Invest in proper sunnies this summer - Y Not?

These are Y Not, a wonderful example of what can be achieved at Oliver Goldsmith. Part of the Rainbow Collection, get some colour on your cheeks this summer. Limited edition though so be quick! Stockists worldwide here.

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.

Fluo glasses for Gen Y from Theo

These are from Theo's wonderful limited edition Mille series for the braver glasses wearer. Mille means 1000 in French but it's also short for millennials, those young types – Generation Y (Z even?) – who know their way around all things digital. Six more shapes and loads more colours here...

P3 panto glasses by Pierre Cariven

Handmade in the Jura region of France, this a new collection from Pierre Cariven called P3.
Made from NXP nylon, note that there is no steel reinforcement in the temples.

Oliver Spencer x Eye Respect: Bob and Sid

Menswear tailor Oliver Spencer has teamed up with Eye Respect to produce a collection of terrific sunglasses including these two, Bob and Sid.

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...

Lunettes London featuring 1980s Anglo American big yellow frames

Lunettes London offers probably one of the best value destinations on the web to purchase exciting genuine eyewear.

Here we feature some pictures from its latest shoot, but the final picture comes from the Lunettes London ASOS Marketplace: a pair of Anglo American vintage yellow oversized frames.

While big frames are without doubt on the up, this pic shows we have some way to go before we match the 1980s - only £48!!

Brixton Village #2:Paul in Eyebobs tortoiseshell and bamboo glasses from the V&A shop

My second shot from my Saturday afternoon around Brixton, London, and here's Paul who looks great in these striking tortoiseshell framed and yellow bamboo templed glasses, which he bought from the shop at the Victoria & Albert Museum. They're by Minneapolis-based Eyebobs. They cost £75 from the V&A or $85 direct from Eyebobs. Also available on Glasseswebb here...

Studio Swine SS2012 Eyewear and Hair Glasses

Studio Swine is a London-based design art and fashion house run by Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves. EWG likes - particularly the clips! Above are some creations made for London Fashion Week reflecting the Icarus theme of Jane Bowler's womenswear collection. And below are Hair Glasses, which comprise human hair with bioresin as a binding agent. The frames are 100% biodegradable and no harmful substances are released during production...

Diamond Jubilee street party: yellow glasses (and cake)

What a weekend it's been! EWG gatecrashed a boisterous (if slightly drizzly) Diamond Jubilee street party this afternoon in Sydenham, London. Undeterred by the gloom, one glamorous local dished out her mum's fab chocolate and strawberry cream cake (remnants of which, note ye, are reflected in the lenses of her yum yellow shades).

Chanel 2012 eyewear ad campaign with Linda Evangelista

Guess who these are by! Good colours. Modelled by Linda Evangelista for Chanel's summer 2012 ad campaign.

Sunglasses go bi for Mykita and Bernhard Willhelm

Mykita and Bernhard Willhelm continue to deliver the goods, this time in the shape of Rosi, available in bi-color (top). Also available in straight orange, white, matt black, blue, gold or silver, with mirrored lenses in the same colour.

Purple haze all in my eyes: RVS by V 212 limited edition spectacles

'Scuse me while I get all overexcited by the fact that RVS by V has released a new limited edition run of its wonderful 212 glasses. I wrote about the original 212 here. One hundred are available in each colour – above is Purple Haze (down-now-now-nowwww!) and below, are the others including a lovely wood (effect, I presume). Beautifully finished eyewear that will not disappoint...

Get around, round, round: Mykita eyewear 2012

Mykita continues to make round glasses as inviting as they ever could be. Above you can see Teiti, Thorvald and Cecile. And at the top, two pictures from another wonderful Mykita lookbook, shot by Mark Borthwick. See the full Mykita 2012 lookbook here...

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.

The amazing Mykita Mylon 2012 collection: Nova ski sunglasses and more

While in Paris I realised I'd have to admit an error in a previous post, so this commentary on Mylon, Mykita's luxury sports line, is served with a significant side helping of humble pie.

Remember my post about 3D printing last week? While the frames from Colors of Birch are still, in my opinion, a game changer; they are not the first professional collection of 3D-printed eyewear.

My spekky heroes at Mykita have been using a 3D printing technique for glasses for three years and it launched collaborations with Bernhard Willhelm, Romain Kremer and Rad Hourani, all in Mylon last year. Whether this makes it first I know not. I even wrote about it in August 2010, but failed to realise it was the same (or a similar) manufacturing process. Mykita uses selective laser sintering – I know, I'm getting way too technical – and has now perfected and patented the way it dyes the frame to ensure a robust surface that is kind to the skin.

Top to bottom we have: Nova in sunshine, a sunglass cum ski goggle; Icco in peat; and Crison in the colour pitch. I've tried these on and believe me, they are some of the most comfortable frames ever. They're available in November.

The next post will be on Colors of Birch, as I now have more exciting images of what Pekka Salokannel's been up to!

Massada sunglasses for spring/summer 2011

Massada Eyewear's SS2011 sunglass collection features, from the top, Sleeper, Spanish Coffee, Wiseman and, below, Big American Cat... Grrrrrr!

All made up in Mykita and Uslu Airlines limited edition Jet Set aviators

This Jet Set collaboration between German glasses geniuses Mykita and Berlin-based luxury cosmetics brand Uslu Airlines means you can have sunglasses – "BOB"or "EVE" – with perfectly matching nail polish. Colour-co-ordination to the max! Available in a few hand-selected Mykita stockists before Christmas in neon yellow, grey-brown and lilac.

Alain Mikli MATT acetates - classy camo eyewear from France

Eyewear fans will see more matt finishes in 2011 but few frames will be as classy as these colourful, camouflage-inspired from Alain Mikli's "MATT" glasses collection.

These four frames not only benefit from outstanding acetate finishes, they come with inspiring, original contours, that you come to expect from Mikli. As well as the classy acetate and the designer's signature gap hinge, these glasses also feature ROK technology, a manufacturing method that ensures the material does not deform over time. Hover over frame for model numbers...

Available from top opticians all over the world.

Ørgreen and Arne Jacobsen special edition Swan chairs and frames

At last month's London Design Festival, Danish eyewear designers Ørgreen Optics joined forces with furniture specialists the Republic of Fritz Hansen to produce a series of Arne Jacobsen Swan chairs featuring the same Copenhagen skyline design as a special edition of eyewear by Ørgreen.

The chairs and eyewear collaboration, pictured here at the EDC London showroom, referred to as the Skyline Edition, marks a new addition to a series of creative projects in the Ørgreen "Playground".