Posts Tagged ‘Giorgio Armani’

Ahead to Autumn

Monday, August 9th, 2010

The grass is still sucking up the post sunshine showers of July, but the fashion pack is ahead of the game and looking forward to the harvest, Halloween and hot new looks! All the fashion mags are working overtime on pondering the catwalk, studying the styles on display at the Couture shows and imaging what will filter down to the High Street over the next few months. This has an impact on the colours and shapes we’ll be wearing for coming year, so if you’re considering new glasses, read on…..

Giorgio Armani was working glamorous tailoring, always his strength, but with soft silhouettes and a neutral palette. So for work wear you might want to think about classic and grown up specs, in warm pale browns, caramel, or even nude, if your colouring can take it. Detail should be pared to the minimum for this look, so no added bling or pattern! A sleek metal frame or simple plastic with layered laminates would add interest without going over the top.

The house of Dior was awash with colour, a total contrast to the cool Mr Armani. And this colour was used to fantastic effect with mouth watering patterns that dazzled, in a riot of joyful flowers. So if you’re planning a wedding or a special outfit for a ball, you can go wild with hot shades and vibrant colour. Frames can be hot plastics, or layers of coloured metal, in a shade that’s as bright as your dress. You don’t have to match the colour exactly, brilliant red or green is fabulous with purple, or orange with turquoise, just make sure the strength of the colours are the same. Frames again can be simple with regard to detail, let the colour and pattern on your fabulous frock do the work for you!

If however minimalist chic is not for you, and you want to add bling, layers, flounces, diamonds and pearls to your dresses, than Chanel will fire your imagination this season. They were all about the detail and were also championing the floaty and romantic longer hem length. For all you fairy princesses out there, this is feminine and pretty. Specs can be metal or plastic, with slim rims that bring attention to your eyes. Add as much detail as you dare, with inlaid jewels, filigree work and delicate traceries of colour. Gold would be a good colour choice to echo the look and co-ordinate with lots of different colours.

Looking through the fashion pages can inspire you and excite you when making your decisions for the new season, so let your specs complement your clothes and add an extra fashion dimension to your outfit.

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Chic Means Geek!

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Pay attention boys – you may have been thinking about a change of style, and the Geek frame has been around for a while and is showing no signs of going away. New collections from the likes of Paul Smith, Giorgio Armani and Gucci are all still full of hunky chunky solid plastic frames, and they’re getting bigger all the time. So if you’re taking the style plunge, how can you make the transition as easy as possible?

On the whole, boys are a little less adventurous than girls in changing their look. They’re not bombarded with images of products all the time; they don’t read quite as many fashion mags as girls. Men often grab the first thing they see, safe in the comfort zone of t shirts and jeans identical to the ten pairs they already have at home. So going for new specs can be a traumatic experience, and girls, you need to support your men folk with helpful advice and don’t giggle when they try something new! (Just steer them gently in the right direction – that is the direction you want them to take!)

One of the problems with going for a new look in glasses is that you’ve been used to the faithful old pair, and new frames make you look totally different. So take it in easy stages. If you’ve been wearing a metal frame, start thinking about slightly thicker frames. Don’t go from rimless to solid black plastic in one giant leap! Think about new materials but in the same shape or colour as your old frame, and evolve slowly from there. Try brown before you go for black, or look for a plastic that’s dark across the top but clear at the bottom.

Have a go with our try-before-you-buy offer at TheInternetGlassesCompany, which lets you put frames on in the comfort of your own home without anybody laughing! Canvass a few opinions only when you feel comfortable in your new look. When you hit on the perfect style you’ll wonder why it took you so long and you’ll never be seen dead in your old pair!

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The IGC (The Internet Glasses Company) Awards 2010!

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

With Lady Gaga wiping the board at the Brits and the film world awash with Oscar and Bafta talk, our thoughts turn to a review of who we would give IGC Gongs to, if we had the chance to devote ourselves to such a spectacle…..

Award for Stunning Sunglass Wear – It has to be the great Victoria Beckham, with as many pairs of sunnies as she has Birkins. We love Victoria and her endless hunger for fashion, never afraid to change her look and what she looks through….

Victoria Becham in sunshades

Victoria Becham in sunshades

Award for Cool Specs Wear – Colin Firth naturally, delicious and sexy in his new film A Single Man. Any fashion icon that promotes eye wear is an inspiration to us speccy four eyes, and we always appreciate great spex!

