Eyewear
Fashion or Art?
27 March 2012
There are some designers within the fashion world that push the barriers between art and fashion to such an extent that some would say the pieces become un-wearable or exclusively for the fashion extreme, others would say the boundaries are there to be pushed, the types of Anna Dello Russo would strongly agree with the later, I also would!
I have always been obsessed with crazy eye-wear designers but at the moment I can’t get enough of this talented duo, Rachel Cohen-Lunning and Merrilee Lichtenstein Cohen are the creative brains being Mercury NYC. Previously they designed metal body sculptures and art at the Hotel Chelsea in the mid 1970's, artwork included one of a kind fantasy jewellery, metal dresses, bustiers, gauntlet cuffs, headdresses, crowns, metal hoods, and eye-wear.
Now they continue to design truly unique eye-wear and on this shoot have worked with the talented photographer Joshua Scott to create these surreal photographs.
Baroque Eyes
7 October 2011
Moo Piyasombatkul, a fellow Central St Martins jewellery design graduate has recently launched her debut eyewear collection. Inspired by the fragility and beauty of porcelain tea sets, she combines sartorial direction with light hearted humour to create these unique one of a kind pieces. Stores such as Browns have already bought into her eyewear brand.
Watch this space...
Eyewear To Die For..
2 October 2011
If we could convince the world that it was a necessity to wear
sunglasses all year round, even when it is raining (so the rain doesn’t go in our eyes of
course) then these would be the only glasses to wear! They are utterly
divine and definitely worth a double
take…
The designer of these unique creations is Anna-Karin Karlsson, this name is one to remember. The Swedish designer's fascination with eyewear started at a young age when her mother would return from Florida head to toe in 80s glamour, but it wasn't until she tried on a pair of Christian Roth sunglasses that this fascination developed into a true passion.
As one fashion editor recently said: "I love them, I love them and I won't return them"
http://www.annakarinkarlsson.com/index.php
Pictures by Anna-Karin Karlsson.com
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