Brixton Village #3: Kirk Originals Beam in green on Meriem

Meriem wears a wonderful frame from the Beam collection at Kirk Originals, whose Sale at the flagship Conduit Street store in London ends  tomorrow - Saturday 22 July (70% off some stuff so quick, quick, quick).

Look out for Meriem in her Kirk shades in a separate post soon. Like many people with Kirk Orginals specs, she's a fanatic so has >1 pair.

Footnote: Meriem works round the corner from Kirks' on Heddon Street for Momo, where EWG remembers a Roberto Cavalli Eyewear launch in (about) 2002. Lots of snakes on the temples... I think I met someone from S Club 7.

UPDATE  21-7-12: It was 2001 and it was Liberty, later known as Liberty X, not S Club.

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...

Mykita and Bernhard Willhelm SS2013 sunglass-visor hybrid

Visor or a sunglass? Well a bit both really, from Mykita and Bernhard Willhelm. This is Daisuké and it's made from Mykita's Mylon material. Note that the temples still fold and there's a nosepiece too. Available in gold, green and black from Mykita stores, selected opticians and concept shops. 

Brixton Village #1: Josephine wears Alain Mikli glasses

New camera at the ready, I bumped into Josephine in Brixton Village on Saturday and she was kind enough to let me take a pic of her in these wonderful Alain Mikli specs that she bought at Bromptons. The colour of this frame is perfect, is it not?

RVS Handmade Eyewear: the V-sign from Istanbul?

V is for very very good... RVS by V Eyewear for 2012.

Cari Zalloni, creator of Cazal Eyewear: 1937-2012

"A designer eyewear line that pleases everybody is unlikely to inspire.
Good design must be thought-provoking."

...So said Cari Zalloni, the man behind Cazal, who passed away this week. Having launched Cazal in 1975, Zalloni never wavered in his quest to create "maximalist" eyewear. Adored by the hip-hop scene in the 1980s, Cazal remains one of the most iconic eyewear brands in the world and certainly one of the most revered. Vintage Cazals are arguably at the very core of the collectible eyewear market, with some original models frequently fetching four-figure sums.


I first met him in 2001 in Paris where he encouraged Rory and me to pose for our own "Clothe your Eyes" 'advert'. The resultant ad is below and the smiles on our faces, I remember, were largely down to Cari, a genuinely kind and inspirational man; a lot of fun to be around.

Cari Zalloni will be hugely missed - by his colleagues at Cazal, by the glasses industry at large, and by all the fans of his wonderful frames, a few of which we present below...

Cari Zalloni 1937-2012

Medwinds x Henrik Vibskov On The Beach sunglasses

Continuing the trend for clips, increasingly with contrasting shapes, comes Medwinds' collaboration with Henrik Vibskov with these sunglasses from the On The Beach collection. Price: £180 online here.

Lindberg reinterprets 1950s men's classic with sleek 9802 frame

Lindberg always brings a little class to glasses, as illustrated by its take on the popular 1950s look du jour, above: the 9802 from the Lindberg Strip collection (note the clever hinge!).  Above that in the main photo is the minimalist 2171, from the Spirit range.