Award for Best Collection – Christian Dior, for his delicious detailing and exquisite scattering of bling on his ladies frames. Jewellery for the face indeed, even worn by one or two of you with no prescription!

Award for Cool Italian Style – Gucci stunned us with their chic men’s wear, classic lines, cool detail, always on trend. A pleasure to wear and to admire.

Award for the Coolest Spec Case – Giorgio Armani, not content with clean lines, smart details, and super sexy understated style, he even has to produce am amazing  spec case! With tactile material and curves that don’t quit, this case is as desirable as one of his suits.

Award for Services to Economical & Accessible Eyewear – us of course! We offer a fab range of inexpensive but excellent frames, and are major suppliers of varifocals over the net. Hurrah to the IGC – cheap is the new expensive and it’s all thanks to us!

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A Loss to Fashion

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

The tragic loss of Lee Alexander McQueen this week has given rise to many articles in the media about his career, and the designs he produced for his catwalk shows. Hailed by many as a true creative genius, others often could not understand McQueen’s vision. Opinion is always divided about the work of great Couturiers – a case of the Emperor’s New Clothes? As more and more designers take on Optical assignments and bring us new eye glass styles, we should consider the work of innovators and appreciate what they bring to our everyday lives.

Anything that makes an everyday chore more pleasurable must be applauded, and this has been very evident with spectacles. A medical device that many of us need to function in our everyday lives has become a must have accessory and a desirable purchase. This first became apparent when Designers moved into the eye wear market and began transforming the humble spec into a piece of fashion.

A trend that began with Giorgio Armani and Christian Dior during the Eighties designer boom is now a multi-million pound industry and has ended the misery of glasses wear for many. McQueen himself produced a stunning eyewear range, as do countless others. Who wouldn’t want to buy something they enjoy wearing? Even if you don’t appreciate a specific designer frame, you will still reap the benefits of their inspiration as their innovation filters down through all manufactures ranges.

McQueen stunned the fashionistas with his Highland Rape Collection in 1995, displaying some shocking rear cleavage on the catwalk, but for many years afterwards we were all wearing low slung jeans and sharp tailoring that owed much to his initial vision. Eye wear follows suit, with detailing, colours, and shapes providing inspiration for many collections that follow the trend setters. Never dismiss designers as being detached from your world, or out of touch with reality. Like McQueen they all come up with the look for the season, and our lives are made more colourful and aesthetically pleasing because of it. We have lost a true fashion great this week, and even if you don’t think he touched your life, his influence and vision has in reality affected us all.

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Designs on You!

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

The concept of the ‘Designer’ product has come a long way since those heady, excess filled days of the eighties, when everyone was clamouring for jeans or other clothing bearing a logo. Prices have come down, so have reputations in some cases, and the flood of counterfeit goods has had an effect of the kudos of a named brand. Even in these credit crunch times however, there is a huge demand for luxury product, built to last, and the designer frames market has a huge place in this.

People often wonder if you’re just paying for the name with a designer product, but particularly with frames and sunglasses the stakes are high for designers if the quality doesn’t live up to the cost. Image the impact on a global brand like Giorgio Armani or Christian Dior if they supplied shoddy items of poor manufacture. These are multi million pound, internationally known names, and every item bearing their logo is a showpiece for them.

Designer labels need to be associated with quality

Designer labels need to be associated with quality

So you’re paying for workmanship and quality, and you’re also getting the assurance of a huge brand behind your precious piece of eyewear. What else do you get?!! You get innovation, and the chance to be ahead of the fashion pack. Every frame on the market will have been inspired by what the big brands are producing. Today’s Ralph Lauren will be echoed in a range brought out by mainstream suppliers tomorrow, but if you have the inspiration for the style it’ll be in fashion for some time to come, as it filters down to the mass market.

Often designer pieces are produced in limited quantity, with exclusive hand finished detail and luxury materials like gold, pearls, and hand enamelling. These specs will be made to last, we see vintage Christian Dior and Chanel from twenty years ago, still being worn and having new lenses fitted, and these styles are hot right now! Fashion has swung full circle to showcase bigger fames again.

So don’t be afraid to splash the cash on an investment purchase that will stand the test of time. You’ll be able to feel and see the quality, and be the envy of your friends! And if you still feel guilty remember that a Marc Jacobs spec frame is considerably less than a Marc Jacobs handbag – so really you’re saving money!!

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