Andy Wolf Eyewear: handmade in Austria and made with care

Andy Wolf Eyewear is handmade in the small Styrian town of Hartberg, Austria. These photos were taken at Vienna Fashion Week and show how acetate spectacles should look - beautiful. And here's a little detail of how they're made...

Photos: Christian Leitner

Ferrari F27S folding sunglasses - detailtastic vintage 1980s

Tell me that a car brand has a line of sunglasses and I will probably be pretty sceptical. And tell me that the said car brand is Ferrari, I would probably roll my eyes and expect the resulting product to be predictable, profit-driven, brand-licensed tosh. I'd be very wrong though in this case.

These vintage 1980s Ferrari F27S folding sunglasses, which Chris Metzler featured on his terrific blog Great Vintage Sunglasses yesterday, had me up on my hind legs like a frisky stallion. Visit Great Vintage Sunglasses for more detail. I too love the horse detail behind the fold!

Photos: Chris Metzler.

Stereotyping spectacles - remember you don't have to be one to want to look like one

Taylor Lautner from Twilight wears Carrera Jocker sunglasses

Taylor Lautner, who plays Jacob Black in the The Twilight Saga: New Moon film is pictured wearing Carrera Jocker sunglasses in brown.

Photo: Bauergriffin Olycom

Histoire de Voir: from studded sunglasses to stylish sophistication

Stephane Sarnin has been making leather eyewear by hand in Paris for 15 years.

Histoire de Voir has since inspired numerous other collections to bring leather into the glasses making mix.

And as he demonstrates with these five frames, the resulting look can range from smart and sophisticated (left) to rock chick (top).

Find Histoir de Voir in your opticians, and you know you've found an optician worthy of your custom.

Addicted to Kirk Originals? Might as well face it

Kirk Originals' latest collection of sunglasses - Vector - is terrific and, as is frequently the case from Kirks, it ignores some of the more obvious trends and includes an element of quirkiness.

The asymmetry of the Kirk Heroes collection is back, but it's not just the colour that changes, it's texture and pattern - a barcode to be precise. Great shapes, and great images.

I always thought Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love video could not be improved, but I was wrong. A pair of Vector sunnies for each of the musicians...? I think so.

Photos, from top: Alana, Blake and Nicole.

A crafty piece of sunglass engineering from Paul Frank

Baum Vision produce some of the most cutting-edge, quality sunglasses including the Crafty Engineer, above, from Paul Frank. These are worn by Riccardo Rossi of Italian band The Sun.

Photo: Valeria Zanini.

RAEN Optics 2010 sunglasses: Flowers by surfer Alex Knost

RAEN Optics has teamed up with surfer Alex Knost for the first instalment of its 2010 colection.

I love the round shape, the keyhole nose, the transparent colours.

Not available until March 2010...

Elvis Costello wears some very good glasses but who are they by?

It's been a while since I've done a "unidentified" post, partly because I'm always a bit anxious it will make me look a bit silly and people will tut, sigh, shake their head and think "this Eye Wear Glasses man doesn't know his temple tip from his nosepad".

I've a few ideas but thought I'd open it up to the peepers peeps.. any ideas? - comment below

Mark emailed me because he wants to buy the same glasses as eyecon Elvis Costello.

Am going to the dentist tomorrow for root canal work! (And I would rather be anywhere else but here...)

Photo: Contactmusic.com

Derapage Eyewear: watch glasses assembly close-up - no hands!

Found another glasses blog today, Optical Ruminations by Jules Clarke, and his most recent post features this video of the Tornado, by Derapage Eyewear, an Italian collection. All made from chemically cut surgical grade stainless steel: