Poppy sunglasses from Louis Vuitton Resort 2011 collection

Louis Vuitton Poppy sunglasses from its Resort 2011 collection...

Ewe year glasses - Fendi 2011 sunglasses. Don't follow sheep

Ewe year glasses! Can't believe I've only just spotted that play on words.

Don't just follow sheep next year by buying some non-descript conservative shite. Try something different. Things appear to be getting exciting!

Fendi joins Prada (my last post), in the big-label, bigger-and-bolder-is-better approach with these great "W" shades. Would you wear them?

Prada 2011 glasses and sunglasses - the bolder the better

2011 could be an exciting year for eyewear if these Prada spring-summer 2011 ads are anything to go by...

Whether these elaborate sunglasses make it into production remains to be seen. Recent Prada show pieces have been released, so fingers crossed (see Prada Swing and the PR19MS)!

Lady Gaga in Jane sunglasses from Mykita and Marios Schwab

Lady Gaga continues to dine out without a cleaning cloth. This is the second time I've featured a picture of her with smeary lenses.

But let that not detract from the noble diva's fine taste in eyewear. The shades are by EWG favourite Mykita in collaboration with London-based designer Marios Schwab. Gaga wears Jane sunglasses while Hamilton, the other frame of the colab is pictured left.

Coincidentally, we publish this picture of Lady Gaga in John Lennon-style shades as Yoko Ono shared her belief that Lennon would have been a big fan:

"John would have loved her, because she’s an artist, she’s fearless and she pushes every limit, which we both always adored," she told the Daily Mail..

Mykita has stockists worldwide.

Lady Gaga photo: wenn.com

January Jones in Versace sunglasses for summer 2011 ad campaign

Versace's S/S 2011 ad campaign featuring Mad Men's January Jones, previously seen on EWG wearing Moscot. The top pair look very interesting with a visor in a classic shape fixed to the front frame.

Happy Christmas everybody!

Night vision glasses with a difference - from Nooka

Nooka has added to its Neon range of sunglasses with these glow-in-the-dark Mercury shades to be released in March 2011. The shades are actually blue in daylight but give off a funky green glow in the dark...

Vintage Frames Shop by Caviar exotic wood collection

TheVintage Frames Company and Caviar have come together to create these rose-tinted limited edition wooden sunglasses, available exclusively from the Vintage Frames Shop.

Ogi's Seraphin collection - new takes on old classics

The Seraphin collection from Ogi will feature these three new styles next year: (top-bot) Jersey, France and Kipling.

Corviglia Ski Club sunglasses from L.G.R - prestigious winter eyewear

L.G.R Sunglasses has once again collaborated with St Moritz's prestigious Corviglia Ski Club in this release of two styles. Massawa and Naivasha have been fitted with semi-mirrored lenses, on brown and black cellulose acetate. The Corviglia Ski Club is a private affair with an 80-year heritage, with Coco Chanel and Jacques Cartier among its founders - a little more on high society in St Moritz here...

Ksubi 'lead-window' sunglasses - as worn by Aureta

Aureta's Blog includes a lot of good eyewear - here is just a taster: a pair of Ksubi "lead-window" (my description from a post one year ago) sunglasses in black and crystal. Rather a brilliant choice to go with her Chanel jacket...

The sunnies are actually called Skeleton and also come in black and tortoiseshell and fuchsia and crystal.

Giorgio Armani launches Frames of Your Life photography project

This picture by Natalie Weiss in Berlin features Giorgio Armani GA823 spectacles and is part of a collection of street-style photos for the brand called Frames of Your Life, which also includes photographs from Milan, Paris and London. These London images below, taken by Jackie Dixon of Showmeyourwardrobe.com, is of a chap wearing GA788 and a lady, also in GA823.

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.

Thierry Lasry sunglasses on a cold sunny Soho morning

I rudely failed to ask this super-stylish sunglass wearer's name this morning, too busily admiring her shades in my bumbling "Can-I-take-a-picture-of-you-in-your-sunglasses-for-my-blog?" way. Suffice to say, these shades are great: Thierry Lasry's sunglasses of the highest order. I think they're Abusy 903 like these below, similar to the Thierry Lasry sunglasses featuring 1980s vintage acetates featured here in October. Yum.

