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Alright, my first post here.

Today I collected my new sunglasses from arckiv. Eyewear at Camden Market. Fraser, owner and Creative Designer, makes and designs the glasses. Customers like Johnny Depp in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James Bond in Quantum Of Solace (Tom Ford as designer) indicates his success.

I choose the frame and glass/gradient. I ended up with an old italian frame, and brown lenses with a smooth gradient. Yeah, I’m pretty old school…. They look pretty much like Aviator-glasses on that picture, but the frame isn’t as big as Rayban’s classic.

The site arckiv.net is under construction, until it’s up and running again, have a look at his Myspace site, and if you’re in London, don’t hesitate to visit his shop in Camden.

PS. iPhone camera, You Rock My World.

Super Flat Top Superretrofuture Generic Man Tortoise 1

Kanye West was seen wearing these in his collaboration with Beyonce for the music video Ego. Now there’s a new version coming up next spring in turtoise, and I think they look even better than the all black version. Check out Generic Man at Space 15  Twenty for more info..

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There is another brand out there other than Ray Ban that has a large lineup of vintage sunglasses coming up the next couple of years. In fact the two brands are both owned by the worlds largest eye wear company Luxottica.  Persol was recently bought, and will be aggressively marketed over the next couple of years.

Steve McQueen sporting a pair of 649s

Steve McQueen sporting a pair of 649s

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