draper in Mad Men
Ray-Ban Aviator in Arista Gold and G-15 Lens
Ray-Ban Caravan in Arista Gold and G-15 Lens
Persol 649 in Dark Tortoise and G-15 Lens, read more about Persol and this particular frame here.
Ray-Ban Wayfarer in Dark Tortoise and G-15 Lens
Moscot Lemtosh in Tortoise and Calibar Green Lens
Oliver Peoples and Japanese fashion designer Takahiro Miyashita teamed up for a collection called the SoloIst.
All frames are made of deadstock vintage materials, aged metal parts. And there are clip on sunglasses to match! These warm and dapper frames are currently only released in Japan, can be baught here.
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Le Corbusier, pseudonym for Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, the famous French-Swiss architect and artist known for contibuting to what is called “Modern Architecture”. He was very loyal to one type of frame, in fact that type of glasses are called Le Corbusier or “Architect frames”.
This type of frame has lots of character, is bold and simple. A great feature is that even strong prescriptions look great in a round think frame like this. Frames inspired by the Le Corbusier frame:
Cutler And Gross 870
Cutler And Gross 1025
Epos Milano Oan
Oscar Magnuson Davide
Lindberg 1021
l.a. Eyeworks Pocket
Finally, I had the pleasure to see the whole Oliver Peoples Vintage collection in real life. As we’ve been mentioning before it’s a limited edition collection containing 3 classic models: OP-505, Oliver Peoples very first frame, O’Malley, the famous frame worn by Christian Bale in the movie “American Psycho”, and OP-1955, with it’s significant plastic temple in another color than the front.
The whole Oliver Peoples Vintage collection
OP-1955
I really love the whole vintage concept, that even the spectacle cases, the bags and the product sheets are specifically designed for this limited edition collection. This gives the whole collection a genuine feeling of exclusivity!
You can find more pictures at their official website, which is definitely worth a visit – it’s such a beautiful website, with amazing photos of the collection. Check it out (HERE).
Lately, we’ve seen a lot of frames in green nuances. It’s like a couple of years ago, when all the classic black frames became brown, and now they are turning into green. Green is the new brown?
Tom Ford 5197, col.096
Moscot, Ginger Moss
MYKITA “Walter”, col. 904
Barton Perreira, Caine Fern Gully
l.a. Eyeworks always has crazy shapes and colors. And now they have the craziest textures as well. It looks and feels like wood grain – feels very soft and natural – but its actual acetate!
Even other brands, such as Vasuma and Theo have made wood-inspired frames. What do You think? Bonocle loves it!
Both Jasmin and I bought ourselves a new pair of glasses this weekend, and ironically we both chose a round, retro/vintage, golden metal frame:
Jasmin’s frame is the thin one, from Savile Row. Mine is the second one, it is a vintage frame from Beau Monde that I found in the Bågar & Glas in Gamla Stan (Old Town) of Stockholm.
Below you can see Jasmin wearing her new Savile Row, it suits exceptionally!
Photo from Colette
Photo from Opening Ceremony.
Jeremy Scott and Linda Farrow have once again teamed up for unusually shaped eyewear, this time in the shape of two hands! They also have other frames called “Cross” and “Wings”, looking exactly what they sound like. Can be bought here.
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