Lunettes Kollektion 2013: nude, rouge and lemon

A huge favourite of ours, Lunettes Kollektion has launched its latest shades for 2013, Le Flaneur and La Passante. Note the chunky T-shaped keyhole bridge on Flaneur, the subtle double bridge on Passante, and of course the wonderfully understated colours, top to bottom, lemon, nude and rouge, and the contrast with the dark lenses. MMmmmmm...

Oliver Goldsmith to remake Audrey Hepburn's sunglasses to mark 50th anniversary of Breakfast at Tiffany's

Fans of Breakfast at Tiffany's will be pleased at the announcement by Oliver Goldsmith Sunglasses is launching the Manhattan, an exact replica of the frame worn here by Holly Golightly, played by Audrey Hepburn. Brilliant use of light green lens colour in contrast to the brown, tortoiseshell frame.

If you haven't seen the film for while, it's worth a play of this trailer. The sunglasses feature quite prominently early on...

L.G.R. Eyewear: three beautiful frames for 2011

Subtle frame-shade sunglass contrasts in Orano in matt green (top) and Emma in honey (middle), and one superb sharp-textured tortoiseshellish acetate eyeglass - Suez in Havana (bottom) - from Italian eyewear experts L.G.R. Got my hands on some of these last month and was very impressed: top-quality build in some amazing materials.

Lunettes Kollektion - simple glasses with a simple name

Clearly it takes a brand with some quality product to have the nerve to call itself a Franco-German translation of "Glasses Collection" and still get taken seriously.

These frames look terrific, but don't just take my word for it (although my word does usually suffice).

The big, annual eyewear exhibition in Japan (IOFT) has just given Lunettes Kollektion the men's frame of the year award.

Lunettes started four years ago in Berlin and has two stores that have specialised in decent vintage stock.

The Lunettes Kollektion however is its own range of vintage-inspired eyewear.




All frames - including "Artsy-Fartsy" which won the award - are produced by small Austrian and Italian manufacturers and although I have not yet held a pair my hands (the only true test of good eyewear), these look top-notch.

Winning an award in Japan is only going to help Lunettes Kollektion's reputation.

I look forward to seeing a pair...

Four perfect crystal sunglasses for 2010: it's all about the contrast

One year on and another list. This one features four amazing crystal sunglasses for 2010. All in a similar subtle crystal and all getting one thing spot on: the contrast of the lens colour with the shade of the frame.

From top to bottom: L.G.R. for Antonio Marras, Retro Super Future, Juanjo Oliva, and finally Oscar Magnusson...