Given its proximity on the centre on the Are generally studio universe, stylish old movies are an influence on Oliver Peoples creative director Larry Leight, but "we go further afield,” he tells. Breakfast At Tiffany’s? Please. That’s almost too obvious. Instead, try the Mande — an oversized two of sunglasses inspired by ones worn by Catherine Deneuve inside 1968 film Manon 70, a film also memorable on her chic Emanuel Ungaro wardrobe.
I quiz Leight about famous frames both don / doff screen – like Pierce Brosnan as Bond (he wore his own Oliver Peoples over the last one), Aristotle Onassis ("an original Onassis became a Persol frame plus the oft-claimed Jackie O, for whose Capri-era goggles I’ve heard at the very least five different heritage brands claim ownership ("hers really are a extra difficult but one was a Nina Ricci, for certain”).
Leight answers easily while he’s the L.A. optician who co-founded Oliver Peoples together wi
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07.26.2012