Pharrell Loves Spectacle

A collabo made in heaven

This Halloween was filled with many treats for the Spectacle family.

Follow along as Jag and Darren embark on a series of adventures....

The day started out as any normal Saturday would lots of customers and fun in the shop then we got a call from our man Corey

Corey let us know that Pharrell who was in town with Jay Z that day and need some custom tint work done on a vintage pair of Dior's, Corey naturally sent them our way, Thanks for that buddy!

We exchanged a couple of phone calls with Pharrell's number one guy Mick and set a time to meet up with them at their hotel, We wont tell you which one but it was swank.

Passing time at the Hotel

Mick met us in the bar and said everything was running late and asked if it was ok for us to just meet up with Pharrell backstage after the show, in the dressing room.
It took us about 0.000001 seconds to say yes and our night was set.

Into the Range and off to the ACC Jag and Darren sped, after clearing it with their girlfriends of course. It was Halloween; we didn't want to leave those lovely ladies out in the lurch.

Once we got to the show we checked out the N.E.R.D. set, and man was the joint jumping, good vibes all around.

Sure beats office work

When N.E.R.D finished it was time to take advantage of those V.I.P wrist bands and head back stage.



Well back there Darren and Mick hung out while Jag and Pharell went off into another room to discuss top secret business.

Two number one's

Darren also ran into Spectacle client and international T-Dot ambassador Kardinal Offishall. Kardi is one of the nicest guys around and stopped to watch the show with the boys for a while,

Big ups to T-dot

The show was awesome, Jay killed it and getting to check the whole thing out from beside the stage was pretty freaking cool. It was just Jag, Darren, Kardi, Pharrell, Drake (he recognized Jag from back in the day, but his bodyguard wasn’t letting anyone get close) and Memphis Bleek. You know all the big players in hip hop.

This man does not have 99 problems

Jag and Darren left the concert totally hyped up and wanted to get to work on the Pharell job right away.

A couple more phone calls and some image approvals later and the whole thing was complete........

Another job in the life of Spectacle

For those of you who want to get your hands on a pair of these worry not, we are in the process of making that happen for you.

Spectacle, where every client gets treated like a rap superstar, cuz some are.

Fashion Week Toronto

Many of our stylish blog readers were particiapting in Fashion Week one way or another.

Well, as per usual, we were there too. Now that all the dust has settled its time to tell the tale so to speak.


These were the Sunglasses we supplied arriving backstage



And here is a photo Jag took while hanging out back stage at one of the shows.



This lovley lady is showing off some Cutler & Gross' in true Spectacle style

If you saw someone wearing something you liked during Fashion Week, just come on by the Queen St shop and let us know, we've just finished cataloging all of them.



Spectacle Loves You

Spectacle Loves Halloween

Nobody does it better then our big boss man

Why So Serious????

The "RA" Wrangler

Oliver Peoples Love Hobbits and Garbage

Keeping with their trend of uber fun spokes people the ever stylish folks at Oliver Peoples have rolled out their Spring/Summer 2010 marketing campaign featuring Shirley Manson (Singer of 90's super group Garbage, remember?) and Elijah Wood (The Lord of The Ring himself)

Check it out

Photo by Autumn de Wilde

Here are some of our fav frames from this years collection

Coban in Silver

The lateset addition to the "Suspended Metal" collection, the Iliana in Cocobolo

These are already available at Spectacle Queen St, because we love you.

Dagg and Stacey Love Spectacle

The creative minds over at Dagg and Stacey have put out their Spring/Summer 2010 look book and guess who they came to for eyewear???

Check out the results

A Custom "Spectacle Exclusive" Paul Smith

A fine looking Cutler and Gross

Spectacle - The Peoples Choice

Thank you Toronto, for voting us the readers choice for "Best Optical Store" in this years Now magazine poll.

Spectacle Loves You and its nice to feel the love right back.

Check out the rest of the big winners by clicking here.

We are number one amongest the ladies and the gents

Spectacle + Stereos

Our buddies in Stereos came by last month for some shades to rock in their latest video.

Check out the video shot in Miami beach, and our product both looking stellar

These guys are living a real hard knock life.

Good looks boys, Spectacle Loves You.

Lego eyewear ?

Renowned French Designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, better known as JCDC, has always amused, fascinated and inspired through his clothing and designs (just check out his website).

Upon a recent trip to London, Jag stumbled upon this in his store. Check out this mannequin wearing these crazy Lego sunglasses.




