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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
We would like to acknowledge the great legacy Steve Jobs has left to the world. He will be greatly missed.
Freud, Adler and Jung all wore round glasses. Were they merely following the fashion of their time or does this say something of their psyches?
Panto refers to the shape of glasses which we often associate with the NHS of the 1950s and 60s. The term panto comes from the word pantoscopic which literally means seeing everything or wide view. These frames, a combination of … Continue reading
To architects design is important so it follows that they pay attention to the style and design of the glasses they wear. Design is important to us too which is why we have carefully selected our collection of vintage frames … Continue reading
BBC 2‘s dark comic mystery series Psychoville has returned to our screens with some familiar crazies and some new characters. Many characters featured in this series wear retro style glasses. We’re not sure why anyone would want to copy their … Continue reading
If you are, have you noticed the fantastic vintage glasses? If you are not, you must tune into this great serial drama directed by Martin Scorsese set in Atlantic City during the Prohibition Era. Here are a few characters in … Continue reading
Vintage glasses played an important role in the recent BBC One Drama South Riding. The story, written by Andrew Davies, is set in 1930s Yorkshire and stars Anna Maxwell Martin and David Morrissey. Quite a few characters wore round glasses … Continue reading
We would like to pay tribute to the fantastic life of composer John Barry who won Oscars for the scores of films such as Born Free, Lion in Winter, Out of Africa, and Dances with Wolves. He is probably best … Continue reading
A rare pair of John Lennon’s gold rimmed sunglasses, from the 1966 Japan tour, go under the hammer today at Frank Marshall & Co Auctions of Knutsford. Recently exhibited in ‘The Beatles Story’, Albert Dock, Liverpool these frames are not … Continue reading
