Thinking of starting a vintage eyewear page on Instagram. I could do this all on my own Instagram page, which I recently started (add it if you do Instagram, and like eyewear content https://www.instagram.com/mosslipow/),...
I spent some time in Italy this summer: the region between Venice and the Dolomites. I was there to tour factories and have meetings, but you can’t get away from the 2500 or so...
When you collect anything seriously, you develop sources. Eyewear is no different. One of my best was a very old man, with a long scar on his face and an archaic Brooklyn accent, right...
Purportedly it’s Claude Rains. All sources say he starred as The Invisible Man in the 1933 film. Could have been anyone, though. Think about it. Rains could have just looped his voice. The cool...
Although various lorgnettes and quizzing glasses enjoyed flares of vogue throughout the 19th Century, eyeglasses tended to be austere and utilitarian in design regardless of the user’s class. Such was the fashion of the...
Moss Lipow has been variously referred to in media as "The Genius of Eyewear Design" and "The Most Talked About Eyewear Designer in Decades". His custom work has been worn by celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Elton John, the Olsens, M.I.A. and more. These include some of the costliest and most elaborate pieces of eyewear ever.
He curated and collected 3000 vintage and antique pieces spanning five centuries for his acclaimed definitive history of the medium "Eyewear", recently published by Taschen.
His eponymous line of eyewear is sold worldwide.
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