Fashion Magazine 2011 Spring Trends!

A private gathering for some of Toronto's Fashion crowd was put together by Fashion Magazine. In a form of thank you and in a preview of all things fashion, a private wine and apps event was held in downtown Toronto.

A few glasses of wine and a presentation on all things fashion.

There were some interesting overall themes from designers this year with a lot of colour and patterns. Look for a full report in an upcoming issue of fashion magazine, and when perusing the magazine watch the models eyewear.... as (like always) were were again consulted for all things fashionable in eyewear!

Spectacle out....

Spectacle Loves Neil Diamond and Oliver Peoples

Way back in September we fell in love with a pair of Oliver Peoples sunglasses from their resort 2011 collection, The Jack One and boy was it love at first sight.

Oliver Peoples seems to be feeling this frame as well, featuring it in their ad campaigns for this season and constantly updating us on its awesomeness on their blog.



Turns out these sunnies are also near and dear to the heart of Mr Dennis Leight brother of OP Creative Director Larry Leight and co-founder of the company.

Seems Dennis' mentor in the eyewear business is famed California optician Jack Schulsinger who hand molded an aviator like this for Mr Neil Diamond.

To check out the whole story surrounding this swing on over to the Oliver Peoples Website.

Just as cool as the story behind this piece are the vintage pics of Mr Diamond himself rocking them way back in the 70's.




Spectacle employees Jordan and Darren took it upon themselves to try to recreate the magic of those photo shoots. Turns out in this case two heads are not as good as one, especially when that one head belongs to Neil Diamond

How to Make Your Reflection Envious...

Some new, spectacular frames have arrived from Spectacle's fav Belgium-based darlings of the eyewear world, Theo!

Bold and beautiful frame shapes, bright colours and a wide range of styles make up one of Spectacle's most diverse collections.

From the avante-guard acetate frames to the sophisticated titanium semi-rimless, a plethora of styles have made their way uptown to Spectacle at Lawrence Park!


Spectacle is packing state of the art eye-candy so sweet, our very own Stylist, Michael aka "Sweetness" felt it was necessary to display a few styles to make your friends and family just a little bit jealous...the expressions however, are err, optional.

Stop by and get your hands on these big fab bad boys!

Chloe Sevigny Loves Opening Ceremony

Hollywood "It Girl" Chloe Sevigny, has been teaming with uber chic American retail giant Opening Ceremony since 2007 on a variety of projects, this year she focused some of her attention to designing a sunglasses line, and we are giving them big love (ha ha ha).

We promised you that we would be debuting an exclusive collection with Barton Perriera a few blog posts ago and voila this is it.

Chloe designed them for Opening Ceremony and Barton Perreria was quick to jump on board and produce her creations, a triple threat of excellence if ever there was one.

Our buddy Rae from Salt and Pepper stopped by on her way home from work and loved this collection so much she had to be the first to grab one, even before they hit the shelves of our Queen St W flagship.



The collection is comprised of 3 models taking inspiration from a Andy Warhol's old muse Candy Darling

Check out the models below


Jackie


Darling

Candy

Spectacle Yonge St. Loves David Yurman.

American jewelry designer David Yurman is known for having his creations seen on some of the most famous faces on earth. Everyone from Kate Moss, Ashely Olsen, Naomi Watts and even Brad Pitt have been photographed in a Yurman ring, bracelet or earrings.

Since we launched his eye and sunwear collections last year DY's frames have made their way onto an even more exclusive group, the Spectacle family of clients.

Today Jordan and Stephen aka team Yurman were up at Yonge St to show off the newest pieces David has come up with.




After some careful selecting we put together an order for some beautiful frames guaranteed to look as good on your face as they do on our boards.



Next time you find yourself in the north end stop by Spectacle at 3342 Yonge St and try on a pair.

Spectacle Stays Open Despite The Snow

Its going to take more then some small flurries for us to stop helping our clients with their vision care needs.

Fueled by delicious soups and strong Ukrainian hats, all three Spectacle locations will stay open for our regularly scheduled hours, because Spectacle Loves You!!!!!

Some of us may be a little late with car trouble though...........................

Prada gets into the SWING of things.

Prada has unleashed their latest and greatest on the world, the Swing sunglasses.




Inspired by the Swing dance craze of the 1940's and the inevitable early 90's revival these cuties come in three colors and are sure to have you bee bopping all over town daddy-o.

Check out the Prada models showing of the goods in the ad campaign shot and filmed by Steven Meisel



Prada's swing sunglasses are available right now at our West Queen West boutique and at our other two locations via viewing.

Check spectaclelovesyou.com for the closest to you.