Oliver Goldsmith glasses are synonymous with stars and style. Think 20th Century icons. Grace Kelly, Michael Caine, Audrey Hepburn, John Lennon. Think iconic style makers. Givenchy, Dior, Vidal Sassoon. Think iconic films of the Fifties and Sixties. The Ipcress File, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Two for the Road. They have all got one thing in common: Oliver Goldsmith. Oliver Goldsmith is a family business. It was founded in 1926 by Philip Oliver Goldsmith, a salesman for a small optical firm. Spectacles at the time were uncomfortable, unflattering and uninspiring. The choice of materials was limited to expensive tortoiseshell or cumbersome metal. Goldsmith set out to transform the way that glasses were both designed and made. In 1935 Charles Goldsmith entered the family firm. His vision was that glasses could become an item of fashion, especially when worn as sunglasses. Up until then sunglasses were any old pair of specs with tinted lenses. Charles designed glasses that were made to be sunglasses. His first two customers for the new "sunspecs" were the most prestigious stores in London: Fortnum & Mason and Simpsons of Piccadilly. They sold out within a week. Oliver Goldsmith spectacles claim to be the first to see glasses as fashion accessories; the first to make sunspecs; the first to make ‘winter sunglasses’ and the first to work alongside fashion houses to create one-off pieces for the catwalks. Oliver Goldsmith also claim they were the first to appear in Vogue and Queen, and the first to be endorsed by celebrities and Royals. Oliver Goldsmith specs are of the highest order and are particularly stylish frames.
Oliver Goldsmith launches OG kids' sunglass range: Mini Icons and we are thinking of getting them March 2012 at the Mido 2012 Optical Show.
It is refreshing to see that, at last, children are being catered for at the better end of the eyewear quality spectrum. Oliver Goldsmith joins last month's Sons + Daughters in providing high-end shades for the little guys.
Oliver Goldsmith's Mini Icons collection comprises exact replicas of some of OG’s most iconic styles, such as the Carl (black/orange above) and Sophia (blue above), but made smaller for the style-savvy adolescents, 4-14 year olds. Hover over images for frame names and the year the grown-up versions were originally made.
Priced at a very reasonable £95,
OG Mini Icons are available in the uk February 2012
Piccadilly Opticians Birmingham are always looking for new ranges that inspire and Oliver Goldsmiths eyewear have delivered yet again so watch this space as we may be getting them soon....Kids tell your parents..
www.piccadillyopticians.co.uk
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