Blue Lace

Here is some weekend inspiration. Blue lace, cherry lips and milkmaid braids!

sunglasses by Anna-Karin Karlsson

The things #kids wear...

Instagram is this beautiful parallel world where you find lots of interesting things you had never heard of before and yesterday I found these really nice illustrations by a Brooklyn mom who draws a portrait a day (where does she find the time??) of her daughter and her daughter's friends. Some in these really creative outfits, some as rock'n roll as the defiant expression on their faces, here are my favourite...

artwork by www.whatmydaughterwore.blogspot.co.uk

artwork by www.whatmydaughterwore.blogspot.co.uk

artwork by www.whatmydaughterwore.blogspot.co.uk

artwork by www.whatmydaughterwore.blogspot.co.uk

Pantone 19-3336 TPX Lips

Here it is, the news we'v all been waiting for.................I just read that violet lips are back!! I know, I am not sure I am going to try this either, I have only just got used to wearing mine red. However! According to my new Pantone App violet complements Pantone 18-0435 (olive green) and since I am all about reading into numbers today, I think this means violet lips go well with olive skin, so my skin colour! Naaaaa, still not enough to convince me to try them, but if you are braver than me what I think they work well with are those retro' green mono-colour lens; violet lips can look a little futuristic so a pair of vintage sunglasses just create a well balanced look.

artwork by Eyespectacle and sunglasses by Dries van Noten

It's Friday, I am in ♥... with neon!

This is something else I found in a hotel magazine in Spain.

photo by Eyespectacle - sunglasses by Louis Vuitton

An unexpected present...

The past week has been all about presents for me. One particular present wasn't for my birthday (though the timing was almost perfect!) and completely unexpected. My friend Francesca, who is an optician, sent me two incredibly beautiful 50's "gems" from her archive. You must know that Francesca is one of the first people that inspired my passion for eyewear (unknowingly and unknown to me at the time), she sold these incredibly quirky glasses, filled with attitude and something unseen in in the relatively fashion un-savvy small town her shop was in (a million years away from trendsetting Paris or New York!), in the pretty much rural Veneto region.

I was around 16 at the time and had no idea I was going to design eyewear one day, Francesca's syster Federica, who is one of my best friends from high school owned a different pair of glasses for each day of the week (well, maybe I am exaggerating...but only just!), some where chunky and round, a la Iris Epfel, some crazy geometric and always in the brightest colours you had ever seen; you name it, she had it sitting on her tiny nose.

Well in true Francesca-style here are two new beauties, with attitude to add to my collection!

photo by Eyespectacle

photo by Eyespectacle

photo by Eyespectacle

photo by Eyespectacle

photo by Eyespectacle

It's Friday, I am in ♥... with rainbow colours!

The things you find in hotel magazines in Spain...

Here is how you turn two cliche' spanish caballeros in into trendy caballeros = combine a pair of chunky vintage glasses with a wide brimmed hat (+tangerine outfit), ¡Olé!

It's Friday, I am in ♥... with gold!

Karen Walker sunglasses - gold foil photo by Patternity 

Light tinted lens

artwork by Eyespectacle

So, it's the 70s all over again...well, at least according to Saint Lauren's latest Spring Summer show.

Once the weather decides to change to a sunnier disposition (particularly here in London!) we can start thinking about sunglasses again...and 70s sunglasses?!? Really?? They don't just mean super-wide, deep shapes, generally in caramel colours (which I quite like) but also lighter and see through lens, or filter category 2 (FC2) if I have to be technical. Mmmmm, that I am not so sure about...

You see, I like the look, the proportions, even the colours of 70s sunglasses but it's the fact that you can see your eyes through the lens that I find most challenging. They don't hide the aftermath of a great night out, the fact that you quickly nipped out the house without make up and they don't add that air of mystery that we like to associate to wearing sunglasses...In fact, they just do a different job! 70s sunglasses are for aperitifs in the sunset, BEFORE that great night out, for when you are tanned and happy to make an effort and, most importantly, THEY LOVE MAKE-UP!! I think they are the spotlight for beautiful eyes you want to show off. FC2 lens also come in gorgeous colours that complement those of pencils and eyeshadow.

You remember a while ago I mentioned interesting combinations of glasses and make up? Well, these are the perfect combination of sunglasses and eye make-up! And they do the job like no other, you should try...

It's Friday, I am in ♥... with Purple!

And Italia Independent's purple lens...

photo of purple hair from Patternity