Eyewear. A Visual History

Gözlük tasarımının 500 yıllık gelişiminin yer aldığı bu kitapta tasarımcı Moss Lipowun dünya çapında açık arttırmalardan, internet sitelerinden, ikinci el dükkanlarından koleksiyonuna kattığı 1000den fazla gözlük yer almaktadır.






Optical opulence
500 years of spectacles ranging from classic to outrageous
For over two decades eyewear designer Moss Lipow trawled eBay, auction houses, garage sales, and flea markets worldwide, amassing glasses and photographs for his renowned collection. This book traces eyewears journey over the past 500 years, and features the finest examples from Lipows collection as well as pieces from preeminent collections around the world. There is a wealth of examples included hereinfrom a rudimentary bone sunshield and curious contraptions of leather and wood to lorgnettes, pince-nez, monocles, aviators, and bedazzled cat eyes. Eyewear has experienced a surprising and fascinating evolution; what was once a purely practical apparatus has grown into a multibillion-dollar global industry catering to both the visually impaired and the fashionably inclined.

Accompanying the wealth of images in this wide-ranging volume is an insightful history informed by a wide variety of sources, including ancient texts, old catalogues, vintage magazines, and out-of-print publications of every kind.

The author:
Moss Lipow is an eyewear designer and collector based in New York City. As a designer he has worked with the fashion industrys top editorial stylists. His creations have appeared in magazines around the world including Newsweek, Vogue Italia, Vogue Nippon, Spin, W, and Lofficiel, and on the faces of celebrities including Lady Gaga, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, and Elton John. He was a 2010 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist, and has been nominated for the 2011 National Design Award, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute. His eponymous line of eyewear is sold worldwide