We have had the most incredible three months at Eye REspect and have been receiving amazing press and press reviews throughout Europe.
Here we are featured on the great magazine So Feminine.
Here is another feature on Spashion : Where sports meets fashion.
Also here we are featured in The Raconteur Vision Supplement in THE TIMES.
Here Eye Respect is in The Frame Geek.
And of course we are featured in The Optician.
Amazing article on Eye Respect brands Andy Wolf Eyewear, AM Eyewear and John Varvatos Eyewear on Lust & Found.
John Varvatos on Fashion Star
Designer John Varvatos serves as celebrity mentor on Fashion Star, NBC’s new reality competition series that will search for the next great brand. John is joined by co-mentors Jessica Simpson and Nicole Richie along with host Elle Macpherson.
At Eye Respect we absolutely love John Varvatos and of course distribute and retail his eyewear collection.
The series will give 14 unknown designers the chance to win a multi-million dollar prize to launch their collections in three of America’s largest retailers: Macy’s, H&M and Saks Fifth Avenue.
With a unique twist, at the end of each episode viewers will have the chance to immediately purchase the winning designs showcased on the episode that week.
AM Eyewear serves a Riviera Rebelion at Eye Respect Ltd
These aren’t your grandparent’s frames! No one is bringing rock star status to the shade game quite like AM Eyewear.
Founded in 2003, Australian label AM Eyewear is always fashion forward with its fresh rebellious style. Since its inception it has garnered a cult-like following, both in Australia and world-wide, for its bespoke designs and unrelenting commitment to craftsmanship and quality. They’ve been featured in magazines such as GQ, Bazaar, and Grazia… and celeb fans include Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Rihanna, and Sienna Miller (just to name a few).
Each new collection is reflective of head designer and director Simon Ponnusamy’s many sources of inspiration. From his fast-paced life traveling and mingling with some of the world’s biggest rock stars to his mother’s collection of vintage sunglasses and photos from her days in the fashion industry.
“I work in the old, organic way.” says Ponnusamy.
“I design using only a pad and pencil in order to feel each line of the frame. It takes a lot longer than using a computer because I’m forever erasing and then remarking the page until I get it right. But I just love the way this allows the frame to slowly come alive as I get to know every line intimately.”
AM Eyewear from Eye Respect
AM Eyewear from Eye Respect
Out of this creative process comes a variety of cutting edge styles, each one a special piece in its own right.
Italian-tecno-seven-teeth-fixed-hingesNo expense is spared or shortcut is taken in the manufacturing process. Each frame is individually handcrafted and handpolished for up to 14 hours using only the highest quality materials. The acetate frames are constructed using Italian Mazzucchelli cellulose acetate – a far superior product to the mould injectable plastics commonly used in mass-produced frames. Other notable features include: Italian Tecno ‘Seven Teeth Fixed’ or German OBE spring-loaded hinges, Japanese stainless steel, and perhaps most notable are the Italian Military grade APX Nylon lenses which all have a back Anti-Reflective coating.
And I am so happy that teamed up with Eye Respect we can bring AM Eyewear to Europe, The Middle East and Africa.
Cape Town born Mathew Turner is wearing sunglasses from Eye Respect and is our 7′s rugby ambassador on the HSBC 7′s world circuit.
Mat Turner looking cool in sunglasses from Eye Respect
Mat Turner looking cool in sunglasses from Eye Respect
About Mat Turner:
Mathew Turner (born 18 January 1988 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a rugby union player for the England 7s team which compete in the IRB Sevens World Series. He formerly played Bristol Rugby in the Guinness Premiership. He plays on the wing.
Turner is considered to be one of the greatest wingers in Bishops rugby to date. He was part of the 2006 Bishops rugby team, rated as one of the finest in the school’s history. In the 2006 season, Turner scored 25 tries, averaging more than one try a match. He was, however, overlooked for selection when the Western Province Craven Week side was selected, a decision considered by many to be a travesty.[citation needed]
Qualifying to play internationally for England through the IRB ancestral rules and regulations, Turner was selected for the England sevens team for the first two legs of the 2009–10 IRB Sevens World Series.[1]
Turner while on holiday at home in South Africa was released to play for the Souther Kings versus The British and Irish Lions. He was also a member of the Springbok Under-20 team and Western Province under-19 team.
