Echoes of the past: Lessons from the 60s

Fashion forward gentlemen of the 1960s could have done worse than looked for inspiration for striking eyewear in the pages of the March 3 1965 edition of Optician.

Bausch and Lomb proudly proclaimed the Teviot was ‘a real man’s frame’ which was available in an array of evocatively named colours such as Smoke, Sherry and Wine and then somewhat bafflingly, Brown Mottled Solids.

Meanwhile, Fleming Brothers had launched the Woodman designed for and much admired by ‘today’s man of good taste.’ The Woodman, offered in Rose Briar and Charcoal would not look out of place now, with the current trends towards heavy, angular frames and lumbersexual chic.