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info We cannot talk about this Dior model of the 1980's without reflecting on Wilhelm Anger. The Austrian inventor of Optyl started with his own optical frame designs, Viennaline in the 1950's, inventing Optyl, a type of resin in 1968. In 1966, he had lured Dior from American Tura and first made their designs in acetate. By 1969 he was able to use the now-perfected Optyl for Dior and the yearly eyewear collections that followed were a sensation. The Monsieur range from Dior started in the early 1980s when this pair looks to have been made. A combination of translucent mid-brown optyl with thin gold templeshousing the raised CD logo. Large eye pieces as was the height of mid-80s fashion. Wilhelm Anger also started the Carrera brand and his invention of Optyl inspired other design houses to seek him out, including Dunhill and Playboy. He was apparently a very modest man but made a huge contribution to the optical world. Wilhelm Anger (1926-2014). — klasik |
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product code : k8266 : £ 145 1980s brown optyl and gold metal frame marked CHRISTIAN DIOR MONSIEUR and FRAME AUSTRIA KlasikVintageEyewearKlasik Can be glazed with Rx or sunglasses lenses. condition lenses : n/a frame : good fit : very good size face : 140mm lens width : 56mm (marked on frame) lens height : 46mm bridge : 15mm (marked on frame) arms : 135mm (marked on frame) |
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