Eddie Jordan, born in Dublin in 1948, is a former racing driver, team owner and entrepreneur known for his irrepressible optimism and energetic joie de vivre. A host of drivers owe their breaks to Eddie as a champion of young talent. Drivers who have won Grand Prix’s who have driven for Eddie include Hill, Mansell, Schumacher (Michael), and Senna, also becoming world champions, and Alesi, Barichello, Boutsen, Fisichella, Frentzen, Herbert, Irvine, Moreno, Schumacher (Ralf), Trulli and Watson.
Eddie’s unlikely introduction to motor racing came about when in 1970 as a bank clerk he moved to Jersey because of a Dublin bank strike, and there he experienced kart racing. Eddie returned to Dublin hooked, embarking on a driving career which saw him win karting and Formula Ford races. However winning the Formula Atlantic Championship sealed his long-term contract as a driver with Marlboro, which paved the way for races in Formula 3, Formula 2 and testing a McLaren F1 car (in 1979). Separately he drove in the World Sports Car Championship with Porsche and the Pink Floyd BMW car at Le Mans. Having suffered a number of major accidents Eddie retired from racing to set up his team in 1980 and began his now famous habit of finding young drivers and giving them a chance at success. Having given Senna his first ever Formula 3 drive in 1982 (which was later repeated with Damon Hill in 1985 – both to becoming world champions), he signed Martin Brundle to lead the team for the British Championship in 1983 in which they finished second. The team went on to be champions with Johnny Herbert in 1987. Jordan then moved up to Formula 3000 for the years 1988/89/90 winning races with Donnelly, Herbert, Irvine and taking the championship in the 1989 season with Jean Alesi.
Inspired by the success of his junior drivers, Eddie established Jordan Grand Prix in 1990 and entered F1. Throughout the 1990’s Jordan was the only team to really break the monopoly on F1 success held by Ferrari, Williams and McLaren. Rubens Barrichello secured the team’s first pole position and podium in 1994. Jordan landed a major sponsorship deal with Benson & Hedges in 1996 and this helped to attract ex-World Champion Damon Hill to the team. At the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix, Damon Hill and Ralf Schumacher’s finish in first and second place made history, as Jordan Grand Prix became the first team in the sport to win its maiden F1 race with a 1-2. In 1999 Heinz-Harald Frentzen won the French and Italian GPs for Jordan and finished third in the World Championship. The team also won the Brazilian Grand Prix in 2003 with Giancarlo Fisichella and also remains one of only 5 current teams to have won multiple Grand Prix’s in the past 25 years.
Eddie sold Jordan Grand Prix in January 2005. Since then he has developed a portfolio of business interests and formed a rock band which has successfully recorded a number of songs and takes its name “The Robbers” from a remark Bernie Ecclestone once made about Eddie. In recent years Eddie has also had more time to nurture projects with his favourite charities: CLIC Sargent and Amber, as well getting involved with the Special Olympics. He made his TV-presenting debut with Channel 5’s “Bad Boy Racers”, a series which followed a group of young car crime offenders through a rehabilitation programme. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Ulster and Dublin’s Institute of Technology. These were added to in France by being made an honorary Musketeer, in recognition of winning races in Nogaro, Pau, Le Mans and the prestigious French Grand Prix. He has also spoken at the prestigious Oxford Union is in his fourth year with the BBC with their coverage of Formula One. As well as being inducted into the Irish Motorsport Hall of Fame recently, Eddie has been awarded two prestigous awards in Ireland: the James Joyce Award from the Literary and Historical Society of the University College Dublin, the largest student sociey in Ireland, to hounour his outstanding contribution to motorsport in Ireland; and he received the Gold Medal of Honarary Patronage of the University Philosiphical Society of Trinity College, Dublin to honour his contribution to motoracing and his charity work over the years.
He and his wife Marie have been married for 35 years and have four children: Zoe, Miki, Zak & Kyle. Eddie’s interests outside motorsport include football, horse racing, golf (being a member of the Royal Dublin Golf Club), sailing (member of the Royal Cork Yacht Club) and music.
Eddie is a massive fan of what we do at Eye Respect and only wears glasses and sunglasses that are chosen for him by Eye Respect as well as loving what we stand for. “Eye am what eye am, Eye have a dream and love the Eye candy eye get from Eye Respect”, says Jordan.
Looking for Sunglasses this summer?
Looking for sunglasses in London? Looking for sunglasses in Dublin? Looking for sunglasses in Cape Town? Looking for Sunglasses in Ibiza?
Eye Respect is the place to go when looking for sunglasses as they have great ranges like AM Eyewear, Andy Wolf Eyewear and John Varvatos Eyewear as well as their very own Eye Respect Eyewear.