Also, he has recently been made infamous by appearing on a new edition of the Hype Means Nothing t-shirt campaign.



For those in love with these t-shirts.....well.. i might just know a place...soon...

spectacle loves you!

New Hair Style - check it.....

This is awesome...you have to love the 'stash and burns...

Image courtesy of our man - Corey

Cutler and Gross Spring Summer 2010 Is Here!

Amore!

Spring/Summer 2010 Sees Cutler and Gross progressing deeper into the cinematic medium, their creative team is casting a retrospective eye upon itself, homing onto the classics. This time the insperation is drawn from Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastoianni in "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" in which Loren played the nubile nymph falling for an older man, the suave and dashing Marcello at his most de bonnaire.

Sophia Loren causing all kinds of insperation

This is a collection inspired by big screen transformations of pretty girls into beautiful women: cute boys into men.

The craftsmenship and beautiful materials, almost too meticulous for today's disposable culture can't help muster up a wiff of a desierable nostalgia. This is eyewear worthy of a whirlwind romance played out in a speeding sports car. These are glasses that demand linen, silk and the Neapolitan sun.

My Entourage Includes Oliver Peoples

Oliver Peoples, one of Hollywood's favorite eyewear brands, appearing in scenes from the Season 6 Finale of Entourage from HBO. The scenes included one of which was filmed inside the flagship Oliver Peoples boutique on Sunset. The minimalist designed store, an inspiration for the design at Spectacle, carries many vintage designs. This store is where many of the most iconic early designs where created.

Drama (Kevin Dillon) in MT RAYNES



Vince (Adrien Grenier) in BECHET

On a side note Adrien was in TO for TIFF a lil while ago and ended up at our buddy Tim McCready's house jamming in his living room.... no joke, check it out on Tim's awesome blog

Styles available at all Spectacle locations....what a surprise...


Remember... spectacle loves you...

Show us some love

Spectacle loves you, now its time for you to show us how much you love us.

Now magazine is asking people to vote for its "Best of Toronto" issue.

We'd really appreciate it if you went online and put your support behind the spectacular people at Spectacle

Click here to vote in the readers poll

Click here to vote in the critics poll

Praise from the King of Queen St

Mr Pink Cobra himself Dan from Carte Blanche showed up at our Super party and had a grande old time.

So much so that he blogged about it in his trademark sassy and sexy style
Click here to check it out.

Spectacle Loves You Dan!

Super Party Pix

This was in a word......Super. Ha Ha Ha

Enjoy the photos.

The 2010 Supers



Alert the media, its the media!



The first dudes at the party





Then the ladies came.....











A Couple of couples shots.








and now the randomness

TONIGHT!!!!!!!

See you at 8:00pm

Super Party Tomorrow!!!!

Thats right only one sleep until we unvail the new Super collection at Spectacle.

Just a reminder that this event is open to all of our clients and blog friends so if you are around 752 Queen St from 8-10 tmrw pop in say hi and check out the goods

For those of you that can't wait 24hrs here is a sneak peak of what to expect from the 09/10 Supers straight from the horses mouth a.k.a. the Superblog.......

For our AW09/10 collection we worked on a few essential points: Improving a high quality standard to match the style of the brand, concentrating on curating the small details to give the new pieces a finishing touch of quality and last but not least we added brand-new silhouettes and new sets of lenses to our range.

You will notice, that from this collection on, we’ve moved our “super” distinctive mark: which now functions as a decorative cap between the frame and the leg, revealing our logo only when the eyewear is open, when the piece is closed it creates a simple yet incisive recognition decor.

By adding a larger variety of lenses to our collection – both in color and predominantly in function – we gave our pieces, not only a beautiful aesthetic match, but also a specific lens for its specific purpose.

The “golden arms” series is an ode to the Italian elegance, fashion and lifestyle of La Bella Vita. With its sharp black acetate and shiny legs this series is incredibly stylish and elegant, the all-black Zeiss completely hides your eyes, protecting them and maintaing the exclusive mystery-man look

For this collection we decided to introduce new shapes to maintain the RetroSuperFuture look.
The first being the most fashionista and futuristic: the Luciano Tre Occhi.
This model comes in two sizes, to best suit both male and female faces and features. Its geometric yet classic design recalls the unique Italian style of engineer-deisgn, especially that of the Futurista movement and of Italian designers such as Marcello Gandini. The black, tortoise and dark grey make this piece of eyewear elegant and unique.

