Journal

HOLIDAY 2018 COMPETITION

WE’RE GIVING AWAY ONE PAIR OF BLACK EYEWEAR SUNGLASSES to celebrate the holiday season. HOW TO ENTER: ** FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM;** SHARE A PICTURE OF YOUR FAVOURITE 2018 MOMENT FEATURING YOUR BLACK EYEWEAR FRAMES WITH THE HASHTAG #MYBLACKEYEWEAR2018;** TAG A FRIEND YOU WISH TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH IN 2019! THE COMPETITION IS OPEN […]

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Christmas Opening Hours at Black Eyewear

Christmas Opening Hours and Order Delivery Times As Christmas fast approaches we wanted to make you aware of our Christmas hours and delivery lead times:     St Albans store Christmas and New Year Opening Hours Christmas Eve (Monday 24th December) –  9am – 3pm Christmas Day (Tuesday 25th December) –  Closed Boxing Day (Wednesday 26th December) […]

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Black Eyewear Man:  NIK ROOPE

  Nik Roope is a British industrial and digital media designer and entrepreneur. Roope received Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, Sculpture from Liverpool John Moores University. Roope’s career combines his interest in art, design and technology into various commercial and artistic pursuits. His designs have been included in MoMA permanent collection, The Cooper-Hewitt collection and The V&A. Nicolas founded […]

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Black Eyewear Gift Guide

Gift guide: Black Eyewear’s best and brightest of the season Last minute gift? You could choose a Black Eyewear giftcard, or pick from our favourites below. You still have time to receive your frames before Christmas. For UK post, order before the 2oth December. So without further ado, here’s our edit of Black Eyewear’s customer favourites and […]

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Black Eyewear’s iconic cat eye

The cat eye is truly the look of the season, and it’s Black Eyewear’s iconic designs that are leading the renaissance. ALICE has been a sell out, after a star turn on the streets at Fashion Weeks around the world.     But the iconic ALICE design isn’t the only cat eye in Black Eyewear’s […]

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Black Eyewear Man: BABS ODUNLAMI

    Babs Odunlami is a London-based men’s stylist with a deeply rooted respect and affinity for menswear.   A project manager by day, Odunlami works within some of London’s top tier financial institutions.  He founded the men’s lifestyle brand “aTribeCalledStyle” which serves as style inspiration to gentlemen globally while also providing niche wardrobe consultancy services.   […]

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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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