Bibby's Rocket Vintage: Part 2

Chekkit. Part Two of the Bibby's Rocket Vintage wonderfulness. If you want more, look out for Part One!

Aquamarine Rhinestone Couture Bubble Eyeglass Frames, Sky Blue Pale Eye Glasses or Sunglasses, NOS, Unused

Super chic late sixties / seventies frame. Larger than life bubble frames in a prescription wearable size -- big without being super huge, great for heavy scripts. Never used eyeglasses, jazzy hip hop driver glam rock.

 Glam Rock Lavender Horn Rimmed Preppy Frames, Violet Translucent NOS Eye or Sunglasses, Unisex

Luxuriously rounded faint violet horn rim frames, mod! These frames are new old stock ( NOS ) and in excellent condition. The frame is overall glossy, and of excellent craft.

Golden Black Rhinestone Larger Hexagonal Eyeglass Frames, Chromed Sunglasses, NOS, Mod

Luxurious golden metal designer 1970s frames with black painted highlights and aurora borealis rhinestones. New old stock, never worn golden eyeglasses are topped with glittering rhinestones. 

MOD Tortoise Shell Rhinestone Bubble Eyeglass Frames, Amber Brown Eye Glasses or Sunglasses, 1960s 1970s NOS, Unused

Tortoise shell, super chic late sixties / seventies frame. Larger than life bubble frames in a prescription wearable size -- big without being super huge, great for heavy scripts.

Never used eyeglasses, jazzy hip hop driver glam rock.

Early Gold Cat Eye Frames, Deep Rose Brow Sunglasses, 1 / 10 12K Eyeglasses, Vintage 1940s

If you're looking for a slightly larger cat eye frame, this is a gorgeous example of an antique early frame - high quality and rare! Unusual, exquisite, and lightweight gold-filled frames and temples. with etched floral motif (probably in aluminum) over the brow, which is a deep rose or oxblood color, very lovely. The nose pads are mother of pearl!

Larger Unisex Wild Mod Faux Wood Grain Eyeglasses Frames, Faux Bois Horn Rimmed Sunglasses, Italy

Unisex mod Frame Italy faux bois wood grain eyeglass frames are unusual, sexy and superb new old stock (NOS) frames in excellent condition (never used). 

Golden Champagne Aluminium Cat Eye Eyeglasses Frames, Sunglasses, 2Tone 1950s 1960s Titmus NOS 12k GF

So fabulous! New Old Stock Aluminum frames play with matte and glossy surfaces and fluid flourishes... Never used, awaiting your prescription! Warm hued champagne aluminum over the brow has a cool matte finish and a flourish that adds a contrasting silver-chrome. The arms are wonderfully shaped and golden. All in all quite lovely without being overly fussy

 Vintage Spangled Black Cat Eye Glasses, with AB Rhinestones and Gilding, Prescription Eye or Sunglasses

Simply stunning black cat eye frames ornamented with many sparkling aurora borealis rhinestones and gilding. These are show-stopping!

Big Unisex Christian Dior Glitter Eyeglass Frames, MOD CD Golden / Steel Grey Black Bubble Butterfly Sunglasses

Super chic designer Christian Dior frames, larger than life, with gunmetal grey glitter lacquer in the arms and around the brow.

Bibby's Rocket Vintage: Part 1

I've stumbled upon this amazing Etsy store recently. It is an absolute treasure trove of vintage glasses, including the most sought-after of all, NOS frames! NOS means New Old Stock, which basically means they are vintage, but have been stored and never worn. It's not just the potential cooties you have to worry about with vintage eyewear, plastic frames can lose moisture the longer they're worn, and become brittle and lacklustre over time. NSO frames are still in beautiful, original condition, and completely ideal for fitting your lenses into without the potential heartbreak of them snapping in the optical lab!

There are so many beautiful frames here, I've decided to do two rounds of blog posts. I've also included most of the original description from the website, so it gives you a some tasty information about each of them. Stay tuned for another series of stunning specs soon, and in the meantime, check out the Bibby's Rocket Vintage store here!

Ruby Red and Honey Dipped Carved Cat Eye Frames, Mad Men Eyeglasses or Sunglasses, Golden Black Accents, NOS

Incredible deadstIock frames that absolutely glow in red, with golden hue accents and slight show of black around the edges; carvings like rays of sun, an art deco feel to these amazing and surprisingly versatile frames!

Rhinestone Spangled Cat Eye Eyeglasses Frames, France, Grey-Black Eye Glasses or Sunglasses, NOS Vintage

Beautiful doesn't begin to describe these glittering understated beauties! Well-constructed metallic / pearly smoke grey / black Frame France eyeglass frames -- never used and ready for your own prescription glasses or sunglasses! A great flourish of sparkling aurora borealis rhinestones curves around the side of the frame.

