Eye Style
It’s Crystal Clear: Eyewear is the Fashion Accessory of Choice!


Fashion designers and style icons have embraced eyewear as an accessory that adds instant panache to any look. With a nod from top style-setters, men and women have options galore this spring season to build their eyewear wardrobe with the latest and greatest frames.

“The demand for fashionable eyewear is enormous,” states Rene Soltis, optician and spokesperson for the Vision Council of America (VCA). “Sunglasses have always been a popular accessory, but today’s consumers are more dialed into the fashion benefits of prescription eyewear and are making it a priority that their glasses express their personal style.”

Is bronze the new black? Is it time to swap aviators for Wayfarers? With fabulous eyewear styles flooding the market, some trend decoding is in order. Get it straight from the source, as VCA highlights the key styles to keep an eye on this season:

Earthly Delights
What happens when back-to-nature meets high style? You get gorgeous eyewear. The natural beauty of raffia, wicker, leather and wood gracefully accent plastic and metal frames, resulting in stunning and unique looks. Fashion’s passion for flowers carries over to both eyewear and sunwear this spring, showing up as pretty accents on temples and frames. Animal skin prints and crocodile patterns also make an appearance, lining temples or embossed on fashionable eyeglass cases.

 

Ferragamo   Coach   Christian Roth      Missoni   Via Spiga

Incredible Intricacy
Etched temples, lace and intricate patterns go to the max this season. In both sunwear and eyewear, the artisan’s touch is evident in swirling patterns and ultra-fine details. And it’s not just the look, but also the feel of eyewear this spring that brings an exquisite elegance to frames. With a wide array of textures, like raised dots, rope and twisted metal, frames have never felt so good.

 

Ellen Tracy   Fendi   Koali     Thalia   Cinzia