Alain Mikli "Sculptor of trends"

While on a buying trip to Paris one must stop by and see the grandfather of independent eyewear designers that is Alain Mikli. This year the showcase was put on in the workshops of sculptor Rodin’s former assistant. The museum Antoine Bourdelle. (See image above)

The entrance...





In the showroom...




A preview of some of the new releases....







Simply put... Beautiful...

On the streets of Paris ...Dita Preview

The streets of Paris can provide all kinds of inspiration. Especially if you are the first people in the world previewing the new releases from L.A. eyewear brand Dita. Owners Jeff Solario and John Jupiter were eager to get Jag's feedback and discuss the details that make Dita stand apart from other collections. The new releases did not disappoint. After just receiving the samples, literally minutes before, the duo were eager to present their 2010 collection with their limited edition releases, which will be on the Spectacle shelves soon!!... Stay tuned!


Ok fine...here's a sneak peek.....



Stay tuned for arrival dates, as production is in limited quantities...

Spectacular Fashion

This'll be in the new edition of fashion mag

Glasses were courtesy of us of course.

New Cutler and Gross frames will be arriving any day now...stay tuned.

All dressed up, all messed up

Kick off to Super Week

The Super Bowl has a week of hype leading up to it.

New York, London, Paris, Tokyo et al have Fashion Weeks.

So we decided to have a Super week leading up to our Super party.

O.k. 4 days, so its more like a French work week


Make sure you drop by the Queen Store before the party Thursday night, mention the words "Super Week" and we'll knock an extra 10% off of your Super purchase.

And now to continue with our theme here is the newest edition to the big 4-0 club Gwen Stefani, looking not a day over 28 in a pair of white Supers
Don't try those eye brows at home.

Funny Shirt

Sorry Kanye, but we love this




Maybe he should leave picking on teenage girls to those in high school.

Countdown to the Super Party

Poster designed by Riki Kay

Due to the overwhelming success of the Spectacle Queen West Art Crawl Party(TM) we are throwing another soiree at the Queen St Store on October 8th.

This time it will be with our pals over at Super. They'll be unveiling the brand new 2010 collection and the whole shin dig will be Thanksgiving themed .

With visions of cool shades and pumpkin pies dancing in our heads we will be passing the time until the party by posting various people looking super in Supers.

Lets kick things off with the self proclaimed best rapper alive and devout Super fan Lil Wayne.
Do you notice Spectacle's buddy Rick Ross in the back?

Pirroni's are Back

That’s right kids the hottest frame of the year is back in stock at your fav eyewear boutique.

Paul Smith, he of great designs in both clothing and eyewear created a monster with this sensational frame. Its big and chunky in that retro way, but still has a sleek and sexy modern look, everything you want in a pair of spectacles.

The public is feeling it to, its hard for us to keep them on the shelves, but as of today we got 'em again.

Now come get it, available at all of our locations, why? Because Spectacle LOVES YOU. Thats why!


Ohh Grey Smoke

Black Horn and Gold. Gold Jerry, Gold.

Sir Paul Smith, thinking A VERY deep thought.

New Arrival... DEROME BRENNER

Always looking to expand our reputation as the cutting edge shop in our industry Spectacle is proud to announce the launch of another amazing exclusive addition to our family, Derome Brenner, which serves as both a line of eyewear and jewlery

A little background on the names behind the frames

Xavier Derome, designer and eyeglass manufacturer develops and perfects his expertise with acetate.

Aurelia Brenner, designer creates worlds by manipulating colors, materials and volumes.

Their collaboration has resulted in arguably the most sensual collection of eyeglasses in cellulose acetate but also a line of jewelry and silver acetate both are available at Spectacle's Queen St store or by viewing at our other two locations.

Check out the goods for yourself

Spectacle Art Crawl Party

Wow what a night. Thanks to those who came out, the artists that particiapted and Moscot for being our event sponser and The Prauge for the food.

Check out the pix.

Moscot?, yeah we got that.


Old School vs New School

The food table...very early in the night

The line up outside, if you aint on the list you aint getting in

Featured artist Paul Otvos with Spectacle employee Darren's sister and friend. All looking good in Moscot Originals

Friend of the shop Scott H checking out featured artist and Spectacle employee Riki Kay's work

Lady Gaga???? or 1993 Madonna????

Spectacle employee Daniel Porier and featured artist Carla Porier no relation (he hopes)

Three good looking people who all share one birthday

Half empty or half full????

Their future is so bight they need those shades.

No not the last sandwich.....Time to go home.