Vartan Sings Abracadabra

Rodenstock-Sonnenbrille 1957

Carl Möhner in Rodenstock Sunglasses for the German film Weisser Holunder/White Elder (1957).

Purple People Eater

Dolly Dolly

Sex-Happy / Hash-Hippy / Ultra Cool

Style is Confidence

Men in eye patches, no questions asked.

Burn It Slow : Hotel De Ville Eyewear

Introducing the Hotel De Ville Eyewear Collection...

She's Got Potential : Peter Fonda and Jean Seberg in Lilith

Lilith (1964) Dir. by Robert Rossen

Dissolution of Form : Early Works of Mark Rothko

The Secret Rites of Lilith

Self Portrait

Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea

Untitled (Portrait)

Marcus Roskowitz

Skulls Don't Have Eyeballs

And yet ...they look so cool in sunglasses!

Vintage Rapid Eye Movement : R.E.M. Video Party

R.E.M. HQ

I See Yourself in Myself in Yourself : George Harrison 33 1/3

Georgy Porgy

Crossfire

Neon Glasses Party

Les Lunettes by E.B. Meyrowtiz

From Here to Alternity : John C. Lilly

In the province of the mind what one believes to be true, either is true or becomes true within certain limits. These limits are to be found experimentally and experientially. When so found these limits turn out to be further beliefs to be transcended. In the province of the mind there are no limits.

Full interview transcript here

John C. Lilly

Fleetwood Mack

Photograph courtesy of aroid family photos

Here's a great kodachrome shot of a 1950s car kid standing at the rear of a Cadillac Fleetwood.

Mirror Mirror

Double Positive

Photo by Marcus Butler

Rude Boys

Ska Twins, London, 1981

Always Cool To Be You!

It Had to be Her : Betty Hutton Sings Tomorrow's Hits of Yesterday

As we've been listening to Betty Hutton songs for the past few months at our Los Feliz shop, we thought this vintage Photoplay cover from 1944 featuring her and a white pair of cat-eyes was a fantastic find!

Here's Betty singing one of her hits of that same year, It Had To Be You, direct from the Hollywood dream factory...

Pilgrimage to Lake Chelan, 1976