Beauty is a pair of Harry Lary's spectacles

Debbie Geltner wears Harry Lary's Beauty glasses in black with a copper fleck. Photo courtesy of Gogosha Optique. How good a pair a spectacles are these?!!

Kylie Minogue and Lady Gaga wearing Yves Saint Laurent sunglasses

Which popstar left home without her microfibre cloth? Kylie and Lady Gaga both wear Yves Saint Laurent sunglasses, model YSL 6321/S.

Drift glasses: Feel good and look good in wood

Wooden glasses are really taking off. They began mainly in the luxury end of the spectacles market but prices are increasingly reasonable.

These latest timber offerings are from Drift Eyewear.

If you think these wooden temples – the fronts are acetate – are simply jigsawed out of some large plank and sanded down, think again. They are actually steel-reinforced, layered with hardwood on the outside another wood like maple on the inside. They're waterproof and UV-proof. Woods used include wenge, maple, bamboo and, like the one below, walnut... More interesting design info here.

All wood is sourced from FSC-certified suppliers and Drift, as well ensuring that its manufacturing is ecologically sound, is also a member of 1% for the Planet, where said percentage of sales helps environmental groups around the world.

So as well as feeling good in your face, they wooden spectacles will give you a warm glow inside.

Super releases 14 shades and frames for a cold, sunny winter

Retro Super Future has launched 14 new styles for Winter 2011 including these three, from the top: Lucia in caramel, People in crystal and Andrea Francis. As you can see, Super, is also starting to sell optical frames as well as sunglasses.

Leisure Society luxury eyewear - the best keeps getting better

When I ventured over to Paris, one of the most interesting collections I came across was a new one: Leisure Society by Shane Baum.

Shane is the man behind many an amazing pair of glasses. Not only has he developed a cutting-edge eye fashion business, working making eyewear for brands such as Paul Frank and Modern Amusement, but he's also worked in conjunction with some of the biggest names in fashion, including Louis Vuitton.

It was particularly impressed to find that Shane had worked on the "Bling Bindi" shades that featured here back when we started.

Shane knows good stuff when he sees it so when I heard the Leisure Society was a top-notch luxury collection  I knew I would not be disappointed.

Believe me, these frames are incredible.

They're some of the coolest, most up-to-the-second designs around, and they are beautifully made. Titanium frame plated with 12-18 and 24-carat gold with detail that you need a magnifying glass to truly appreciate, the Leisure Society is only available in some of the best opticians in the world...

(Feels like) heaven - Orgreen 2011 eyewear for the gods

From dearth to heaven on earth.

EWG apologises for the lengthy break.

Usually when time is scarce, pictures arrive without us doing much work. 

Not this past week or so though - far more spam than specs in the mailbox.

But we return with some sublime images from Danish spectacle superstars Ørgreen, from its 2011 ad campaign.

(Feels like) heaven by the Fiction Factory is one of those class tunes from the 1980s, which immediately started playing in my head.

It's on the album, Throw the Warped Wheel Out...

Freeway Eyewear 2010 - the inroads of Californian sunglasses

Freeway Eyewear is a new one to me and that because it's a new one generally, launching earlier this year.

Here I feature pictures of Lily and Josh wearing L.A. Rays (top), Freeway 405, my favourite (above) and Freeway 10 (left).

I love it that in California even the road infrastructure is cool enough to lend its names to eyewear. Can't imagine that here in London - Motorway M25 sunglasses. Doesn't quite have the same ring to it.


So who are Freeway sunglasses aimed at? According to founder Alex Israel, "Freeway sunglasses are made for international shipping magnates, lithe gamines, American gigolos, blonde bombshells, ladies-who-lunch, country-club tennis pros, martyred grunge rockers, post-modern architects, Bat-Mitzvah tutors, out-of-work actors, psychic friends and you."


Freeway Eyewear is available from a few places on the west and east coasts, from Barneys.com and soon from Freeway's own online store.

Oliver Peoples Eyewear 2011 ad campaign featuring Rebecca Schwartz and Devendra Banhart

Oliver Peoples 2011 ad campaign... (hover for eyewear names)

More pictures through here...