Journal

Mariko Kuo wears TRUDY

  Mariko Kuo, a Japanese-Londoner and a corporate lawyer working in the City of London, stuns in her Trudy frames in clear crystal on recent travels to New York and London.  

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Black Eyewear at London Design Festival 2018

Black Eyewear has joined forces with Jazz re:freshed, London’s progressive, boundary-pushing jazz community, to hold a series of events that explore the interplay of jazz and design. The 1950s was an atmospheric era for both design and jazz, and Black Eyewear’s designs are informed in part by both the music and the moment.  Black Eyewear […]

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Black Eyewear Man: Danny Sangra

Danny wears TRACEY eyeglasses in Two Tone Grey.   Danny Sangra is a multi-talented artist, director, photographer and general aesthete. A keen drawer from early childhood, spending a significant amount of time at his mother’s hair salon in Leeds where he would redesign the covers of her magazines, he later added illustration and photography to […]

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Black Eyewear Woman: MAEVE DOYLE

  Maeve Doyle is an art historian, buyer and consultant.  She lives and works in Mayfair, London, where she is known for her work with London’s Bankrobber Gallery together with Robin Barton, who is undoubtedly the world’s most famous dealer in Banksy artwork. Doyle has a wild appreciation for old Hollywood glamour, and a love […]

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Spring calls for fresh colour at Black Eyewear

  Spring sees greens, pale pinks, warm tortoiseshells and clear crystal take center stage.  ALICE in matt marmalade (pictured above) is an instant classic.     MITZI in Blonde is our nod to the oversized aviator. With a solid, comfortable bridge, these frames will see you through the sunshine season and beyond.     DEEDEE […]

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Black Eyewear Designs for Courtney Pine

Black Eyewear is proud to present the COURTNEY.  This frame was designed for musician Courtney Pine. A fan of Black Eyewear, he has worn our glasses and sunglasses in the past and his latest prescription square sunglasses appear on the cover of his album House of Legends.     The COURTNEY is available in ten […]

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Your essential jazz records

We recently asked you to share the jazz records that have moved you the most to celebrate International Jazz Day 2018.  We loved reading your stories about these albums, so we thought we’d gather them together here so we can all dip in when looking for our next recommendation. Here they are in no particular […]

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Behind the scenes at our new collection shoot

Get a glimpse of behind-the-scenes action at our latest Black Eyewear campaign shoot with fashion photographer Markus Lambert and models Martha Rose Redding (Select) and Franco Bauducco (Next).  

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Why ‘The Fit’ is so important

      It really is all about ‘the fit’. Your frames should beautifully and architecturally frame the structure of your face. Black Eyewear designer Robert Roope is a master of ‘the fit’ – having worked for more than 50 years in the business of optics.     “Like Frank Gehry‘s architecture embraces the landscapes […]

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Introducing Alice

Introducing Alice, our bold new cat eye sunglasses.   Mysterious, elegant, modern with a twist – Alice is Black Eyewear’s brand new frame for women.   Our refreshed design is inspired by 1950s and 60s polaroid sunglasses worn by movie stars and stylish sunbathers in the resorts of Palm Beach and the Cote d’Azure.   […]

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Cherry Mag x Black Eyewear

Francesca Cristini features Black Eyewear ALICE frames in her ‘Office ready – winter edition’ editorial. Read more here. Follow Francesca on Instagram.  

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International Jazz Day 2018 Competition

  WE’RE GIVING AWAY ONE PAIR OF BLACK EYEWEAR SUNGLASSES to mark International Jazz DAY 2018. HOW TO ENTER: FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM, TAG A FRIEND AND share with us the jazz record that has meant the most to you and why ON OUR COMPETITION POST. Alternatively, Like us on facebook, Tag a friend and comment on our facebook […]

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