Jota Sport teams up with Eye Respect
The Jota Sport Zytek LMP2 team are getting up to speed in preparation for the 2012 season with the help of new Technical Partner Eye Respect.
Jota Sport Zytek at Paul Ricard and Eye Respect Livery
Jota Sport Zytek at Paul Ricard and Eye Respect Livery
Eye Respect designs, manufactures, distributes and retails some of the most exciting, unique and finest quality sunglasses and glasses in the industry and have kitted out the team and drivers. Eye Respect is based in London and distributes its eyewear in 18 different countries. A true specialist in eyewear who keeps pushing the boundaries to constantly improve and ensure that everyone at and through Eye Respect – live their dreams.
Sam and Simon geared in Eye Respect Sunglasses
Sam and Simon geared in Eye Respect Sunglasses
For the 2012 season the Jota Sport drivers will be sporting sunglasses from Eye Respect’s John Varvatos Collection. This is a brand that occupies a unique place in the landscape of American design. Inspired by the passion, creative spirit and deeply original style of talented musicians, John Varvatos credits his early obsession with rock ‘n roll as the catalyst for his interest in fashion. A unifying theme in his design, it is deeply ingrained in all his efforts and evident in every expression of the brand.
Sam in John Varvatos Sunglasses from Eye Respect
Jonathan van Blerk, Director and founder of Eye Respect believes there is a perfect fit in the relationship: “Apart from being a market leader and one of the most innovative, fast-paced and adaptable companies out there, Jota follow the same ideal as Eye Respect as they live the dream and live it with respect. So, let’s go racing!”
Sam Hignett, Managing Director of the Jota Group of companies commented: “During the past few weeks, while working together on this partnership, I have been impressed by the high levels of quality and design available from Eye Respect; I look forward to working with Eye Respect over the coming season and hope that the partnership grows and continues to develop beyond 2012.”
Racing at Paul Ricard – Eye Respect
Racing at Paul Ricard – Eye Respect
Jota Sport will be debut their brand new Zytek LMP2 Z11SN Nissan at the 6 Hours of Castellet in France on 31st march – 1st April.
Jota Sport Zytek at Paul Ricard and Eye Respect Livery
Jota Sport Zytek at Paul Ricard and Eye Respect Livery
Eye Respect have some fantastic Sunglasses and Glasses brands like AM Eyewear, Andy Wolf Eyewear, Eye Respect Eyewear and John Varvatos Eyewear.
Alex Lynn sponsored by Eye Respect
The British Formula 3 season promises to be yet another action packed season with 10 events and 29 races throughout Europe. Driver Alex Lynn is set to debut in the Formula 3 series after winning the 2011 championship in Formula Renault, where he racked up an impressive 12 wins during the season.
Eye Respect in F3 racing with Alex Lynn
Eye Respect in F3 racing with Alex Lynn
The talented 18-year-old rising star of British Motorsport has caught the eye of us at Eye Respect and for the first time have agreed to sponsor a driver.
“This is my first initiative to sponsor a young athlete which I believe have all the ingredients to go all the way in their respective field. I have always been interested to try and help young drivers that have exceptional talent, and I believe Alex clearly falls into this category,” said van Blerk. “I have been following his progress the last few years and if he continues on the same path it won’t be long before we will see Alex reaching the top of the ladder in our sport. I am proud and honored to be a part of the team that will make Alex realize his dreams and goals.” Eye Respect and our Eye have a dream motto sit very well with Alex.
Eye Respect in F3 racing with Alex Lynn
Eye Respect in F3 racing with Alex Lynn
“Naturally, I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with Eye Respect, their eyewear and especially sunglasses are simply the very coolest and very best eye candy!!
Eskimo PR representing Eye Respect
Eskimo PR has been appointed to represent Eye Respect Ltd and its brands AM Eyewear, Andy Wolf Eyewear, Eye Respect Eyewear and John Varvatos Eyewear.
Eye Respect Ltd is the place to visit for discerning eyewear afficionados.
Eye Respect has some serious Eye Candy:
AM Eyewear sunglasses and optical frames
Andy Wolf sunglasses and optical frames
John Varvatos sunglasses and optical frames
Ksubi sunglasses and optical frames
Le Specs sunglasses and Alpine range sunglasses
Henry Holland for Le Specs collaboration sunglasses
Polaroid sunglasses
Zoe Jordan for Andy Wolf sunglasses
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