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Sleek Stainless Steel Designs for 2012/2013

26th September 2012 Sven Götti has created an innovative range of optical designs and sunglasses that will be unveiled at the autumn shows. We are fortunate to have an advance preview, and one of our special favourites is TILO, above. The lightweight, smooth surfaced stainless steel frame sports a stylish feature – the saddle bridge with its gracious, curved shape, and the ever-so-practical Spin&Stow temple feature – whereby the frames fold compactly. Really look forward to seeing this entire collection! www.gotti.ch JG

Jeremy Tarian-Designer with Creative Vision

24th September 2012 I’ve just seen Jeremy Tarian’s captivating new collection, and this season, Tarian pays homage to Paris, Tarian’s home, and the city of lovers and poets. Jeremy has a unique skill of deftly combining the best of retro techniques, with modern interpretations that result in a wonderful offbeat chic. Beautifully crafted, all the frames are handmade in France. Tarian has been nominated in two categories for the forthcoming  SILMO d’Or awards – Command Performance for the Optical Frame Category, and Saintonge for the Sunglass Category. Above, delicious honey acetate highlights Command Performance.

Acetate and metal are perfect partners in Saintonge, a design with spirit and verve. Each Tarian frame is now made in a Limited ‘Eye-dition’ of 500 pieces, so the designs are truly collector’s items. www.jeremytarian.com JG

A tribute to Bob Marley

21st September 2012 Inspired by Bob Marley, this new creation is a collaboration between Barton Perreira and Tuff Gong Worldwide. The style is a classic luxe aviator produced in a Limited Edition of just 500 pieces. Made in Japan and hand finished with the Tuff Gong logo plaque, embedded in the temple ends, the design features new “breath logo” lens technology so when you breathe on the lenses an image of Marley appears in a star – that’s quite something! Designer Patty Perreira says she jumped at the chance to work with Tuff Gong: “Marley has always been such a great inspiration to me; his music, his poetic lyrics, his love for life and freedom have inspired me to live and work in a positive way.” www.bartonperreira.com  CN

Stunning Styles from Austria and Sweden

20th September 2012 Beautiful eyewear from Alexandra Hötzl-Giselbrecht and Lena Hoschek, designers at Lena Hoschek, and Anna-Karin Karlsson, has been submitted for the forthcoming Hall of Frames/Eyestylist Newcomer Awards.

Austrian based Lena creates frames that are a reflection of what has fascinated her since childhood: the female ideal of the 1940’s and 1950’s (as in the above photo, style SO12), craftsmanship, high-end tailoring, and traditional materials, plus rock ‘n roll, punk music, tattoos, bad guys and fast cars! Her friends think that when she designs, she secretly dreams of Rhett Butler…..

Anna-Karin Karlsson continues to push the boundaries of eyewear couture, and the Swedish designer views every frame as a piece of art. Her eyewear is elaborate and visionary (above), and music and painting are essential for her creative processes, not only as an inspiration, but as the root from which all of her work stems. Every design has a setting, a name and a story that goes with it.

Watch this space for more designs that we are receiving from international creators for the first Hall of Frames Newcomer Awards – winners to be announced in Stuttgart on 22nd October 2012. www.hallofframes.ch JG

Eyestylist at London Fashion Week – Linda Farrow Luxe

18th September 2012 London Fashion Week attracts a few specialist eyewear companies and designers; some of the catwalk shows exhibit a wide variety of their designs and this year have included (so far) a number of Linda Farrow Collaborations, Cutler & Gross, Prism and Moo Eyewear, whose sunglasses appeared at designer, Ekaterina Kukhareva’s show.

Eyestylist.com spoke to the team at Linda Farrow on Monday: “We are launching the Spring/Summer ’13 collections, across New York, London and Paris Fashion Weeks, because we work with a lot of different designers on collaborations. Trends coming up for 2013 include, for Linda Farrow Luxe, a lot of gold, and classic, elegant and timeless designs.”  New translucent colour tones include a sumptuous aqua with snakeskin and a very soft pastel pink (pictured below). Tortoise, black and a variety of delicate neutrals led the colour palette, while shapes varied from soft circles and ovals to the more angular rectangles.

“This weekend we have released the SS ’13 Matthew Williamson by Linda Farrow Collaborations Collection. We have more collaborations coming up including, next month, a project with Erdem, and we have shown this collection for the first time here on Monday. This is also our second season collaborating with Boris Bidjan Saberi. Our focus is on improving everything we can offer, bringing up the classic styles and working to make them even better.” www.lindafarrow.co.uk CN

Top image by Margarida Viegas, exclusively for Eyestylist.com.