Bellinger glasses in cotton candy colours

It's a bold eyewear house that breaks the mould by baking its own acetate, but the designers at Bellinger do just that.

Bellinger acetate creates a beautiful play of colors with unique patterns. A dough of cotton, acetone and alcohol is mixed, filtered, kneaded, heated and finally pushed into large blocks. And that's when the creative work begins resulting in some amazing effects. It's a bit like old-fashioned candy say the Danish company as demonstrated by these great images which I picked up at the recent 100% Optical show in London.

RVS yes yes by V: The female Point of View

Yesterday we looked at RVS by V's male Point of View, and today we take a look at some more feminine views. Top Mulholland Drive, then Alien and, above, the deliciously named Moulin Rouge Strawberry Shortcake.

Disappearing nosepads from James van Vossel and Theo

Nosepads on metal frames can sometimes appear too noticeable a part of the finished product. For something so functional to interfere with the form and fit of the glasses is a little annoying for a frame designer.

James van Vossel has suggested a solution in his latest collaboration with Theo, by freeing the lens from the frame where it edges the nose, but continuing the frame back toward the face to provide integral nosepads with no need for the winding stems that are usually the host to a silicon pad.

The result: a quirky looking frame with a corner 'missing' that I am intrigued to try on!

Blue Magic Eye 2013: "Euforia"

These are from independent Italian framemakers Blue Magic Eye. Great combination of acetate with a metal behind. And great colours too! Featured here are Euforia 6200 and 6300, available from all good opticians. "Life's too short to wear boring glasses," as BME says. EWG agrees.

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...

London 2012 Olympics #2: fake Ray-Bans and tricolore fans

These top two chaps are looking dapper in their imitation wayfarers. And below them, the French...

Dzmitry Samal's 2012 eyewear collection: Intersection

Dzimtry Samal has graced these pages a couple of times before so it's exciting to catch up with his 2012 collection, Intersection, a fitting name given Samal's background in car design. The name actually refers to the intersection of shapes, whether a circle, triangle, square or  hexagon. Acetate frames, handmade in France, are available from Dzimitry Samal now – priced €298 – and from high-end opticians soon.


Photos by www.cessphoto.com

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...

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Orgreen opticals for 2012

Been away but am back with a quick post on Orgreen's latest opticals all in black and blue - Carter, Kube and Drummer (hover to know which is which). Above the frames is one of Orgreen great campaign images for 2012...

Kick Eyes Glasses for the partying classes: compressed felt shades

You can never go to enough parties, so hot on the heels of Ch00ftech's New Year's Eve shutter shades comes the intriguingly named Kick Eyes Glasses, from Nono Muaks.

These look great do they not!? And EWG has to create a new tag for the material: compressed felt! It bends but "never breaks".

The felt shades come in pink, green, red and black. Price $9.99.

Wooden frames get colourful, but only on FEB31st

FEB31st is a new brand from Italy which is providing a new take on wooden frames by creating a collection in natural wooden finishes but in bright colours inside and/or outside.

Designer Valerio Cometti presented the new collection earlier this month in Paris. FEB21st says its frames weigh only 21 grams, they have a reinforced nosepads and a clever method for getting the lenses in.

From the top: Crux (x3), Ara and Auriga. The FEB31st collection includes nine models: four for men, three for women and two unisex; four of these frames are available also for sunglasses. Below, three more Crux and Cygnus Sun.

Mykita x Alexandre Herchcovitch sunglasses for SS 2012

Okay, gonna turn up the frequency now. Back from Paris, finished my video fun, and I now have tonnes of exciting new frames and shades to share with y'all. First up is Brazilian fashion designer Alexandre Herchcovitch's collaboration with Mykita. Top Regina and left to right are Golda, Regina and Golda again in rose, vanilla and stone.

Silmo d'Or: Rialto by LA Eyeworks

So here's the first of numerous posts on eyewear that's nominated for the Silmo d'Or awards in Paris next Thursday night. First up is Rialto in red velvet fuchsia by LA Eyeworks.

RVS by V handmade eyewear: Sugar never was so Sweet

I have a pair of RVS by V glasses and I'm not exaggerating if I say that the matt acetate finish is second to none; a delight to touch. Here RVS releases two new styles, Sugar and Sweet, both available in suitably candied colours, temples and fronts can be combined to the customer's choice.