It's that wonderful time of year again....London Fashion Week...!

It is the final day of London Fashion Week today and what a week its been!!

We popped down to Somerset House on a rather rainy Saturday evening for the Antipodium show which was just brilliant!..Pretty pastel blues and neutral taupe shades, a mixture of pvc, leather, fur and chiffon came down the catwalk, watched by an audience of young edgy Dalstonites.

Photo by EYELOVE

Photo by EYELOVE

Photo by EYELOVE

After a rather miserable Saturday, we were pleased when a sunny Sunday arrived and we could once again pop down to Somerset House and get a good spot of people watching and street style photography in...

After looking through our snaps, we noticed the trend that saw young ladies wearing clear oversized glasses. They tended to be vintage or offer vintage styling and gave the wearer a kooky, but cool and confident look...

Photo by EYELOVE

Photo by EYELOVE

Photo by EYELOVE

For more information on Antipodium please visit www.antipodium.com

Jaeger's press day

Here is a sneak preview from the Jaeger press day I have attended recently.
It was very nice to see the sunglasses we made as part of the full accessories range, this is when you start seeing the story the collection is telling and you can start to imagine this bourgeoise lady (with a twist!) and what she is going to wear next Spring...

Photograph is by EYELOVE

Photograph is by EYELOVE

Photograph is by EYELOVE

Generally press days are a great opportunity to see the full range for the next season, not just the garments and accessories that graced the catwalk...

Photograph is by EYELOVE

Photograph is by Alessandro Viero

Fashions got the V&A in motion

We went along to see our SS12 sunglasses in action (round 2!) at Peter Jensen's 10 year retrospective show hosted by the V&A in its Raphael gallery.

Showing a beautiful assortment of clothing and outfits from collections across the 10 years of his label, Jensen was able to create a montage of styles, piecing together an intriguingly complex story about his various female muses. The beautiful illustrated backdrop from his SS07 show by Charlotte Mann and props from other past collections, along with the Raphael cartoons, provided Jensen with the perfect setting to present a witty amalgamation of highlights from his past decade in fashion.

The backdrop...

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Our frowning eyebrow Nina Simone inspired sunglasses on the catwalk...!!

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Models wore blonde wigs, headscarves, paper hats, glittery nipple tassels and of course our sunnies - witty props and accessories from past shows...

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Our bunny ear sunglasses on the catwalk...!

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Bunny ear sunnies backstage!

photo by EYELOVE

The media were out in full force for the occasion...

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Fashion in Motion is a series of free fashion shows hosted by the V&A featuring collections by some of the most influential current designers. Peter Jensen's show along with a static retrospective in Copenhagen and new hardback book have all helped celebrate and mark his 10 years on the London fashion scene. We designed and produced the two styles of sunglasses shown in both his SS12 show and last weeks utterly brilliant retrospective :)

Fashion Street

The spring summer shows are now well over for another year. We have been busy collecting and collating eyewear research from both the catwalk and cities they take place in. Somerset House provided us with the perfect backdrop and setting for street shots of the very willing fashion crowd and their fashion forward eyewear....

photo by EYELOVE

There was an overwhelming concentration of round sunglasses both on and off of the catwalk. I particularly like the above mixed metal and plastic round I snapped on the opening day of LFW.

photo by EYELOVE

photo by EYELOVE

The above Alexander Wang preppy round also combines metal and plastic, but with more of an industrial feel. I love the studded temple detail and bulky screws holding the gunmetal nose bridge in place. All in all, trends off of the catwalk for eyewear were just as fashion forward at London Fashion Week as those coming from the collections.

Looking at the world through a pair of wavy glasses

Here is another gem from my trip to Paris last week

Photograph is by EYELOVE

 which reminds me of Christopher Kane's plastic pochette bags filled with encapsulated liquid.

Photograph is by Filippo Fior

A certain Parisian grace!

I was in Paris last week, outside the catwalk shows, looking for inspiration among the trendy crowd posing, chatting and being in a terrible hurry for the show!! I must admit though, I spotted the most intriguing people just roaming the street, where people are in their everyday sunglasses, not trying to be noticed. They are generally quite surprised when I ask them if I can take a picture of them and that their sunglasses are gorgeous.

Photograph is by EYELOVE

LFW love

I was lucky to be invited to Peter Jensen's London fashion week show at Somerset House yesterday afternoon to see the sunglasses we designed in action! Nina Simone was the muse for the collection and our frowning eyebrows paid homage to her rather angry temperament (she famously shot her neighbour for upsetting her concentration). The bunny ear glasses added an element of fun for which the label is known and loved for...

photo by EYELOVE

Peter Jensen neon bunny

photo by EYELOVE

photo by EYELOVE

                                                                   Bunny ear sunnies!

photo by EYELOVE

                                                              Angry eyebrow sunnies