FROM THE ARCHIVE OF GENERAL EYEWEAR

Glasses.

Roll back the decades with the unparalleled collection of vintage glasses from General Eyewear.

Photography and video by Paul Smith

Styling by Nicki Black

Hair by Maarit Niemela

Casting by Dean Goodman

Photo Assistant Petros Poyiatgi

Art direction by Rosie Smith

Hair Assistant Gordon Chapples

Video edited by Josh Bryant

Post production by Retouch Club

Studio Big Sky Studios

Models Sonny Round, Zhuo Chen, Chucho Ajene, Danny Gibbs, August Fogh and Jack Foulds

All glasses are from General Eyewear’s collection and all vintage clothing is from Nicki Black’s personal archive.

 
           

1960s French Single Bar Aviator Glasses

      
       

1960s French Flip-up Makeup Applicator Glasses

     
         

1990s Diego Della Palma Round Glasses

      
      
             

1980s Austrian-made Christian Dior Glasses

        

1980s West-German Art Deco Aviator Glasses

         
       

1960s French Handmade Glasses with Winter-blue Lenses

          
         

1970s West-German Steel Gunmetal Aviator Glasses

        
           

1980s Alpina Visor

         
          

1980s French Supra Glasses

          
            

1980s West-German Aviator Glasses

           
         

1970s German Brushed-steel Crosshatch Glasses

          
           

French Brushed-metal ‘Futurist’ Glasses