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Category Archives: Anglo American
Can you believe the movie Hook is now twenty years old? Happening upon it recently we noticed that the eyewear appears to have been supplied by Anglo American Optical. Take a look at the various round frames on a grown … Continue reading
Everybody’s favourite ‘girl next door’, Alexa Chung, looks stunning in everything she wears. Always on trend, in fact she usually sets them, she’s seen here in an array of gorgeous sunnies. We’ve paired her look with some of our stylish … Continue reading
Must see Sunday night telly is Upstairs Downstairs. Series Two is back with a vengeance and new characters such as Beryl Ballard and the intriguing Dr Blanche Mottershead as well as returning favourites like Mr Amanjit and Lady Percy. Britain … Continue reading
W.E. is a romantic drama on two levels. The first focuses on the love affair between Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) and King Edward VIII (James D’Arcy). The second contemporary story is about the troubled realationship of a New York housewife … Continue reading
French director and specs wearer Michel Hazanavicius brings us the film The Artist. Black and white and silent the film’s star Jean Dujardin picked up the Best Actor award at Cannes and The Artist has been tipped for further nominations … Continue reading
Have you ever noticed the theme of eyewear in the fantastically kooky films of Wes Anderson? With a penchant for glasses and sunglasses of the 1970s we take a look at the role specs play in a few of his … Continue reading
Both Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, creators of the new film version of the classic Tintin comic book adventures, wear classic specs as seen below. Favouring the traditional metal round and panto shapes they even put one of their characters … Continue reading
Set to release in the UK on the 26th October, The Help is a film based on Kathryn Stockett’s book of the same name. Set in 1960′s Mississippi, Skeeter Phelan an aspiring journalist decides to interview the town’s African American … Continue reading
The novel One Day was an acclaimed success. A must read, the 2009 book written by David Nicholls has been turned into a film of the same name starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgiss. Much anticipated the movie will be … Continue reading
The competition has now ended and we would like to congratulate our winners Kerry Beesley and Jen Stevens ! Also thank you to everyone who ‘liked’ our page, tagged our photos, and entered. Kerry has won an AA Valdez B … Continue reading
