Gary Oldman as Count Dracula wearing prince-nez style eyeglasses. The prince-nez design is supported without the help of temples, and are held in place by pinching the bridge of the nose. The prince-nez was also worn by President Theodore Roosevelt but without cobalt blue tinted lenses.
One of our favorite mens wear blogs, Drinkin’ And Dronin’ featured this awesome picture of Morrissey and the rest of the Smiths relaxing back in the day. Morrissey’s shades are sick! They fit him perfectly, and look so smooth.
Sunglasses by Patrick Nagel, Mirage Editions, 1983 was issued in two versions the other with foil stamp sunglass lenses which we have hanging in the shop. He is probably most famous for his Duran Duran “Rio” album cover.
Friend, artist, and vintage sunglass collector Jason Kraus enjoying New York’s first taste of beautiful weather in his turquoise blue Alpina sunglasses. Check out the matching shoelaces. Nice touch. His current collaboration is up at Renwick Gallery. Take a peek.
I’ve written about our friend and customer Jake Davis, film maker and blogger extraordinaire before. He recently challenged his readers to find frames similar to the one he posted here (as seen above). We are here and ready for any such eyewear challenges you put us to. Thanks for thinking of us Jake… But next time give us something harder.
We have a lot of frames like this–from leather wrapped 1980s Ralph Lauren, to neon 1980s Anglo American, to bright red Oleg Cassinis.
Al Davis owner of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders.. He changed the team colors from gold & black to silver & black in 1963. Here he is sporting his silver mirrored glasses, silver eyeglass cord, and silver tie. We know he would love it here at Silver Lining where we share his team’s moto “Commitment to Excellence”.
Hollywood legend Robert Evans looking like a true playboy in his tux and double bridge eyeglasses.
Although not an eyeglass wearer Salvador Dali is included as one of Silver Lining’s Framed Artists. This is due to his obsession with the human eye. Besides depicting the human eye in his paintings he used it in his set designs for Alfred Hitchcock’s movie “Spellbound” and his jewelry design “the Eye of Time”. His use of a magnifying glass suggests that maybe he did indeed need a pair of eyeglasses.
Alfred Hitchcock’s “Spellbound” 1945 dream sequence. Set design by Salvador Dali.
“The Eye of Time” jeweled brooch 1949 Salvador Dali
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