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The two brand new Bvulgari luxury bejeweled eyewear lines released by the fashion house are beyond the greatest expectations of ours.
Source: Bvlgari Launches Luxurious Mask-Like Sunglasses Inspired By Italy | Fashionisers
We are so excited to discover the latest Karen Walker eyewear collection for fall 2015 that’s all about fresh designs and colorful frames.
Source: Karen Walker Launches Colorful and Artistic Sunglasses | Fashionisers
Karen Walker has created a wonderful line that is gaining popularity around the world after her inital debut.
Startup VA-ST thinks its depth-sensing glasses can help people with little sight get around more easily.
Source: Augmented-Reality Goggles Aim to Help Legally Blind See | MIT Technology Review
Luxottica Group is donating 1.7 million euros, or $1.86 million at current exchange rate, to restore the Accademia Bridge in Venice.
Source: Spring/ Summer 2015 Eyewear Trends – Fashionisers
While most of us tend to see the trends as a basic guide there are some amoung us that are brave and daring with their sense of style. The designers of our time constantly show us what is on the far, far side of fashion.
The strongest trend by far are the round glasses , updated or vintage inspired…but here’s more:
Trend : Fun & Out There
Designers like Moschino and Nicholas K give us funky out-of-this world looks that are colorful and at times very funny! Prada shows great wooden frames taking the current trend of using wood as a medium to yet another extreme.
Trend: Aviator’s
Yes this does continue with updated looks and style lines or with the classic look…sunglasses are either tinted or mirrored. This sporty yet polished look has now become a timeless and classic style that when seen through the special touch of each design house.
Trend: Cat Eye
Here is another classic that is fast becoming an essential must have! Though these seem geared toward the fashionista with a bit of style and punch, cateyes frames are a great addition to anyone with a looks of curves. The lines offer a nice contrast to the rounding effect and can give great balance to your look. This look is quite sexy whether you pick the more retro version with large designed motifs, the delicate chic-modern rimless tinted styles. or the more softer cateyes that enhance and invite!
Trend: Half-Rim Frames
What makes these very cool ( because these are just a type of frame that is always available) is the NEW trend that has updated this look…the rimless portion of the frame is usually at the bottom or as in the browline styles we see the rim going straight across and the rest of the lenses are rimless. Here the rim is curved cheekily down the side of the lenses and teasing to go around but doesn’t. I think these create a very seductive look and give the eye a very lovely type of enhancement. YAY let’s have some fun with our glasses people! Other designers are a bit more modernist looking (Miu Miu) here they leave the top portion of the frames as rimless and put the rim around the bottom of the lenses.
Trend: Round Glasses
Retro round glasses ala John Lennon or even the huge ones as we have seen with Twiggy in the 60’s continue to push forward…here is another trend that has seemed have caught on quite strongly and is fast becoming yet another staple.
Versace, Gucci, Pucci, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Jason Wu, Dries Van Noten and so many more show round glasses as the staple detail of their collection. So get your round glasses one!
These round sunglasses are the “summer’s must have” according to Style.com
Trend: Square , Flat Top or Geometric Frames
Well here we go…these are the quintessential retro frames, these scream out the 70’s. I don’t really feel that square glasses have really had their fair share of the stage so it’s time now wouldn’t you say. From Miu Miu and Prada to Georgio some designers do show a version of any of these there. They are fun and inspire such a sense of style and je ne sais quoi that they are a positive addition to your wardrobe. By next year I think this trend will catch on in a stronger way.
Enjoy!
Here is a great review of fashion eyeglasses for Fall 2014.
You will find that eyeglasses, be they prescription eyeglasses, or fashion eyeglasses (sunglasses) have not really changed much in trend in the last year or so. Looking at the New York Fashion Week attendees one sees that the fashion on the street is very much the same in terms of glasses.
Though there seems to be little change in the actually frame shapes…we do indeed see a lot of innovation when it comes to the coloring, styling as well as the frame materials that are being used.
We see the same trends on Harper’s London Street Style Report (see photo below). Stylin’ like the 50’s or 60’s working with nostalgic costumes that invoke that era.
Everything from soft transparent frames in soft colors, to big black frames in a variety of some wild and others not-so-wild frame types.
The wayfarer frame shapes for sunglasses, or for clear fashion eyeglasses are still going hot. Just have more fun with the colors and even blend in with your outfit or be bold and stand out. The classic or retro glasses styles of wayfarer frames are also still going on, pick em big to emphasis you lips and nose.
Aviator frames continue too…again you can be more playful with the colors and the frame type choosing plastic frames as well as the old stand by in metal. Here you can also pep up your look with some cool retro eyedrop shaped glasses, or cat eyeglasses that are a bit softer in the angling.
The next continuing trend in also more fun and playful varieties are the round eyeglasses (also retro glasses) You can have these as sunglasses, prescription sunglasses/ eyeglasses as well as clear fashion glasses; either way you are in the trend!
Enjoy these wonderful pictures to give you a visual of some of the trendy glasses available.
Best Sunglasses of 2014 from New York Spring Fashion Week – Harper’s BAZAAR.
Most of us take for granted our eyeglasses, contact lenses and other tools that help us see more clearly. But eyeglasses didn’t just pop up in the 20th century. They been evolving for hundreds and hundreds of years.
Early recorded evidence demonstrates that glasses first appeared in Pisa, Italy about the year 1286. Technically, they were created from two convex shaped glass or crystal stones. Each was surrounded by a frame and given a handle. These were then connected together through the ends of their handles by a rivet. They were not really an invention per se but instead an adaptation of something used earlier – the simple glass stone magnifier.
Essentially someone took two existing mounted stones and connected them with a rivet. Most likely, this first pair of glasses was invented by someone who wanted to keep the process a secret in order to make a profit. Two monks from the St. Catherine’s Monastery, Giordano da Rivalto and Alessandro della Spina, provide the earliest documentation to support this fact. Giordano coined the term “Occhiale” or eyeglasses, and its use began to spread throughout Italy and Europe.
Not surprisingly, eyeglasses would receive a major push for their future development in regions where other glass objects were being produced. At the time Venice, Italy was one of the most advanced centers for the medieval glass industry.
By the middle of the 15th century, the city of Florence led in the innovation, production, sale, and spread of spectacles (eyeglasses) in Italy and beyond.
Published evidence in the form of letters of the dukes of Milan dated in the years 1462 and 1466, reveal the first detailed information about spectacles since their invention. By this time, Florence, Italy was producing in large quantities not only convex and concave lenses. Florence had become the leading manufacturer of readily available and affordable good-quality spectacles.
The massive documentation available only in Florence for this early period reveals the name of fifty-two spectacle makers between 1413 and 1562 and the location of their shops. The large numbers of spectacles circulating in northwest Europe (especially London) from the 14th century on were being mass-produced in the Low Countries. They were then manufactured in England beginning in the 15th century. Other centers of production like Germany, France, and Netherlands began to appear more frequently in the sources only by the sixteenth century but they never produced anything near the quantity of the Florentine documentation until well into the seventeenth century.
As the 20th century opened, eyeglass wearers emphasized style. The improved plastics in the early 1900’s heralded a new era in frame styling. During the 1930’s sunglasses also became very popular. By 1950, eyeglasses had become a fashion accessory in Europe and North America.
Eyeglass wearers demanded stylish, comfortable, and functional designs exhibiting both variety and elegance. They still do. Eyeglasses have become an added accessory by which people can enhance their own individual look.
