Christian Dior Sunglasses… By Tura, not Optyl.
The cover image for this post is Christian Dior. I wonder how many people familiar with the brand know he was an actual person? Seriously. I wonder how many of those are familiar with...
Monthly Archive: June 2014
Frame of the Week: The first Christian Dior optyl sunglasses 6/6/14
As far as I know these were the first Christian Dior sunglasses made of optyl, the miracle resin that was supposed to supplant cellulose acetate. They date from about 1969. Wilhelm Anger, the inventor...
Where have I seen those “new” Dior sunglasses before?
Compare and contrast the new Diors: With these Sol Amors, which were the cover image of my book: Seeing the resemblance took me aback somewhat. I stopped at the Solstice store when I spotted...
Why exactly were aviator sunglasses so popular after WWII? The history of aviator sunglasses Part 6
The earlier installments in this series are at the links below: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 This installment largely consists of a nagging thought I’ve had. I remember once...
How did boring eyewear condemn a man to 5 consecutive life sentences?
From the April 7th 1990 Philadelphia Inquirer: It was a marriage from hell. John List wasn’t the only one in the family who was mentally ill. So was his wife, Helen, according to a...
The Golden Age of Thick Plastic Eyeglasses – and its end…
One of my favorite periods of 20th Century style occurred from the later 1950s through the mid 1960s. Men’s fashion especially was crisp, sleek and modern. It was the heyday of strong acetate eyeglass...
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