Trend Bulletin 7

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trend bulletin: statements of design

IMAGE: DANIELLE RATTRAY

The Teddy sunglasses in bright red coral

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SALANDER BY KALEOS

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IMAGE: NINA MUR

Imaginative, sustainable eyewear designs in the new collection

A summer for statements

Nothing is too much, from a weird and wonderful geometric shape here to an energy-enhancing colour blocked combo there! This is THE summer season for EXCITING DESIGN and BOLD STATEMENT EYEWEAR - and should you wish it, a huge helping of self-expression and fresh ‘makeover’ style Supersized sunglasses with interesting shapes, carefully informed by vintage icons, a palette of colours that takes us into many realms of fashion and design, and a brilliant selection of optical frames that are playful, eye-catching, and full of innovative character and design elements all of this creativity and more is unfolding for a season that encourages us to wear what we want ....and enjoy it to the max.....

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TREND SUPER SIZED SHADES

IMAGE: ODEEH x NEUBAU new collection

Striking super sizes

Look your best in oversized shades with elegant shapes - geometric, oval, square or perhaps two shapes, cleverly combined. With a strong lean towards decades of iconic sunwearthe 1960s and 1970s, and evidently still the 1990s, these styles feel iconic and special with their dramatic proportions and will ensure an outfit has that striking finishing touch. For the colour palette, no restrictions stand in the way, although beautiful neutral tones and the classical eyewear shades will have that lasting timeless quality to be worn for seasons to come.

FROM TOP: UUksuu by Oliver Goldsmith Sunglasses; Sebastian by Lapima; Ego by Oliver Goldsmith Sunglasses; V611 by Vera Wang from Kenmark Eyewear; Emmanuelle Khanh 1997

TREND RAINBOW HUES

IMAGE: EMMANUELLE KHANH

Rainbow hues

While fashion editors try to pinpoint one colour over another in the trend stakes, in eyewear the palette just got even more dazzling with a huge spectrum of rainbow colours - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violetrepresented by all kinds of brands Knowing how to wear them is the art in this.....sometimes it's enough to wear a classic colour with the bright hue on the lining of the frame to feel bang on trend, but equally a bold frame front in yellow or green, if it looks good with your skin tone, will energise and add some fun as a colour-blocking statement that could be your go-to look for work days and weekends!

FROM TOP: Paradise in the Keith Haring collection by Akila; Calypso by Ørgreen Optics; JF3024 by J.F. Rey; Auberville by Blackfin; Marilyn by Lafont Paris

TREND ATTENTION SEEKERS

IMAGE: RES/REI

Exploring touches of colour in a pristine crystal thick rimmed frame

Attention seekers

Perfectly proportioned cat eye's, ovals and squares with added character traits, a bright combo, a striking end tip, a patterned acetate, a shape with angular lines...these types of characteristics - and many more variations - are turning classics into individual pieces, full of brightness and energy for wearers to really love and enjoy eyewear designers also put much research and effort into cool or surprising colour combinations and interesting lining colours to contrast with the outer frame or come up with striking multi tones that give a charisma and character to wearing a frame for everyday.

FROM TOP: Kaledo1 by FACE A FACE; Hey Guys by OGI Eyewear; Holi Days by WOOW Eyewear; Ultralight 8 by Etnia Barcelona; Steele by Kaleos

featured brands:

Akila, Blackfin, Danielle Rattray, Kaleos, Emmanuelle Khanh, Etnia

Barcelona, FACE A FACE, J F Rey, Kenmark Eyewear, Lafont Paris, LAPIMA, Nathalie Blanc, neubau, Nina Mur Eyewear, OGI Eyewear, Oliver Goldsmith Sunglasses, Orgreen Optics, RES/REI, VUE DC, WOOW Eyewear

IMAGE: VUE DC model Pan - revisiting the panto in 8mm acetate