10 Aug
Sustainable sunglasses carved from rose, cherry & zebrawood

Oregon-based workshop Shwood creates wood sunglasses with iconic shapes like these Wayfarers, which they’ve named ‘Canby’. They’re carved out of sustainable harvested natural woods such as zebrawood, cherry, and East Indian rosewood with top of the line Carl Zeiss lenses with optional polarizer. The Canby combines timeless frame style with the luxuriousness and uniqueness of [...]


29 May
New frames and materials for Spring/Summer 2012

Need a new pair of shades? Tired of your five-dollar pair breaking with the subwoofer’s drop? The days are finally getting longer and SUPER Sunglasses have released their new OFFSHORE collection just in time to sober your squinting woes. Made in Italy with soft translucent colors, rainbow acetates and classic tinted contrasts, there is enough selection [...]


25 Jan
Two new frames in the action eyewear collection

Arnette have released two new sunglasses to their already varied eyewear collection: the Glory Daze (above) and After Party. Packed with a large framed punch, the Glory Daze features oversized lenses and come in black, matte black with violet stems, translucent with blue mirrored lenses and the brand’s popular Havana patterns. The After Party shades [...]


12 Dec
Modern design avant-garde frames with the mountains in mind

French clothing company Moncler teams up with avant garde German eyewear designer MYKITA for a series of sunglasses aimed straight at the mountains. Like the Mylon Spring/Summer sunglass collection Mykita unveiled last month, the new goggle-like collaborative frames will be made of the Mylon material, and features a modern designs that represent both brands nicely. To [...]


13 Jun
Classic designs inspire Australian brand's handmade shades

With cues from classic shades of yonder year, Australian brand Ksubi has introduced their Summer 2011 Eyewear Collection that provides a wide range of frame styles. With a variety of details on each piece of the collection, the brand manages to make each one stand out, giving them their own unique look and feel. You [...]


28 Apr
Future forward eyewear for Spring/Summer 2011

MYKITA has certainly never shied away from teaming up with an avant garde designer to offer a far-future look at eyewear. Their designs with Rad Hourani — as well as their headscratching Yuri sunglasses — are exercises in the eccentric. This latest collaboration effort with designer Bernhard Willhelm may not be as pioneering, but they’ll [...]


25 Feb
Seattle's premier boutique delivers the shades

Danish eyewear designer Han Kjobenhavn teams up with Seattles’ premier boutique Blackbird for some beautiful tortoise sunglasses. Kjobenhavn’s Copenhagen-based label, known simply as Han, delivers large, semi-transparent tortoise frames complimented by sturdy black temple arms and cola-colored UV filter lenses. All hand made in Denmark, Han’s brand is based on the elements that form traditional [...]


21 Feb
Gold fingers, black crosses and white wings to shade your eyes

We all recall the shutter shades Kanye wore that were, let’s be honest, utterly useless. Well here’s another useless pair of shades clearly not shielding your eyes at all from the sun. Jeremy Scott, who can always be counted on for the outlandish, teams up with eyewear staple Linda Farrow to launch a line of [...]

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