http://www.spectaclesblog.com Seeing spectacles, glasses, sunglasses, eyewear & goggles in a new light! Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:36:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I Love Wooden Glasses Frames: More From Which To Choose [caption id="attachment_4808" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Latest In Wooden Spectacles"][/caption] A new woody specs site has come to my attention (sometime ago I'm afraid to say - before my "specation").  It's Shwood. Check it.  But - as opposed to previous sites and makers Spectacles ... http://www.spectaclesblog.com/?p=4802 Do You Know What Spectacle Sizes Mean? If you saw these numbers inside your spectacles - or someone else's glasses for that matter, would you know what they meant?  The numbers would be on the spectalces' frame because they are specific to the frame. 54-20-140 Sometimes there's a little square between the numbers ... http://www.spectaclesblog.com/?p=4764 Chanel CH 4164 at £250/$350 [caption id="attachment_4936" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Wrap Those Shades Around Your Pretty Face..."][/caption] It's quite unusual that Spectacles Blog likes those megalithic brand offerings because normally they're fr the rich and not so young - or if young then showy and too brand conscious.  But these look good - ... http://www.spectaclesblog.com/?p=4783 Replica Sunglasses How Do They get Away With It? I can't remember how I heard about these people - probably an alert for designer sunglasses. But now that I've been to see In Style Sunglasses (dotcom), it seems amazing that they get away with it. The D&G replicas which are shown ... http://www.spectaclesblog.com/?p=4786 Minimalist reading Glasses... Spectacles Blog received the following recently on a post about spec's image. "I need to distribute really trendy nonexpensive light minimalist reading glasses, men and womens, square rectangle oval lenses leather temples no more than 4us fob or so. new designers welcome" I don't know what to do with ... http://www.spectaclesblog.com/?p=4927 Who's Heard Of Theo Lunnettes? During my "quiet spell" recently, Spectacles Blog has been bombarded with emails about Theo and a sunglasses brand/designer called Tim Van Steenbergen - or is it vice-versa? The glasses look good but I have to digest all the emails and see what's what.  I didn't know that Antwerp ... http://www.spectaclesblog.com/?p=4910 Select Specs Spectacles Do The Job Very Well Thank You... [caption id="attachment_4918" align="alignleft" width="223" caption="Invisible Rimless Glasses - Depending On The Angle"][/caption] Bearing in mind that someone chased me to see these rimless spectacles (how did they know the code?) I thought I'd better show them.  But first apologies for the delay ... http://www.spectaclesblog.com/?p=4917 Most Designer Spectacles & Sunglasses Leave Spectacles Blog Unimpressed But... [caption id="attachment_4879" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="With Extra Spectacles For Your Temples"][/caption]  ... I saw these and I thought "now at least they were worth designing".  Other wise I have to say (though it won't do me any good) that most designer glasses are unremarkable - ... http://www.spectaclesblog.com/?p=4878 Nothing to say about Spectacles... [caption id="attachment_4892" align="alignleft" width="222" caption="Can I be the first to indulge in specs & drugs & rock 'n' roll?"][/caption] ...I just wanted to write that down before any one else did. I've searched Google and it's not there so maybe it's the first time it's been written down.  ... http://www.spectaclesblog.com/?p=4891 Bad Spectacles Jokes: It started recently when all the papers had Kelly Brook in her knickers for Specsavers:  Every one had the "specs appeal" headline. Was that a phenomena of creativity or lazy journalism with the headline coming from the PR with the pictures and the sub imagining that headline would ... http://www.spectaclesblog.com/?p=4703