Boutiques

Sid Fiz Optique

29th August 2013

1st September 2013 Queen’s Park, a fashionable neighbourhood of west London, with a well-known gastro pub (www.thesalusbury.co.uk) inviting bakery (www.gailsbread.co.uk), small independent shops, cafes and a popular farmers’ market is the location of Sid Fiz Optique, a new eyewear store that is a wonderful modern addition to this area. Sid is an eyewear expert, with a wealth of experience of the finest labels on the market – he is also a distributor of some of them, who has long been working with special, quality brands, and who now has his own unique label – Coppe & Sid – in a partnership with Gaultiero Coppe – www.eyedesignclub.com

Sid FIz Optique interior — Sid Fiz Optique interior

For his shop which opened in July, Sid’s choice of frames reflects his knowledge and understanding of the new direction towards artisan luxury, something that is likely to please the fashion crowd and professional families locally. “I am in a really nice position to be able to fill my shop with well selected special labels; my customers will be able to walk down the street here and they will be the only one wearing the frame they purchase. There’s something for everyone, and yet we have chosen eyewear that is less mainstream and more about great design and clean, elegant aesthetics. From what I have seen so far, our customers are intrigued by new design and independent labels they may not have heard about before.”

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Providence, Coppe & Sid — Providence by Coppe & Sid

As well as showcasing the Coppe & Sid Eyewear Collection, Sid guided me through labels that included Oliver Peoples, Frency & Mercury, Mykita, Jacques Durand, Lafont, Meyer Eyewear, Face à Face and for kids, Zoobug. “I have a created a minimal interior; my wife and I have designed absolutely everything ourselves and I think the shop reflects something about how we see eyewear moving whilst making this a store where you can see, touch, and try everything – the frames are not locked away and you can pick them up and try them on easily. “The shop also represents a great opportunity to show the Coppe & Sid label in full for the first time; the label has been a great success with the opticians I have worked with and I am looking forward to seeing the response in the eyes of the customer, that is where you really understand the success of a design so you can evolve the collection in line with their tastes and desires.” Sid Fiz Optique, Salusbury Road, Queen’s Park, London. www.sidfizoptique.com CN

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The House of Eyewear

1st August 2013

New Name – Super Specs Remain!

1st August 2013 One of our most admired Parisian boutiques – Les Plus Belles Lunettes du Monde (Eyestylist 1st June 2011) – has a new name: The House of Eyewear. The name change occurred because of the international reach of the boutique’s customers. Expansive, beautiful and varied collections are available in the elegant shop located on a sought after Parisian address: 30 rue de la Trémoille in the 8th arrondissement. Global designers represented include LGR by Luca Ruscone, Anna-Karin Karlsson, Paulino Spectacles, Face à Face, Patty Paillette, Thierry Lasry, l.a.eyeworks, Victoria Beckman and many more. Owner and optician Sandrine Pereira was quoted as saying: “We sell happiness”….and we add eyewear excitement! On your “must see” list when in Paris – The House of Eyewear for a creative eyewear celebration. www.thehouseofeyewear.com JG

Boutiques

Eye on new wave of optical stores

25th July 2013

Hello Glasses, Kyiv (Kiev)

25th July 2013 It is super to see some new, go-ahead stores emerging right around the world, and with that thought, Eyestylist is pleased to introduce Hello Glasses in Ukraine.

Kyiv (Kiev) is a historic city with many special places to visit. Among them are the city beaches along the impressive Dnieper river, where temperatures can soar….stylish sunnies selected by Hello Glasses are therefore likely to be much sought after, but so too are their curated collections of fashion specs which the owners have selected carefully. They include Mykita, Vidal Erkohen’s RVS by V., Ksubi, Black Eyewear and a range of interesting vintage frames (Ray-Ban, l.a. eyeworks and very nice Anglo American examples), as well as famous mainstream lines such as Retrosuperfuture, Prada and Persol.

Set up in 2008, first with a vintage blog, and then a showroom, the Hello Glasses team opened to the public in June with its first specs store in an interesting location in the Vozdvizhenka district, a newly renovated historic part of Kyiv. The opening included an informal presentation by Mykita designer, Martin Guentert.

Eyestylist asked Sasha Anisin about the store concept: “We are a two person team – myself and Daria Bespalova. We want to give the city of Kyiv an opportunity to purchase high quality optics with a good, well thought-out concept. We are fully involved in the development of the business and the visual content, design, site development and store furniture which have all been created by us.”

See more on Hello Glasses at http://helloglasses.com CN

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Segoola Opticien

1st July 2013

Parisian Optical Chic

1st July 2013 When Clodagh and I were on our Parisian Discovery Tour, we popped into a charming optical boutique – Segoola – that was opened last year by Alexia Cohen. She features exciting international independent eyewear designers including Thierry Lasry, Götti Switzerland, Illesteva, Isson, Linda Farrow Luxe, Lunettes Kollektion, Graz, Emmanuelle Khanh, John Dalia and Be Kind from Italy. The chic little boutique, located on rue Turenne in the Haut Marais, features oak panelling, and is decorated with lovely mirrors. Vintage fans will love the selection of retro frames, and will find something unusual among the designs that Cohen has in the boutique. If in Paris, be sure to include a visit to Segoola for optical treasures. www.segoola.fr JG

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Monocle – Rome’s eyewear gallery

1st June 2013

New found friends in a historic location

1st June 2013 I have got to know Carmen Cox of Monocle in Rome over the last three years although we have never met! We have similar interests in unique eyewear and we have come across each other many times through social media networks. For this reason, I was curious about the store where she works with owner Gabriele Vergerio.

Monocle is located in the heart of Rome on Via Campo Marzio near several prestigious boutiques and lots of other interesting shops. “We are surrounded by art galleys, handmade perfume stores, and alternative clothing brands, Carmen explains. “This is an area of Rome for Italians and tourists, looking for particular items to show their individuality.”

Interior - Monocle, Rome — Interior – Monocle, Rome

Monocle was opened on April 1, 2010 by Vergerio after 20 years working in a traditional family optical store, next to the Pantheon. “I created the new shop with the idea of giving people exclusive high quality design – eyewear, but also a full range of accessories including jewellery, hats, and readers,” he explains. “We have a minimal interior, perfumed with incense and completely white and uncluttered.”

“Today we sell only very high quality labels, and no industrial brands at all,” he explains. “Our selection includes styles by Ron Arad, Hoffman, Matsuda, Chrome Hearts, Kuboraum, Rolf Spectacles, Thierry Lasry, vue dc, Cutler & Gross, Brioni, Masunaga, Hapter, Rick Owens, and Lunor…and we are working on our own label to be ready for 2014. We also sell handmade silver jewellery by Manuel Bozzi and the stainless steel ‘butterfly’ pince-nez by Hoet.”

“Recommending glasses is more than choosing a shape for a face so we try to find a design that goes well with a person’s personality and style reflecting the way they want to be perceived,” comments Carmen. ” This summer we are expecting to do well with the round models and oversized frames. We are very excited with the new collection from Kuboraum which has been a great success for us. It is a label we like a lot and it resembles us…. a continuing evolution.” www.monocle.it CN

Monocle Eyeglasses gallery/Eyewear/Accessories, Via di Campo Marzio 13, 00186, Roma, Italy