Factory900 does the slits

Colour and creativity: two things Factory900 always brings to Eye Wear Glasses (as well as a smile!). This is FA-086 Slit II, handmade in Japan.

Triwa 2012 sunglasses: adding colour by SupaKitch and Koralie

Triwa has recruited collaborative art duo SupaKitch and Koralie to model its latest shades for summer. Left is Matte Midnight Drexel; below is Peach Thelma. All sunglasses are made of hand-cut acetate and come with Carl Zeiss lenses. Prices range from €99 to €129.

Below, watch the artists in action...

SUPAKITCH & KORALIE - VÄRLDSKULTUR MUSEET GÖTEBORG from elr°y on Vimeo.

When the specs seem to shine like you've had too much wine, that's A-Morir

A-Morir, the eyewear collection by Kerin Rose, is bigger and better than when we first featured them in 2009. A breath of fresh air in a world of copycat collections and me-too mediocrity. 8)

Top to bot: Bootsy, Lizzy, Supreme and Sylvia Brown.

More is more with Mercura NYC sunglasses

Natalie wears Mercura NYC - always a pleasure to feature its creations here!

Blindfold spring-summer 2011: California Rose

These are images from Blindfold Eyewear's SS2011 collection - California Rose.

Created by Charlie Brianna, these vintage frames are customised with flowers, pearls, chain, swarovski stones and iridescent beads.

EWG is a fan Charlie!

More Mercura NYC magic: black cat's eye sunglasses

Mercura NYC doing sunglasses in the way only Mercura NYC can... If you tried to describe them you'd never do them justice - these are remarkable.

Darcel goes all Tom Ford with a single eyeglass

I did a post a while back about how monocles could never be cool.

I take it back if you're one-eyed...

This is Darcel. More info and pics at Eye Heart Glasses...

John Foxx, Roger Spy, Jo McGann and Steve Diggle at Kirk Originals bash in The Garden

Longstanding followers will know that this blog kicked off at a party at Kirk Originals store in Covent Garden and so we continue. Kirk Originals often dispays art throughout the store and last week it hosted a private view for electronic music pioneer John Foxx alongside Foxx-inspired works from artists Roger Spy, Angelo Cerantola,  Andrew Back, Antonillo Cardillo and Roger Spy.

The exhibition, organised by ArtHertz, continues at Kirk Originals Floral Street store until July 2010.

So who's who and what's what? Top to bottom:

• Roger Spy and John Foxx have no glasses; Dennis Da Silva, from Arthertz, wears Sir Reginald in black and red from the Kirk Heroes range
• Steve Diggle from The Buzzcocks wears Earl in black and turquoise from the Vector sunglasses collection
• Robin Dutt (journalist) wears Dusty in gold harlequin from the new Sculpture collection
• Joe McGann is wearing Dusty in orange also from the new Sculpture range.

Photos: Angie Klein.

Mercura NYC sunglasses - sculptured eyewear art

Usually when I write about good glasses, a thick slice of it is around good design - functional, aesthetic, technical, combining infuences, whatever.

What I like about Mercura NYC, from Rachel Cohen-Lunning and Merrilee Lichtenstein Cohen at the Hotel Chelsea, is that it goes beyond all that. It's bigger, more profound, it's art and I love it. Next time I'm in Manhattan, I know where I'm going. More on Mercura here and an inconceivable amount on Facebook...

Since the 1970s Rachel and Merrilee have designed fantasy jewelry, metal dresses, metal bustiers, headdresses, crowns, cigarette holders and more. Oh, and eyewear...

Photos: Curtis Eberhardt