Fun and style for this season’s eyewear
Specsavers Chevorne Ksubi Carina Ksubi Eyewear’s 2011–12 range of optical lenses and sunglasses is something unique to look out for if quirky and fun is what you like. With the range’s motto Ad Astra (to the stars), the theme revolves around ‘paranoid alien-obsessed fanatics and their anarchistic lab nerd style.’ The range comes in cat-eye […]
Claudia Schiffer models Chanel’s autumn–winter 2011–12 Prestige eyewear
Supermodel Claudia Schiffer has been called up by Karl Lagerfeld to model Chanel’s autumn–winter 2011–12 Prestige eyewear collection. The chain motif has been used in numerous ways for the eyewear designs, evoking the Chanel handbag. The chain is woven with a strip of lambskin to form the temples, giving a distinctive look to […]
Mario Testino shoots supermodel Kate Moss in Vogue Eyewear campaign
Set amid digitally enhanced tropical-like foliage at London’s Syon Park, Kate Moss, the new face for the Vogue Eyewear spring–summer 2011 collection, pouts and poses for photographer Mario Testino. This is her first complete eyewear collection and she succeeds fellow models Gisèle Bündchen and Daria Werbowy. Kate took the opportunity to choose from the […]
Summer eyewear from Oroton and Sunglass Hut hits stores
Above Daria Werbowy fronts Oroton’s campaign. Below Sunglass Hut’s Platinum collection, with the Dolce & Gabbana DG4016, at NZ$385; Prada 56MS, NZ$529·90; Prada 59MS in blue and in pink, at NZ$469·90 each; Persol 2961S, NZ$360 and Prada Postcards, NZ$380. With the southern summer round the corner, we’re receiving more news of the new season’s eyewear. […]
Michael Kors launches eyewear in New Zealand through Visique
Visique now exclusively offers American designer Michael Kors’s eyewear range for the New Zealand market. The eyewear is priced from NZ$249 to NZ$299 and is available through Visique outlets. Visique is a New Zealand-owned network of independent, qualified optometrists and celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. You may also like Karen Walker Eyewear releases […]
Roberto Cavalli, Elena Santarelli and Karolína Kurková launch Dea glasses
Above Roberto Cavalli, flanked by Elena Santarelli and Karolína Kurková at the launch—both with and without sunglasses. Above Edoardo Tabacchi, Franca dall’Ara (Salmoiraghi & Viganò), Roberto Cavalli, and Maurizio Marcolin. Above Roberto Cavalli and Karolína Kurková. Above One of the two Roberto Cavalli Dea designs, commemorating his 40th anniversary. Roberto Cavalli, celebrating his label’s 40th […]
Luxottica reveals new OPSM concept store in Melbourne
Luxottica Group SpA launched a global retail concept store in Melbourne on Tuesday. The first OPSM eye hub store marks the debut of a retail outlet where every customer dictates and personalizes their own shopping experience. Designed by E2, who were behind the Millennium Dome, the revolutionary store concept has been designed to place […]
Giorgio Armani shows winter 2010 eyewear collection
Giorgio Armani has released its winter 2010 eyewear collection, all with a slight ’50s–’60s retro style, paying tribute to designs in its archives. The first collection comprises thirteen men’s and one women’s models. (Below are the men’s styles first, with the women’s style at bottom.) You may also like Shawn Mendes fronts Emporio Armani Connected […]
Cassius shows ’10 campaign visuals
We love these new visuals that Jason Ng at Cassius Eyewear sent to us earlier this month. The extra good news, apart from doing some very stylish eyewear, is that his company is getting more attention domestically—until recently, it seemed Cassius would be known outside its native New Zealand more than it would be on-shore. […]
Cassius Eyewear gets plenty of attention
I was chatting to Cassius Eyewear’s Jason Ng, who has seen his company grow very quickly in a short space of time. Not surprising to see why: Cassius’s range has some cool oversized styles, plus the campaign has been very nicely shot. The interesting thing is that Cassius is getting more press outside New Zealand […]
