Eyestylist

Detective Inspiration from Andy Wolf

4th April 2012 Who is your favourite detective author or hero? Arthur Conan Doyle with Sherlock Holmes? Perhaps Agatha Christie and amateur detective Miss Marple, or the intuitive Hercule Poirot? The fictional spy Emma Peel? Now some of these acclaimed detective characters come to life in eyewear, with a fun new collection by Andy Wolf. The frames are a tribute to detective stories, and your inner sleuth can be expressed wearing Hercule Poirot (above) in snappy vintage inspired crystal and tortoise acetate. Or perhaps you secretly long to be Miss Marple – an acetate design processed with inlaid French lace, or Emma Peel, in these wonderfully quirky frames,(below) with a curved bridge. An innovative concept and an inspiring eyewear collection!  More details at www.andy-wolf.at and  www.eyerespect.com JG

3rd April 2012 Soft and curvy shapes are rising, not to mention the popularity of the peplum…here are three desirable vintage-inflected sunglass styles for women with this soft and shapely direction. A new Alberta Ferretti collection by Cutler & Gross, presented for the first time at Milan Fashion Week, is polished and luxurious. There are six sunglasses featured (image features one of the styles on the catwalk), all inspired by the handmade decorations, motives and shapes of the Ferretti Ready-to-Wear collections; the soft round fronts of the model shown are combined with delicate curvy arms, and, in some cases, trendy mirrored lenses. www.albertaferretti.com

At the New York label Lumete, a brand that specialises in women’s sunglasses, Vedrina is a gorgeously feminine shape in acetate. This label  has an interesting selection of curvaceous designs with shapes reminiscent of the 1950s and 1960s …and with appeal to lots of ages. Acetate lends itself perfectly to these soft voluminous shapes….www.lumete.com

And finally for the clever vintage traits, I love the twist on this Emmanuelle Khanh acetate design (model 5010) which I recently admired in Milan. This pretty feature on the arms requires a very high level of workmanship, according to EK’s General Manager, Didier Marder. The outcome is extremely stylish. I’ve not seen this anywhere else! www.emmanuellekhanhparis.com CN