The Limits of Language

The Captive Mind bookcover, graphic design by Paul Rand (1955)

Vintage poster for the play Kaspar by Peter Handke (1966)

A Pair Means One

photo by hermbass

The Glass Triangle

Love is a Rose : GNR Video Party

Just ask the Axl!

Nominated for Best Rock 'n' Roll Whistle Solo



Working for the rights of long-haired men since 1985

Double Vision

HDV notes that this is a great men's opthalmic pair of glasses with the acetate color split at different heights from the nasal to the exterior of the frame front, a distinct design element that you do not see very often in eyeglasses from the sixties.

Secrets of Electricity with Jacques Rouxel

French animator Jacques Rouxel initiates us into the secrets of electricity!

Emergency Heart by Piotr Kamler

Polish film director and animator Piotr Kamler in wire-rimmed P3 spectacles.

View more by Piotr Kamler at File//blog

Put Your Hands Up !

Vintage advertisement for Warners Strapless Bra, 1956.

Nahui Olin

Carmen Mondragon by Matias Santoyo

Lady Lorgnette

German film actress Dolly Haas with lorgnette, circa 1930.

Oranges and Lemons

Two pieces by master of the 1980s airbrush technique, Pepe Cardoso.

LOVESICK: Jocelyn Duke

Featured above are two paintings by HDV Patron and contemporary artist Jocelyn Duke. Stop by the Una Mae boutique in Los Feliz to catch her LOVESICK show through the end of February. Pictured below are her beautiful new glasses, made in Italy, found in Greece, purchased in NYC, and fitted with lenses in LA at Hotel De Ville. Read the whole post here!

XOX by Jocelyn Duke, acrylic on paper, 2011

If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful, It's Because They're Looking at You

Dionne Warwick, Clive Davis and Whitney Houston at Radio City Music Hall, NYC, 1990.

Italian Winter

Seventies winter fashion with textural layers graced with a dramatic pair of oversized glasses, just so you don't get too comfortable.

Tiny Ideas

From the photo series I have a tiny idea by Dorota Majzer

The Two Janines : Ghostbusters I and II

Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz in Ghostbusters (1984)

Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz in Ghostbusters II (1989)

Louis Tully (Rick Moranis) and Janine spend a little quality near-sighted time before helping the Ghostbusters protect NYC (again!) from supernatural doom.

The Janine - Barbie Twins as created by Ghostbusters fan Jaime Hitchcock. They look like they can't wait to see the rumoured Ghostbusters 3... who will be the new face of Janine Melnitz?!

Grey Day Comforts

Vogue Italia 1972

The Falco Never Dies

Johann (Hans) Hölzel a.k.a. Austrian Pop Sensation FALCO...he's so emotional!

Teenage Moustache

Take Me Higher : Don Cornelius

Mellow Yellow

Photo by Pyza