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Deirdre Carroll SENIOR EDITOR
Who: Anyone who saw the Dries Van Noten Spring
2010 Ready-to-Wear collection, the latest Anthropologie catalog, fashion blogger The Glamourai’s Web
site or even the New York Times April 14, 2010 Fashion & Style section and who understands that if a lot
is good than more must be better.
What: From stripes, plaids and polka dots to
abstract, geometric and ethnic, prints and patterns are all the rage for Spring/Summer 2010.
But the days of wearing just one are over! Think
stripes with polka dots, plaids paired with florals
and ethnic prints juxtaposed against a more classic herringbone. Say hello to the art of mixology
and don’t forget the eyewear.
Wear:
(Clockwise from top right)
The Mosley Tribes Lyndel sun-
glasses (MT6013-S) in tartan plaid have the classic pattern laminated right into the frame so each
is slightly different. The Ronit Fürst eyewear collection, distributed in the U.S. by Brintech, is a
hand painted collection making each bold, colorfully patterned piece a true original. With nicknames like “l’enfant terrible” and “the hooligan
of English fashion,” a soft color palette and the
use of classic houndstooth should be surprising
coming from Alexander McQueen, except when
the pattern has been blown up in scale and appears on an extravagantly oversized sunstyle like
the AMQ4154/S from Safilo. Deemed the “Prince
of Prints,” the name Emilio Pucci is synonymous
with geometric prints in kaleidoscopic colors and
the brand’s eyewear collection with Marchon (the
EP2838, shown) is no different. The Ray-Ban Rare
Prints collection from Luxottica features a variety
of signature and limited edition prints on iconic
frame styles; the Wayfarer shown here is Special
Series #4 featuring a print of vintage ‘70s pins.
For an eyewear brand that favors chunky plas-
tic frames in a rainbow of colors it is rare to see
a boring black frame from l.a. Eyeworks… and we
aren’t going to show you one unless you ignore
the acid green stripe pattern on this O’Connell optical frame.
Why: Why not? Call it a more
optimistic way of dressing or just
call it fun. People are tired of the
doom and gloom of the last couple of years and are ready to
embrace something new and unexpected. Mixology neophytes
can look to printed eyewear as
a way of introducing the trend,
while those well-schooled in
combining the off beat and wildly patterned will see the addition of patterned spectacles as
the icing on their over decorated cake. nn
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Frames photographed by: MATT LAMBROS BLACK BOX STUDIO
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