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A gift from the past
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A frame commissioned for Leigh Francis (Keith Lemon) It was a reproduction of a frame his father wore when Leigh was a child. It features translucent red and blue laminations and double temple engravings.
A frame commissioned for Leigh Francis (Keith Lemon) It was a reproduction of a frame his father wore when Leigh was a child. It features translucent red and blue laminations and double temple engravings.
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Dragon tipped frames for Wales oldest team.
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In team of red of Wrexham for co-owner Ryan Reynolds. The frame features a logo engraving and dragon tipped temples.
In team of red of Wrexham for co-owner Ryan Reynolds. The frame features a logo engraving and dragon tipped temples.
A frame fit for a Gooner
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Spectacles for Spike Lee, in the colours of his beloved Arsenal. In red and white, colours gained from Nottingham Forest in 1886. Featuring an internal laminated lens ring in contrasting colours, laminated temple tips and a custom logo engraving.
Spectacles for Spike Lee, in the colours of his beloved Arsenal. In red and white, colours gained from Nottingham Forest in 1886. Featuring an internal laminated lens ring in contrasting colours, laminated temple tips and a custom logo engraving.
It will always be New York or Nowhere.
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Spectacles for Spike Lee, in the colours of his beloved New York Knicks. In orange, blue and white, the official colours of New York City. Featuring an internal laminated lens ring in contrasting colours, laminated temple tips and a custom engraving.
Spectacles for Spike Lee, in the colours of his beloved New York Knicks. In orange, blue and white, the official colours of New York City. Featuring an internal laminated lens ring in contrasting colours, laminated temple tips and a custom engraving.
Bauhaus-inspired spectacles with sculptural precision
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These meticulously crafted round glasses evoke Bauhaus minimalism, with bold black acetate, architectural contours, and fine pin detailing that blend form and function into a wearable piece of modernist art.
These meticulously crafted round glasses evoke Bauhaus minimalism, with bold black acetate, architectural contours, and fine pin detailing that blend form and function into a wearable piece of modernist art.
Ivory wave sunglasses with cloisonné bead accents
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These unique handcrafted sunglasses feature an ivory-toned marbled frame with a distinctive wavy browline, green-tinted lenses, and elegant cloisonné enamel beads for a bold, artistic touch.
These unique handcrafted sunglasses feature an ivory-toned marbled frame with a distinctive wavy browline, green-tinted lenses, and elegant cloisonné enamel beads for a bold, artistic touch.
Geometric side shields
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These sophisticated sunglasses feature a distinctive blue tortoiseshell acetate frame paired with deep navy lenses. The sharply angled geometric side shields provide a bold, architectural design element that enhances both style and protection.
These sophisticated sunglasses feature a distinctive blue tortoiseshell acetate frame paired with deep navy lenses. The sharply angled geometric side shields provide a bold, architectural design element that enhances both style and protection.
A sculptural, wavy frame in dreamy pastel hues.
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Whimsical spectacles with a wavy, scalloped frame in pastel green and blue tones, giving them a bold and artistic appearance.
Whimsical spectacles with a wavy, scalloped frame in pastel green and blue tones, giving them a bold and artistic appearance.
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Architectural aviator, bold with precision.
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In earthy horn acetate, the frame is blending retro edge with modern artistry.
In earthy horn acetate, the frame is blending retro edge with modern artistry.
Moody, iridescent tortoiseshell.
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Rounded spectacles in rich tortoiseshell tones, blending timeless elegance with subtle artistic flair.
Rounded spectacles in rich tortoiseshell tones, blending timeless elegance with subtle artistic flair.
All eyes on me.
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A classic sunglasses frame in Khaki. With bespoke engravings on the inner temple, keeping watch over their wearer.
A classic sunglasses frame in Khaki. With bespoke engravings on the inner temple, keeping watch over their wearer.
"But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them."
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An enduring shape in Camo acetate, complimented by the most unexpected engraving.
An enduring shape in Camo acetate, complimented by the most unexpected engraving.
With function at its heart, ready to take to the road.
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Made for cyclist Dan Craven, with crystal lamination for clearer peripheral vision and magnetic clip-on side shields.
Made for cyclist Dan Craven, with crystal lamination for clearer peripheral vision and magnetic clip-on side shields.
As optimistic as a rainbow, equally colorful rose tinted frames.
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Rose tinted. An optimistic laminated design for singer Cynthia Erivo, with rainbow bridge and meteorological temple tips.
Rose tinted. An optimistic laminated design for singer Cynthia Erivo, with rainbow bridge and meteorological temple tips.
An ode to the Golden Age of optics.
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An exceptionally slender Richmond frame in horn, with dropped horizontal lugs attached to ultra thin temples.
An exceptionally slender Richmond frame in horn, with dropped horizontal lugs attached to ultra thin temples.
A pair of spectacles that crave the spotlight.
