Thakoon Rising

just devoured the February issue of British Vogue. I devoured it!


It seems the Brits are just as excited as I am for the launch of Thakoon's new sunglasses line.


[Source: Thakoon]

Visionary thinking
Now that Thakoon has mastered girlie tailoring, wispy chiffon blouses and desirable shift dresses, he has his sights set on sunglasses. "I love quirky sunglasses -- ones with a distinct personality," says the designer, whose debut line launches this month. Choose between his retro oversized hexagonal styles and the more futuristic aluminium and acetate aviator shapes in graduated tones of tortoiseshell, champagne, black and Bordeaux.
Available at A La Mode
020-7730 7180

Ahh to be British! Can't wait to see the line in its entirety.

The Affordables!

ll this hautiness has left me itching for the more attainable. Which is perfect timing, considering Proenza Schouler's Target line launches next week.




In light of their new launch, Glamour asked designers Lazara Hernandez and Jack McCollough to be the Guest Editors of their February issue.

Here is their take on "A rich-looking outfit, cheap!"


[Source: Glamour]

Love that their outfit includes a pair of updated wayfarers. They are the coolest style on the block these days (See: Lanvin, Luella).

Fantas-Eyes Surfrider
Cost: $18
Colors: Black, White, Tortoise, Red, Pink
Retailer: Fantas-Eyes.com
Also Available at: Urban Outfitters


BONUS!
Proenza Schouler will be launching their own sunglasses line in September. They will be working with the French eyewear company L'amy, which currently produces shades for Lacoste and Nina Ricci. Ooh la la!

Haute Flash

had the opportunity to look at the the Giorgio Armani Prive runway photographs this morning and was pleasantly surprised to find Mr. Armani had incorporated sunglasses into his couture show.

Like the sunglasses shown in Balenciaga's Spring/Summer '07 show, the Armani shades are an extension of this season's emphasis on metallics.

[Source: Vogue.co.uk]

I'm sure we'll be seeing Katie Holmes looking alien-chic in them any day now.

Posh & Katie Cruise Will Always Have Paris

he Paris runway shows march on and the usual suspects (see: Uncle Karl, et al) are on hand to see and be seen in the couture finery.

On Tuesday, Victoria Beckham cruised the Chanel show.


[Source: GossipRocks]

Posh in her own design DVB 8 Aviators.

Check out her collection at DVBstyle.

"Aviators will never fail to be a popular design. This oversized style has the dvb logo subtly etched on the lens."

Her good pal, Katie Holmes, is also in Paris to see the shows. She was photographed on Wednesday doing some shopping in the City of Light. Judging by her eyewear, Ms. Holmes is staying true to her designer of choice, Giorgio Armani.

[Source: KatieHolmes.com]

Giorgio Armani GA 372:
Cost: $218
Colors: Black, White, Tortoise
Retailer: SunglassesItaly

Sunglasses were even on the runway! Jean Paul Gautier's show featured this green pair. I wonder what couture shades go for and what sunglasses have to do with religious iconography, but what do I know?

[Source: Vogue.co.uk]

Rehabilitate This!

ittle miss Lindsay Lohan's Miu Miu campaign pictures continue to roll off the presses, as she gets so fresh and so clean clean at Wonderland. The latest photo features a pretty pair of shades.

[Source: SuperiorPics]

Not the exact same pair (note the arms of L.L.'s read "Miu", whereas these merely say "M"), but these frames are very similar. I'm sure her pair will soon be available.

Miu Miu 10G:
Cost: $146
Colors: Striated Grey, Black
Retailer: Otticanet

Miu Miu's website also features some behind the scene photos.


[Source: Miu Miu]

How do you think Ms. Lohan behaved herself on set?

She Works Hard for the Money

hough Paris Hilton has spent the vast majority of her adult life posing for cameramen, entrepid paparazzi can still occasionally snap her looking supremely goofy. Last week, she was photographed hard at work on the set of her new film, The Hottie and the Nottie. Hopefully, this one will make it to the theaters.

[Source: SuperiorPics]

But my favorite thing about Ms. Hilton is not her candid tongue photos or even her wonky left eye. It's how she seems to own everything in multiple colors. [See: Paris Redux] Above, she is wearing Christian Dior Black Tie 39/S sunglasses in white. HERE, she wears them in black. How versatile!

To get this Hottie's look:
Cost: $156-166
Colors: Black/Yellow (as previously seen on Ms. Hilton), Black/Grey, Brown/Grey, Black/Pink, Red/White, Blue/Red, White/Red (as seen above)
Retailer: Otticanet

Alright, Alright Y'all

hat a over-extended long, strange winter break its been! I hope everyone enjoyed their collective holidays and didn't hate me too much in my extended absense. You ready for some shades? There's much to talk about!

The Men's Autumn/Winter 2007 shows are what's finally brought me back to the blog. While man-glass isn't as exciting for me, I love seeing new styles of both sunglasses and clothing.

"With few exceptions, the shows this past week were built around what one might refer to as sober core values," said The New York Times review. Some critcs, however, are less than excited about the shows' return to basics.

[Source: NYTimes]

GUCCI

[Source: Vogue.co.uk]

Gucci seems to have their eyewear bases covered, with looks ranging from the nerdy to the bold black&white thing we've seen of late.

Of the charmed-life-in-Aspen themed show, the Times could only say:

"Everybody really does look sort of groovy in zillionaire ski bum clothes."

DOLCE & GABBANA


I'd describe this collection as a sartorial mash-up of Buzz Aldrin's & James Bond's professional attire. Style.com said it was a "distinctive hybrid of Stanley Kubrick’s future and David Lynch’s eternal, darkly erotic present."

There's just one pair of shades with varying frames, but that is an improvement on the D&G show, which had every model wearing the same pair of eyeglasses. Overall, a good showing.

PS - I love that their soundtrack featured the 2001: Space Odyssey theme and Justin Timberlake. Now that is what I call a distinctive hybrid.

[Source: Vogue.co.uk]

GIORGIO ARMANI

[Source: Vogue.co.uk]

This return to basic tailoring was a good fit for Mr. Armani. The classic sunglasses shapes look like quality and timeless shades. The Times dug his straight forward show:

Giorgio Armani, for instance, has not often been more in tune with his idiom. The soft suiting and slightly feminized shapes that were his early adaptation to Neapolitan tailoring were, for once, not sidetracked by excursions into stuff that looked like costumes for some imaginary summer in 1920s Biarritz. There was no kooky headgear, no character pastiche.

This week brings the Dior and Valentino shows in Milan. The following week shows continue in Paris. I will be detailing all the flash as I see it.