July 2012

Moscot Originals

I can’t let Summer 2012 go by without reviewing the Lemtosh, a much spoken about sunglass from New York label, Moscot. The style is hugely popular with celebrities (Johnny Depp famously wears the optical version in tortoise), and is part of the Moscot Originals Collection, based on frames from the company’s archives from 1930 to 1970. The eyewear retains the authenticity of the original frame styles including real glass lenses in the sunglasses, traditional hardware, and lens colours that duplicate the true old school coulors first produced by the Company in the 1940s. The faithfully reproduced Collection is available as ophthalmic eyewear or sunglasses, with or without a prescription, in a variety of frame and lens tint combinations and sizes. Made from gorgeously smooth acetate, this retro frame has a diamond shaped rivet detailing, a key hole bridge and seven barrel hinge. The black is super, it has a shiny finish, but I also recommend the more unusual black/crystal combo which will be a winner in the cool stakes for later in the year – the dual-colour or “split-colour front” – this is what I am calling it, is one trend we expect to grow and grow. www.moscot.com CN