This month’s review #3
There is a cosmopolitan attitude and personal touch in eyewear designs by Coppe+Sid. The frames in the collections are named after major global cities, and their respective airports. Each frame is handmade in Italy, numbered, and comes with a warranty to guarantee the customer has the genuine article. Manila (above) in beautiful hues of soft turquoise with surf white sides, expresses a hint of retro with its gentle cat eye shape. www.coppeandsid.com JG
From designer Moo Piyasombatkul in Thailand, a style from the fashion collection for Spring/Summer, Candy Baroque. The design uses a vintage frame with the addition of Moo’s custom-made baroque porcelain detailing. The gradient brown lenses have been chosen to match the vintage frame for a tone-on-tone effect. Piyasombatkul is a well known face at London and Paris fashion weeks and her frames are adored by some very select fashion circles. Find a wide choice of Moo’s styles at the savvy online store www.sunglasscurator.com, which specialises in fashion collections and leading creative designers, including Linda Farrow, Moo Eyewear and a-morir. For more on ‘Candy Eyes’ click on our link: http://www.eyestylist.com/2013/03/candy-baroque/
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Emmanuelle Khanh brought stunning style and character to her frame designs. Nowadays, her legacy continues with re-editions of her original eyewear creativity. 5050-79 in silky, creamy acetate is the latest release from EK, with its intrepid features and bold shape. The frame is signature Emmanuelle Khanh, and further confirms that fine design remains forever stylish, and establishes its own heritage. www.emmanuellekhanh.com JG
The new theo sunglass collection by Tim Van Steenvergen is lively, bright, fun and the colours are delicious. Van Steenbergen is strongly influenced by his architect grandfather, whose works can still be seen in Belgium and the Netherlands today. Anna expresses the linear play of colour, structure and form of Van Steenbergen’s grandfather’s buildings. The colours are wonderful – summer green (above), orange, red and transparent sand. With these sunnies from theo, you are ready for spring/summer! www.theo.be JG
Japanese designer Eque M. was educated in America, and the West Coast is the inspiration for his frame designs. Luxury materials and prestigious details are incorporated into the frames. My Burrito (above) is handmade in Japanese acetate with 18K gold detailing. The frame has strong, masculine styling – the distinctive flat bridge denotes eyewear with personality. Frency & Mercury creatively combine classic and contemporary features. www.frency-mercury.com JG
Apart from being a big fan of the Erdem fashion collections, it is exciting to see this label joining up with Linda Farrow for the first time for Spring/Summer 2013. These stainless steel sunglasses are inspired by insects and their antenna and it is in my top 10 list of must-have, head-turning styles for 2013 already. The fashion designer has created a shape and look that is quite different from anything we have seen in 2012, that brings lots of glamour and elegance with it, suggesting that we are on the cusp of a new trend for statement metal designs. The mirrored lenses are particularly dramatic in the design which has been modified from a cat’s eye shape. These shades are available in purple petrol, ice blue, yellow petrol (our number one choice), silver metal and lilac metal, with expertly coordinated lens colours and mirrors. They have just gone live on the Linda Farrow site, from £237.00 or $400 here http://us.lindafarrow.com/erdem-2 www.erdem.co.uk http://uk.lindafarrow.com/ CN
Crystal is making a welcome return to frame designs – with its 1960′s flair that transcends the decades. Tara by Pierre Cariven at Pierre Eyewear, features a nose bridge decoratively accented in black, and the cat eye shape is a forever favourite. Handmade in France in the Jura, Tara is also available in a stunning colour range – including red, tortoise, black, cream and a lively orange sorbet – each with a contrasting nose bridge colour accent. www.pierre-eyewear.com JG
Another new label we stopped to see in Paris was Rome-based Mondelliani Glasses. Their Eolie Collection features a fresh colour palette inspired by the landscapes of the Aeolian Islands, a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Created by the owners of the Mondelliani optical shop in Rome and made in their entirety in Italy, the sunglasses are youthful, vibrant, and made in lovely acetate materials where a lot of attention is given to warm sunny colour tones and elegant bright colour pairings. The sunglass styles feature top-of-the-range sun lenses by Carl Zeiss Vision. A perfect choice for a warm holiday destination. www.mondelliani.it/home/ CN
Futuristic styling meets retro in this bold design from Lotho. Thinical Beta-Titanium is superbly crafted into this arty frame in deep forest green – a lovely accompaniment to autumn fashions. The flat top bridge and intriguing nose detailing ensure this is a true original for the discriminating sunglass lover. www.lotho.fr www.ibrandseurope.com JG
This stunning frame from Orgreen has artistic flair with its lovely graduated colour scheme that begins at the top, and continues with a subtle pattern that ends in transparency on the bottom. Acetate and titanium harmonize the temple details. The contemporary rectangular shape suits many different face shapes, and the overall effect is stylish and elegant. The various colour combinations co-ordinate well with autumn fashion tones. For more information, visit www.orgreen.dk JG
