King of the Paperback Horrorshow

Stephen King's house on 13th street in Bangor, Maine.

HDV Spotlight : Old Hollywood Classics

Bergerac in Cognac

Atticus in Tiger Eye

DeWinter in Onyx

Old Hollywood Classics Eyewear is an homage to the classical style of the eternal stars from the Golden Age of American Cinema. Designed in adoration of the passionate life expressed artfully in flickering celluloid, and in nostalgic reverence of dramatic characters that forever live in the hidden dream history of Hollywood.

Designed in Los Angeles, hand-crafted in France.

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Laurent in Onyx

A 100 Year Old Tradition

Ever since the dawn of photography, civilization has not been able to repress the drive to pose cats in humanoid scenarios and take their picture.

Oculus Dexter, Oculus Sinister, Oculus Uterque

Back to the Grind

Optician neutralizing a lens on the lensometer, 1920.

Medieval optics chart: Demonstration of adjusting vertex distance and diopter power for hyperopic and myopic vision correction.

Lens grinders leaving the American Optical Factory, 1946.

Lensometer ad, 1977.

Early progressive lens design

Images courtesy of the Optical Heritage Museum

20th Century Girl

The Edwardian Teen Look

The Wayfaring Aengus : W.B. Yeats

Master Magi of the Pince-Nez : William Butler Yeats in 1911

I went out to the hazel wood,

Because a fire was in my head,

And cut and peeled a hazel wand,

And hooked a berry to a thread;

And when white moths were on the wing,

And moth-like stars were flickering out,

I dropped the berry in a stream

And caught a little silver trout.

When I had laid it on the floor

I went to blow the fire a-flame,

But something rustled on the floor,

And some one called me by my name:

It had become a glimmering girl

With apple blossom in her hair

Who called me by my name and ran

And faded through the brightening air.

Though I am old with wandering

Through hollow lands and hilly lands,

I will find out where she has gone,

And kiss her lips and take her hands;

And walk among long dappled grass,

And pluck till time and times are done

The silver apples of the moon,

The golden apples of the sun.

The Song of Wandering Aengus by W.B. Yeats (1921)

How To Wear : Dressing for Your Demon Lover

Isabelle Adjani in Possession (1981)

Blood splattered brunettes take refuge in a traditional navy blue A-line dress with Victorian detail, a testament to her spiritual purity despite recent heathen distractions. Accent with upswept lucite butterfly sunglasses with soft gray gradient.

Oh, what to wear!

Red and Blue Make?

Photo by AUDE

Occupied Paris

Parisians under wartime occupation (1941-1944) by Andre Zucca

Bare Necessities

Introducing Snake and Mongoose Eyewear

Hotel De Ville Presents : SNAKE AND MONGOOSE EYEWEAR

Don "the Snake" Prudhomme vs. Tom "the Mongoose" McEwen made racing headlines throughout the 1970s for their gritty racing feud and nitro-burning ambition, a dragstrip drama which played out at the infamous Lions Drag Strip in the industrial backwaters of Long Beach, CA. There in the pits of gravel and asphalt, these top fuel dragsters redefined the sport of racing through their friendship born of smoke and noise, and tested by fire and speed.


Each pair of sunglasses was custom designed as a tribute to this epic era of American motosports history. Inspired by the custom cars, the speedways, the chrome, the chassis, the crowd and the drivers themselves, this collection energetically captures the bold colors and innovative competitive spirit that fueled the dragster lifestyle.

The ARMY Sunglasses : The 1975 Winston World Finals has passed into legend as the greatest drag race of all time. With the Funny Car World Champion title already under his belt, Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, hailing from Granada Hills, California, set a historic drag racing record at 5.98 seconds for the first-ever 240mph Funny Car blast in his 1975 Army Monza.


There on the Ontario Motor Speedway, Snake won six of eight events, and the following year the Army Car would dominate the Winston World Finals and drive Don Prudhomme to his 21st career NHRA Victory. The ARMY Sunglasses pay tribute to his record-breaking ambition and commitment to the sport of racing.

Prudhomme and McEwen burst onto the drag racing scene in the mid-1960s and developed one of the most publicized rivalries in the sport's rich history. Their mutual sponsorship with Hot Wheels® in 1970 paved the way for motorsports marketing partnerships. Prior to that, corporate sponsorship in drag racing was essentially nonexistent and limited to the auto industry. But when Mattel Toys backed Mongoose's new Funny Car and that of rival Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, doors began to open. “The Snake” and “The Mongoose” became household names, and other big companies soon followed.

The ENGLISH LEATHER CORVETTE Sunglasses : In the 1978 U.S. Nationals, Tom "Mongoose" McEwen drove the English Leather "Silver Anniversary" Corvette at 235 mph to a final-round triumph over longtime archrival and racing teammate Don "the Snake" Prudhomme.

Just days before, McEwen lost his 14 year old son, Jamie, to a three year battle with leukemia. Jamie's dying wish was for his father to beat Prudhomme and win the nationals.The NHRA has voted this "Mongoose bites Snake" drag strip duel as the most memorable moment in the history of the sport of auto racing.


Filming began in 2011 for the "Snake vs. Mongoose" indie biopic produced by Stephen Nemeth of RHINO Films (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Dogtown and Z-Boys) and Robin Broidy of Storywise Productions. To be released in 2012, the film will include archival footage from the NHRA. The Snake and Mongoose Sunglasses will be featured in the film.

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