Les nuits sans Kim Wilde by Laurent Voulzy - Glasses feature heavily

Can anyone identify these glasses in Laurent Voulzy's very-1980s video?

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.

Oliver Goldsmith round glasses remade for 2012 – as worn by John Lennon

New York-based  actress Emily Bennett wears Oliver Oval/Pro from Oliver Goldsmith – a titanium remake of the original Windsor-bridge spectacles worn by John Lennon.

Suitable for ladies or chaps...

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...

pq Eyewear in the flesh: Ron Arad launches glasses

Ron Arad's pq Eyewear gets its first outing proper this weekend at the Mido exhibition in Milan.

They kind of launched with lots of CGI graphics last year and I had a brief chat with Ron Arad about them in Paris in September.

But here are real pairs of spectacles!

Above is Corbs, right is the A frame, and below is a terrific video of the frames in production in France...



pq Eyewear made in France from pq Eyewear on Vimeo.

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...

Beam, Benz or Bentley: Kirk Originals' best batch yet?

"Beam" of course. Kirk Originals really has stepped up its game with what EWG thinks might be its best batch of bins yet. The colours, the shapes, the innovation, these glasses are good enough to eat.

The Beam collection was raved about back in September 2011, and here are a few brand new shots of some of the latest rays of light to emanate from the Kirk design house.

View more pictures on the Kirk site here...

Or watch Jason Kirk talking about them on the 2012 Designers video...