Eyewear maker Oliver Peoples helps Porter celebrate its 50th Anniversary with a well designed collection of foldable sunglasses. As Porter is famed for its travel cases, bags and luggage, it’s fitting the glasses take portability for a premium while keeping the Japanese label’s heralded reputation for quality intact. All the frames are made from Japanese [...]

We’ve seen Jeremy Scott hook up with Linda Farrow on a line of sunglasses before, and the results were… ummmm… dramatic. Now the duo have teamed up yet again on a new set of frames, these ones aptly titled the Golden Gun Sunglasses. Crafted of nickel and silver, the frames are gold-plated and feature a [...]

For Ray-Ban’s 75th Anniversary (Ray-Banniversary, can we do that? We just did), Ray-Ban is presenting the Ambermatic Collection featuring yellow polarized, anti-glare lenses that were developed in 1978. The yellow lenses will also darken according to light and temperature too, just like the original 1937 Ray-Ban Aviators. The Ambermatic Collection is available in four styles: [...]

Last time we saw The Vintage Frames Company they were teaming up with Ultra for their Ultra Goliath 2 Snow White Sunglasses — which, for reasons we can’t quite comprehend, ended up being one of our more popular posts of the past couple months. Why, exactly, is hard to figure out. Now they’ve returned with [...]

Absolut has just as much of a tradition featuring city-themed limited edition vodkas as they do ones packed with fruity concoctions. Remember that SF-themed one? Well their latest release isn’t a nod to a city, but it is definitely filled with lots of fruit. The Absolut Gustafson — vodka flavored with sun-ripened cherries, freshly sliced [...]

Sure summer is cooling down, but there’s always a need to beat the heat. And the next best thing to grabbing some ice cream, and better if you’re slimming down for Fall, is a snow cone. The shaved ice treat topped off with colored syrup may sound like an easy thing to make, but believe [...]

We’re gonna be in Portland this weekend at the launch of the 2012 Hyundai Veloster at the boutique Jupiter Hotel, and the crew at Hyundai have quite a full 12-course meal of activities in front of us. It’s gonna be a doozy, but we’ll throw up a gallery of the weekend as it goes down. [...]

Following in the disco-infused indie rock of its Aussie compatriots Cut/Copy, Midnight Juggernauts and Empire of the Sun comes Strange Talk, who just released their self-titled debut EP on Neon Gold Records. The first single from the record, “Climbing Walls”, shimmers with all the swagger, melody, rhythm and background vocal textures that have made Australia [...]