There is a particular quality to frames designed by people who understand that the best eyewear is noticed only in retrospect — when someone turns to you after the evening is over and says they liked your glasses. Not during. After.
This month I have been paying attention to three makers who understand this better than most...
There is a particular quality to frames designed by people who understand that the best eyewear is noticed only in retrospect — when someone turns to you after the evening is over and says they liked your glasses. Not during. After.
This month I have been paying attention to three makers who understand this better than most. The first is Barton Perreira, whose spring collection includes a rectangular acetate in a colour they call Camouflage — a brown so quiet it disappears into the face and yet somehow makes the face more interesting.
The second is Anglo American Optical, a British house that has been making frames since 1882 and has no interest in being discovered by anyone who wasn't already looking. Their current model, the 429, is the kind of frame that improves by increments over years of wear. You will look better in it in five years than you do today.
The third I will save for next month. Some things are worth the wait.