elima Optique: Hand Made in France (A Peek in Our Workshops)
To us,’ luxury’ means taking the time, and investing in the labor, that is needed to handcraft our collection.
Luxury does not mean ostentatious logos and giant publicity budgets. We like to know that each Selima Optique frame is made by people we’ve worked with for for years, decades even. These craftsmen start with a little piece of acetate and, in the end, after a lot of work, deliver a pair of frames. [more] Everything, from the shaping of the front and the temples, to putting those elements together with the hardware, and buffing - frequently, in the case of multicolored designs, even in sculptural shapes to reveal all the layers of acetate - and polishing, is dome by hand.
The first image shows a finished frame in the middle of the tools involved. The lenses are already in place because that’s how we like to judge samples when we visit the workshop. The remainder of the images give you a further idea of the incredible manual labor involved in each pair of Selima Optique sunglasses or optical frames. Doesn’t knowing that make it even more fun to buy your next pair?
We work with several small workshops/factories in France, all of which are dedicated to manual craftsmanship. The images here were taken in the place that fulfills our custom orders (such as special pieces in buffalo horn), which is run by Anne Dorilla. Next time we go to the other workshops to proof the new samples, we’ll take tons more pictures to show you what goes on there.
eptember Pin Up (Girls love Arni)
Even though
Arni
is - like many Selima Optique frames - a unisex style, it is the women who
have slowly but surely made
Arni
into a Selima Optique classic, epitomizing ‘Sexy Smart’. Case in point:
Anne Hathaway
, who has been photographed wearing her Arni on various occasions. Or check
out Karen, one of our favorite
Instagram
muses
here
and
here
.
Image: “Kelsey in TriBeCa, September” by Elsbeth Struijk van Bergen
ew York Fashion Week Round-Up / Spring Summer 2015 Ready to Wear
New York Fashion Week, the Spring/Summer 2015 Ready to Wear edition, is over, and the Fashion Week baton has been passed to London. Time for us to present you with you a little (edited) round-up of Selima Optique appearances on the SS15 Runway. Three labels/designers we love madly had their stylists pull from our current and past styles - and we love what they did!
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Erin Fetherston Selima Optique
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Orley Selima Optique
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Orley Selima Optique
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WHITSelima Optique
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WHIT Selima Optique
une Ambrose Making the NYFW SS15 Rounds
June, Selima Optique friend and co-creator of the Selima Optique x June Ambrose line of sunglasses, is hopping from show to show - seeing friends, getting snapped, taking selfies, and wearing a variety of eyewear from our collaboration.
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Selima Optique x June Ambrose - The Missy
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Selima Optique x June Ambrose - The Edna.
Since New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2015 is in full swing at the time of writing, we’re anticipating many, many more June sightings - which means an update will follow! If you follow us @selimaoptique or June @JuneAmbrose on Instagram, you can keep track of more or less real-time sightings.
Above: June Ambrose Sporting the Selima Optique x June Ambrose MISSY sunglasses. Seen here (L to R) with her daughter, with Rocsi Diaz, and with a friend from Sheen Magazine. The popular Missy is currently available in Black and in Blue Floral
Also during NYFW SS15, June with friend and colleague Jay Manuel. Here June is wearing the Edna - hold on to it!
lsbeth Struijk van Bergen: Selima Optique x Colette: A Special Andy
A series of portraits by photographer Elsbeth Struijk van Bergen, created at the occasion of the launch of Selima Optique x Colette, now bundled and uploaded to our>issuu< page (click to go there).
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Selima Optique x Colette
This exclusive collection of Selima Optique’s classic optical Andy frame consists of seven colors, inspired by the sights and sounds of New York City in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s -think “when Disco met New Wave”, but translated into eyewear! [more]
The design of the frame itself, a mainstay and bestseller in the Selima Optique collection, was inspired by the King of Pop Art himself; Warhol.
Selima Optique x Colette is hand made in France of high quality crystal acetate. The UV400 lenses were custom tinted to match the frames, and are meant for indoor/outdoor, daytime/nighttime use.
A ‘Thank You’ to the models: Dinu, Jeroen, Shanti, and Sophie.
hotographer Alexander Berg’s Series of Portraits (a Look Book of sorts) for Selima Optique
- Photographer Alexander Berg’s Series of Portraits (a Look Book of sorts) for Selima Optique
Alexander Berg’s series of portraits for Selima Optique is on
>ISSUU.COM<
in its entirety.
The continuation of a Selima Optique tradition that started in the 90′s - and which reflects Selima Salaun’s love for photography. Selima gave NY-based photographer Alexander Berg a modest selection of Selima Optique releases from the recent past, and he was then given carte blanche to shoot them as he pleased. So he portrayed friends and acquaintances. All the frames in Alex’ series are part of our current collection.
