IF eyes are the windows to the soul, then what you wear around them is the window dressing. Women have no shortage of socially approved options when it comes to expressing themselves in this area—flicky liner, fluttery lashes, a statement fringe—but, if you’re a man, there’s really only one direction in which you can go.
‘Glasses are a serious purchase,’ says freelance men’s-style writer Nick Carvell, who has worked with Mr Porter and GQ (Instagram. com/nickcarvell). For him, they’re a part of your look that calls for as much thought as, say, an investment coat. ‘If you’re someone who wears them all the time, they have to work for multiple situations and dress codes.’
Trends in eyewear, he says, are ‘relatively slow moving’, but discernible. ‘A few years ago, you mostly saw men of all ages in Ray- Ban Wayfarer-style glasses in a tortoiseshell acetate,’ explains Mr Carvell. ‘Acetate stayed, but the shape then morphed into a 1930sstyle round one. You’re now seeing a return to the kind of glasses I remember my dad wearing in the 1980s, with a very thin metal frame and bigger lenses.’
People scoff that Superman wouldn’t actually have been able to fool people into thinking he was plain old Clark Kent simply by donning a pair of specs, but there’s no denying their transformative power. Actors love them for exactly this reason, both on and off screen: Colin Firth has channelled Michael Caine in heavy tortoiseshell acetate frames made by Cutler and Gross, Daniel Craig sports rounder models from the same brand and Idris Elba favours squarish Oliver Peoples frames on the red carpet.
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Kitchen garden cook - Apples
'Sweet and crisp, apples are the epitome of autumn flavour'
The original Mr Rochester
Three classic houses in North Yorkshire have come to the market; the owner of one inspired Charlotte Brontë to write Jane Eyre
Get it write
Desks, once akin to instruments of torture for scribes, have become cherished repositories of memories and secrets. Matthew Dennison charts their evolution
'Sloes hath ben my food'
A possible paint for the Picts and a definite culprit in tea fraud, the cheek-suckingly sour sloe's spiritual home is indisputably in gin, says John Wright
Souvenirs of greatness
FOR many years, some large boxes have been stored and forgotten in the dark recesses of the garage. Unpacked last week, the contents turned out to be pots: some, perhaps, nearing a century old—dense terracotta, of interesting provenance.
Plants for plants' sake
The garden at Hergest Croft, Herefordshire The home of Edward Banks The Banks family is synonymous with an extraordinary collection of trees and shrubs, many of which are presents from distinguished friends, garnered over two centuries. Be prepared to be amazed, says Charles Quest-Ritson
Capturing the castle
Seventy years after Christian Dior’s last fashion show in Scotland, the brand returned under creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri for a celebratory event honouring local craftsmanship, the beauty of the land and the Auld Alliance, explains Kim Parker
Nature's own cathedral
Our tallest native tree 'most lovely of all', the stately beech creates a shaded environment that few plants can survive. John Lewis-Stempel ventures into the enchanted woods
All that money could buy
A new book explores the lost riches of London's grand houses. Its author, Steven Brindle, looks at the residences of plutocrats built by the nouveaux riches of the late-Victorian and Edwardian ages
In with the old
Diamonds are meant to sparkle in candlelight, but many now gather dust in jewellery boxes. To wear them today, we may need to reimagine them, as Hetty Lintell discovers with her grandmother's jewellery