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Oscar winning design. You can trust celebrated costume designer Sandy Powell to design a great pair of spectacles.
Oscar winning design. You can trust celebrated costume designer Sandy Powell to design a great pair of spectacles.
From the pool to the poplar, a frame inspired by water and life.
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From the pool to the poplar. A bold pilot in Celadon, with inner temple inscriptions of a poplar branch, and outer details inspired by a pool ladder.
From the pool to the poplar. A bold pilot in Celadon, with inner temple inscriptions of a poplar branch, and outer details inspired by a pool ladder.
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
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Wilfrid Wood is an artist, known for his paintings and sculptures of heads. He studied at Central St Martins, before getting a job making latex heads for the TV show Spitting Image. His spectacles look like hands that look like spectacles. Made from Dusty Pink acetate with multiple painted fingernail laminations and a brass pinky ring.
Wilfrid Wood is an artist, known for his paintings and sculptures of heads. He studied at Central St Martins, before getting a job making latex heads for the TV show Spitting Image. His spectacles look like hands that look like spectacles. Made from Dusty Pink acetate with multiple painted fingernail laminations and a brass pinky ring.
"I don't cause commotions, I am one." - Elphaba
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A Wicked inspired pair of frames, made for Ariana Grande and Cythia Erivo, with contrasting colours and custom engraving.
A Wicked inspired pair of frames, made for Ariana Grande and Cythia Erivo, with contrasting colours and custom engraving.
A blind date with Bespoke +
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A bespoke frame for a mystery customer based only on a questionnaire. Playful and charming, a cat-eye frame inspired by the Great Mosque of Djenne.
A bespoke frame for a mystery customer based only on a questionnaire. Playful and charming, a cat-eye frame inspired by the Great Mosque of Djenne.
To be truly elegant one should not be noticed.
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A simple elongated panto in ethical buffalo horn. Designed without frills, to be worn inconspicuously.
A simple elongated panto in ethical buffalo horn. Designed without frills, to be worn inconspicuously.
A burial room full of ‘wonderful things’.
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Made to commemorate the anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun, we crafted King Tut one more 'wonderful thing'. A pair of spectacles, complete with eyes of Horus and inlaid brass details.
Made to commemorate the anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun, we crafted King Tut one more 'wonderful thing'. A pair of spectacles, complete with eyes of Horus and inlaid brass details.
What happens when you cross pink with a PHD?
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The pink pilot. If you had to guess this frame's owner, a PhD physicist specialising in lasers would be unlikely to top the list. But there we are.
The pink pilot. If you had to guess this frame's owner, a PhD physicist specialising in lasers would be unlikely to top the list. But there we are.
Precision is the difference between a butcher and a surgeon.
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Surgical precision. A hexagonal lens shape with a rimless top, secured by screws. Made in Crystal acetate with a White Noise lamination.
Surgical precision. A hexagonal lens shape with a rimless top, secured by screws. Made in Crystal acetate with a White Noise lamination.
When the student is ready, the master appears.
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Having taken a couple of frame making classes, Tara decided to take the next step and design this sharp cat-eye silhouette. With a distinctive, red temple tip and unique engraving.
Having taken a couple of frame making classes, Tara decided to take the next step and design this sharp cat-eye silhouette. With a distinctive, red temple tip and unique engraving.
Flow and movement in endless form.
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Laxmi Hussain is an artist, whose figurative work focuses on themes of motherhood and the female body. Her frame was designed after a painting of a female nude, with an acetate front tracing lines drawn by Laxmi, and temples based on body parts. Handmade in shades of blue that suffuse Laxmi’s work.
Laxmi Hussain is an artist, whose figurative work focuses on themes of motherhood and the female body. Her frame was designed after a painting of a female nude, with an acetate front tracing lines drawn by Laxmi, and temples based on body parts. Handmade in shades of blue that suffuse Laxmi’s work.
A lesson in quiet elegance.
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Bridging square and cat-eye, in Black acetate with a subtle Azure turtle laminations at the lugs and temple tips.
Bridging square and cat-eye, in Black acetate with a subtle Azure turtle laminations at the lugs and temple tips.
From maquette to final making, a pair of sisters in spectacles form.
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Faye Toogood is a designer and founder of Toogood, which she runs with her sister Erica. Her work is multidisciplinary, spanning sculpture, fashion, and furniture, known for its minimal functional form. Her frame, ‘The Tinker’, is based on a tin foil maquette. The handmade spectacle parts were dipped in liquid acetone and heated, causing the surface layer to bubble and fold, before being treated with a silver-effect coating for a tin foil appearance.
Faye Toogood is a designer and founder of Toogood, which she runs with her sister Erica. Her work is multidisciplinary, spanning sculpture, fashion, and furniture, known for its minimal functional form. Her frame, ‘The Tinker’, is based on a tin foil maquette. The handmade spectacle parts were dipped in liquid acetone and heated, causing the surface layer to bubble and fold, before being treated with a silver-effect coating for a tin foil appearance.
