queer, 2024
We supplied eyewear for the film, Queer made
by The Apartment Pictures, directed by Luca
Gudagnino and based on a book by the same
name by American author, William Burroughs.
say nothing, 2024
Say Nothing aired on Disney at the end of 2024.
It was a series created by Joshua Zetumer,
based on a book of the same name by American
author Patrick Radden Keefe. It is based on
the troubles in Northern Ireland and our glasses
were worn by actor Josh Finan who played
Gerry Adams.
time out best 100 shops in london (2024)
Just blowing our own trumpet here. Time Out
appraoched us last year and said they wanted
to list us in their best shops of London.
And in March 2024 they published their top 100
and decided we were the
83rd best shop in London.
the homecoming, 2023
At the back end of 2023, The Young Vic
theatre in London reprised Harold Pinter's
The Homecoming, set in 1960s London.
And where better to cast about for authentic
eyewear? The character of the chauffeur, Sam
required a pair of heavyset frames to match
the actor's physique.
a mirror, 2023
In the summer of 2023 costume supervisor
Cáit Canavan working on a production of
Sam Holcroft's A Mirror at the Almeida Theatre
in London, decided that we had the best frame
for one of the lead players, Jonny Lee Miller
who was playing the character of Ĉelik. To
accompany his black leather gloves, Cáit opted
for a 1950s American frame in aluminium with
white gold chassis.
wonderful story of henry sugar, 2023
In 2022 we were approached by a production
department to supply eyewear for several short
Wes Anderson films based of the stories of
Roald Dahl, the first of which was The Wonderful
Story of Henry Sugar, starring amongst
others, Benedict Cumberbatch.
The other films in the short run were The Swan,
The Rat Catcher & Poison - all adapted by
Wes Anderson from short stories by Roald Dahl,
also starring Ralph Fiennes.
sunday times style, march 2023
FASHION
Specs appeal: how to pick the best
glasses for your face
A good pair of glasses can be the
ultimate accessory - just ask the fashion
pack, who spend as long buying the right
pair as they do their handbag
the last vermeer, 2019
In March 2018 we were asked to supply glasses
for an upcoming production of the true story
of Han van Meegeren, an art forger who with
the Dutch resistance, swindled millions of dollars
from the nazis during WWII.
The resulting film starred Guy Pearce as
van Meegeren and Claes Bang as Dutch
resistance fighter Joseph Piller and was
released the following year.