Big Gucci Very Faux Tortoise Shell Horn Rimmed Eyeglasses Frames, Hip Hop / New Wave / Director / Arcitect Prescription Sunglasses

Big Gucci frames in a very mannered tortoise-type un-pattern that upon closer inspection features a kind of plaid grid with amber, black, brown... Amazing. Reminiscent of the classic geek frame, with a novel twist. Some of the 'stripes' that contribute to the effect are lightly pearlescent. 

Vintage Pearl Eyeglasses / White Carved Cat Eye Sunglasses / Winged Frame France Raybert Pearl Horn Rimmed Cat Eye Eyeglass Sunglasses

Classic cat eye frames, carved edging detail with flame-like details, extreme bat wings! This is a designer Raybert Frame France eyeglass frame made with layers that show white sandwiched between pearly white on top and transparent underface.

Atomic Cat Eye Eyeglasses Frames / 1960's Sunglasses / Mad Men Frames / 60's Confetti Frames / Translucent and Auburn

A really pretty pair of cat eye frames! Fifties "atomic" era with confetti-like elements on the brow and arms, with a lovely auburn-colored highlight accenting the top

Black Shuron Clubmaster Frames, Recherche 48-22 Horn Rimmed Combination Metal Eye or Sunglasses, Man Men Unisex

Shuron Ronsir 'clubmaster'-style late model combination frame. A true classic in a sought after size and color combination.

Copper and Clear Cat Eye Frames, Horn Rimmed Combination Copper-tone Aluminium Eye or Sunglasses, NOS

Vintage new old stock frames feature an aluminum browline and temples, with a textured rose copper-colored chrome effect, and a deco-inspired golden metal relief. The frames are a clear horn rim with coppertone colored arms. 

Swank White Pearl Rhinestone Cat Eye Frames, Frame France, Spectacular Horn Rimmed Eyewear

Aurora borealis rhinestones and studs line the expanded brow of these lovely white pearlescent vintage frames, made by Swank, France

Cat Eye Eyeglass Frames, Combination Aluminium and Brown Sunglasses, Metal Accents

Liberty Optical frames are made in such a neat way, with aluminum elements in a golden / champagne color for the arms and brow, which meet the glossy, glowing brown horn rimmed frame. 

Huge MOD Cougar Bubble Sunglasses / Big Catty Eyeglass Frames / Golden Black-Spotted Eyewear, NOS Tiger, UNISEX

Absolutely enormous late sixties / seventies prescription-quality eye frame -- truly larger than life bubble frames ** with a leopard print pattern ** ! Cat eye frames -- literally :)

My Vintage Sunglass Collection

I'm obsessed with glasses. BIG SURPRISE I'm also obsessed with sunglasses. Crazy, huh? But my favourite combo of all is anything glasses + anything vintage. DOUBLY OBSESSED (that's a thing, yeah?)

So, every time I wander into a vintage or op shop, I make a bee-line for the awkward jumble of crappy glasses stashed undoubtedly in a cheap, rattan container on the bench. After rifling through the broken service station sunnies, over-the-counter reading glasses and cheap Ray-Ban knock offs, sometimes I strike pure gold in the form of some beautifully preserved vintage frames!

I've had a delve through my collection and bought out my finest retro pieces to showcase here. This is part 1 in what will probably be a 3 part series (yup, I've got that many!). I've kept it to sunglasses only for now, but I have a ton of prescription specs to bring out too. Look forward to that, but in the meantime, enjoy!

Check out the original Ray-Bans on the left - they aren't in the best shape, but considering their age, they're holding on great! 

These are an incredible pair of Gail Spence Design for Pro Design specs, made in Denmark. I don't think they're that old - the quality of them is impeccable - but they're at least old enough that someone would give them away. I've never seen another pair quite like them, complete show-stoppers!

These are Steppers, Made in Germany. Pretty retro - the fit of the temple is crazy weird. and they completely munch my face. Love!

Oh look! It's me! Looking super-duper attractive in a distinctly 80's number!
These guys are branded "Sign by Sarroff", which I've never heard off. I'm not convinced on the quality of the plastic - it's overly glossy and light - so I think these may have just been a cheap, fun pair.

Speaking of cheap and fun, this is the cheapest and funnest pair I've ever seen! They're a little too small for my face, so they look wicked spesh when I wear them (which, unfortunately for you guys, I'm not doing today!). Love the green face and the purple temples, and who can resist those paint-speckle freckles?

OOOOOOO, me again! Don't judge my awkward face, I spent the morning in hospital having boring tests, so I was tired and missing blood! Fun times. At least the fulli sick specs can hide my tired little eyes! This lovely pair says "TREND" on one temple and "MADE IN ITALY" on the other. Hmmm. Can't decide if cheap or just badly named...either way, what's not to love about a big, leopard-print cat's eye?