Erica Toogood is a fashion designer, one half of the studio led by her sister Faye. Her frame, ‘The Sculptor’, is based on a clay maquette, incorporating the physicality, surface texture, and volume of moulded clay into the final piece. The frame was CNC cut and hand crafted, before being heated and manipulated by hand for the final effect. A series of polishes give it the gloss of glazed ceramic.
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
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Frames for a wizard. Commissioned for Curve Theatre's production of The Wizard of Oz, to be worn by the titular character.
Frames for a wizard. Commissioned for Curve Theatre's production of The Wizard of Oz, to be worn by the titular character.
A bespoke frame, all tied up with a bow.
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Shona Heath is a pioneering set designer, known for her collaborations with Tim Walker and, recently, her Oscar-winning production design for the film Poor Things. Inspired by an injection moulded bow hair clip, her design is constructed of laminated acetates—translucent Tangerine wrapping opaque Chestnut—softly hand sculpted and highly polished for an exquisite lustre.
Shona Heath is a pioneering set designer, known for her collaborations with Tim Walker and, recently, her Oscar-winning production design for the film Poor Things. Inspired by an injection moulded bow hair clip, her design is constructed of laminated acetates—translucent Tangerine wrapping opaque Chestnut—softly hand sculpted and highly polished for an exquisite lustre.
As sweet as a cola bottle.
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A round eye designed for a sweet toothed client. Laminated matte acetate inspired by cola bottle sweets.
A round eye designed for a sweet toothed client. Laminated matte acetate inspired by cola bottle sweets.
Inspired by the calabash, an object as beautiful as it is versatile.
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Yinka Ilori MBE is a multidisciplinary artist and designer, whose work is drawn from his British-Nigerian heritage. His frame is based on the cross section of a calabash, a gourd often used as an instrument in Nigeria. Bold blinkered side shields in laminated Mellow and Fisherman acetates, with set back hinges and temples embellished with Yinka’s signature flower motifs.
Yinka Ilori MBE is a multidisciplinary artist and designer, whose work is drawn from his British-Nigerian heritage. His frame is based on the cross section of a calabash, a gourd often used as an instrument in Nigeria. Bold blinkered side shields in laminated Mellow and Fisherman acetates, with set back hinges and temples embellished with Yinka’s signature flower motifs.
Not one to shy away from a statement.
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An unapologetically bold, black cate-eye with an undulating browline and sculptural chamfers.
An unapologetically bold, black cate-eye with an undulating browline and sculptural chamfers.
A study in material and the iterative process.
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Daniel Weil is a distinguished designer, known for his contributions to industrial design and architecture. He rose to prominence with the Memphis Group in the 1980s, before working as a partner of Pentagram for 28 years. His frame was inspired by a sixteenth century bespectacled helmet made for Henry VIII. The circular-lensed frame is constructed from crystal acetate, with a brass piece hand-pinned to the front.
Daniel Weil is a distinguished designer, known for his contributions to industrial design and architecture. He rose to prominence with the Memphis Group in the 1980s, before working as a partner of Pentagram for 28 years. His frame was inspired by a sixteenth century bespectacled helmet made for Henry VIII. The circular-lensed frame is constructed from crystal acetate, with a brass piece hand-pinned to the front.
Turning nothing into something, then that something into something else.
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Jaimus Tailor is a London-based designer and the founder of Greater Goods, a studio celebrated for its innovative approach to using existing products as raw materials. His frame is a multitool, incorporating a ruler and brass-lined pattern template into the temples. In true Greater Goods fashion, the frame is composed of recycled offcuts, laminated together.
Jaimus Tailor is a London-based designer and the founder of Greater Goods, a studio celebrated for its innovative approach to using existing products as raw materials. His frame is a multitool, incorporating a ruler and brass-lined pattern template into the temples. In true Greater Goods fashion, the frame is composed of recycled offcuts, laminated together.
There's humour in the most unusual places.
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David Shrigley OBE is an artist known for combining word and image to root out a surreal sense of humour in the mundane. His work has been exhibited in major galleries worldwide, including the Tate Modern and MoMA. His frame has one big eye and one small eye, which is different to most spectacles.
David Shrigley OBE is an artist known for combining word and image to root out a surreal sense of humour in the mundane. His work has been exhibited in major galleries worldwide, including the Tate Modern and MoMA. His frame has one big eye and one small eye, which is different to most spectacles.
As rich in colour as it is smooth in finish.
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That goes for James Hoffman's coffee, as well as his newest pair of spectacles. Classic in shape, to be worn everyday.
That goes for James Hoffman's coffee, as well as his newest pair of spectacles. Classic in shape, to be worn everyday.