Glasses of the Week: Modern Design

Graphic Designer Jeannie Burnside wears her new Bevel frame well. The gentle contours of this classic frame design are a perfect complement to Jeannie's high cheek bones and oval face shape. Made of the best quality cellulose acetate, many of Bevel's latest designs are offered in matte, providing a clean and modern finish.

Glasses of the Week: Wunderbar!

The lovely Joanna Longbottom looks simply amazing in her brand new Garrett Leight optical frames in Pink Crystal! Joanna fell in love with this light and fresh design from the young Californian designer, and the feminine colour is perfect on her. We wish her luck as she heads to Germany be a nanny and experience what Europe has to offer.

Glasses of the Week: Designing Disney

Mr Osman Baig is an architect currently working on the massive project of Disney's theme park in China.This huge task takes a lot of engineering, and Osman's glasses need to be in perfect condition for working without any issues of vision or fit. This Bevel frame in a matte black / polished black combination fits the bill. It is refined, modern and minimalist.

Introducing Optometrist Grace Elliott

We welcome a second optometrist, Grace Elliott to our team. We are delighted that Grace has taken a full time position at Michael Holmes  Premium Eyewear where she will be working between both the Teed St and  High St practices. This may come as great news to many of you who have, over the past few months,  found it difficult to get a booking with Michael. Grace has a special interest in  ocular disease and children’s vision but she will be responsible for all aspects of  eye care including assessment of clarity of vision, binocularity, fitting of spectacle  and contact lenses and the monitoring and treatment of eye disease, for which  she is qualified to prescribe ocular medication. Grace also has a passion for design so patients will be able to benefit from her  keen eye when it comes to selecting frames and lenses. Like Michael, Grace is  keen to ensure the patient receives a holistic approach to their eye care, which  extends beyond the testing room and ensures that those needing prescription  glasses receive the best advice possible.

Eye Opener

Street art by Parisian JR, who creates large scale murals using his own photography pasted up in public spaces. His projects include celebrating the communities in Brazil's favelas and Africa's townships, photographing the inhabitants and using their faces in his artworks,  which can often only be viewed from above or from a distance.

Self portrait, JR with artwork

Norum Nomination!

The NORUM sunglass by Oliver Goldsmith has been nominated by Optician Magazine for their annual Optician Awards in the category of Frame of the Year! 

We have featured this amazing design, originally from 1958, before. It is truly unique, with beveled acetate at the edges that creates a translucency and an oversized almost butterfly-shaped frame which flatters and commands attention.

Congratulations to Oliver Goldsmith & Claire Goldsmith, just to be nominated is a win in our eyes :) 

Fingers crossed for the big day!

Seeing Double

Iain Archer's new frames courtesy of Claire Goldsmith and Oliver Goldsmith demonstrate how a design can really change your look. Both of these models were orginally sunglasses that we fitted with optical lenses, and they suit Iain perfectly. On the left is a double-bridge design from Claire Goldsmith, and on the right a vintage-inspired sunglass from Claire's great grandfather, Oliver Goldsmith. Both designed in Notting Hill and handmade in Italy.

Iain has designed clothing for many companies and now focuses on fashion lecturing, so his innate sense of style helped in choosing these two fantastic different looks. We love how these sunglass frames look as opticals!