Theia : First Lady of Eyesight

Theia Euryphaessa was the Titan Goddess of Light and Vision. She was the daughter of Ouranos (Sky) and Gaia (Earth) and consort to her "brother/husband" (that's how they did things back then) Hyperion A.K.A. Sun High-One. Though there would be many other Goddesses of Glasses in centuries to follow, she was the first!The Titan Gods ruled the ancients for quite a long time until the Olympian Gods...

Dive IN : Phoebe of the 80s

Phoebe Cates takin care of business: Singing the theme song to her own movie, Paradise (1982) and leading the Private School (1983) work out......

Billion Dollar Brain

Bon Voyage Ken Russell...

Calling all Citizen Sleuths! D.B. Cooper Redux

On a cold November night 40 years ago, in the driving wind and rain, somewhere between southern Washington state and just north of Portland, Oregon, a man calling himself Dan Cooper parachuted out of a plane he’d just hijacked clutching a bag filled with $200,000 in stolen cash. Who was Cooper? Did he survive the jump? And what happened to the loot, only a small part of which has ever surfaced?...

Viva Viv Vivian

Sir Vivian Stanshall...

Take Me to the Bridge

Eyewear of Russian Composer Dmitri Shostakov...

Giant Robot Holiday Pop-Up Shop @ Hotel De Ville in Los Feliz

GIANT ROBOT returns to the Eastside with a Holiday Pop-Up shop at Hotel De Ville Vintage Eyewear in Los Feliz. Featuring books, comics, shirts, gifts and more from the land of Asian Pop Culture (plus other stuff)... here's a sneak peek! Collectible vinyl Kaiju for Grownups and James Kochalka full color indie comic American Elf. Cool art books by Christopher Doyle and Marcel Dzama...Collectible Gary...

On The Brink

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Asymmetrical Ambivalence

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La Dolce Vita

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Starboard Shades

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Not So Subtle

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Point of View

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Into the Light

Photo by Adam L...

Looking Out - Looking In

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Memory of the Matinee, 1961

Scenes from San Luis Obispo in 1961, in front of the Fremont Theater (screening The Millionairess and Sanctuar...

Turn The Wheel of Time

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Take It To Go: Alice and The Bags

Alice before punk (as above) and after (so below) :Alice and The Bags - homegrown Chicana punk from East L.A. Go ask Alice h...

Hotel De Ville Loves: Rickey Minor and President Obama on The Tonight Show

President Obama with Hotel De Ville Eyewear patron and Bandleader Rickey Minor during his recent appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Rickey's new glasses were designed by Old Hollywood Classics Eyewear.Rickey Minor is the Emmy-nominated music director of American Idol. His distinguished resume also includes the Grammys and the Super Bowl, and collaborations with major recording artists...

On to the Next One : RIP James Van Doren, Co-Founder of VANS

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