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info Oliver Goldsmith Eyewear started nearly 100 years ago and are still going today. Perhaps their peak period was around the time this pair were made, when movie stars and Royals were wearing OG designs. Chas says it was made in France, no doubt by Paris Frames who they collaborated with at the time. It is rumoured that this design inspired by Ray Charles' choice of eyewear, 'Chas' being a common shortening of Charles in England and perhaps why Chas has been given inverted commas. OG have over the past 20 years or so been delving into their own archive and remaking many of their original designs - here is another OG site (yes, it's a bit confusing) - but neither has remade Chas. Which is remarkable as it is a great design, with the sweeping sides to conceal the pins and offering a clean front: terribly modern in the late 60s to hide those fusty old pins. Beautiful, blonde acetate - looks hardly worn since it was hand-crafted 60 years ago. Perhaps it should be in the Victoria & Albert Museum where there is a permanent Oliver Goldsmith exhibition. — klasik |
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product code : k8226 : £ 745 1960s blonde amber acetate frame by OLIVER GOLDSMITH marked "CHAS" and FRANCE KlasikVintageEyewearKlasik Can be glazed with Rx or sunglasses lenses. condition lenses : n/a frame : very good fit : very good size face : 135mm lens width : 48mm lens height : 36mm bridge : 20mm arms : 130mm |
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