Suns Out get your Candy Coloured Sunnies Out

Have you jumped on the FINEST SEVEN bandwagon yet? If these graphic, candy hued sunnies look familiar it's probably because they've walked the catwalk complementing some of London's most celebrated collections, Emelia Wickstead and Felder Felder inclusive.

Eyewear options in hot hues have abounded in recent seasons and there are options, but with FINEST SEVEN you get something other than the throwaway, wear for one season, "lost at a festival but don't care they're from the highstreet" quality of many of the brighter styles on offer. 

With a career history which includes designing for major luxury sunglasses brands such as Prada, Oliver Goldsmith and Cutler and Gross – amongst others, New Zealand born designer Jesse Stevens has a highly specialised understanding of eyewear and a dedication to the aesthetics and quality of the products he creates. 

  
 

The name FINEST SEVEN is derived from Stevens’ dedication to excellence, holding at the brand's core the idea that there are seven key elements in eyewear production, and FINEST SEVEN incorporates the very best of these elements in each and every style.  Stevens sources each part from the finest ateliers; Carl Zeiss lenses, best Italian acetate and vintage gold hinges, Check, check, check! The design process maintains a sensitivity to these material and Steven's sculptural design sensibility but the gold accents and dedication to precision engineering makes wearing Finest Seven reassuringly feel like a luxury experience. A forward looking rather than classical style prevails here (you couldn't work under Miuccia Prada and not pick up some quirk), this is definitely some cool and contemporary high end eyewear. Seek them out at Finest Seven, www.finestseven.com and Harvey Nichols, 109-125 Knightsbridge, London SW1 (020-7235 5000; www.harveynichols.com) and branches.

credit: TBC magazine

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She Who Can do no Wrong Pt. 5: As if You Needed More Proof...

It's Gwen again! 

Gwen Stefani has had a whopper week of sartorial success, see the evidence below:

Beach side cool in crop top, boyfriend jeans and kimono cover up, Gwen had me rushing to ebay in search of a japanese jacket. the low slung black belt, black aviators and slash of fuschia lip bring the look together. not many have the abs for this so thank you Gwen for allowing us to live vicariously through you. 

Daring to do double denim, Gwen did the school run (I speculate) in a  G-Star denim jumpsuit with a mock waistband making it appear she is pulling off the more challenging jeans and denim shirt option. The jumpsuit does all of the work and the casual roll-up legs make this look proportionally perfect for Gwen. The rocky chain detail sandals by Gwen's own label L.A.M.B. seem to be a favourite of hers, she wears them regularly out and about and I can see why. They lengthen the legs and remove any risk that Gwen looks like a painter and decorator on duty. Extra points for the stunning L.A.M.B. structured shoulder bag also in denim hues and in for a penny in for a pound the fedora is also blue in tone. This denim blue overload was a big trend on the catwalks for summer with several designers showing looks of either one block shade of blue or combining many tones. Gwen naturally has made taken the trend to the street, and won. 

Dude you are killing me here. Gwen went for a trot around Primrose Hill this weekend. She wore what the majority of the locals would have been sporting, the skinny jeans, ubiquitous high-tops and a hipster plaid shirt thrown over band t-shirt. But the sunglasses, and HEADBAND! She looks like a fabulous alien from planet celebrity who is doing a pretty good job of blending in with the humans around her but stumbles at the final fence (hint for Gwen: using an umbrella to shade your perfectly porcelain complexion when all around you are basted in oil and sizzling is a massive give-away that you're not from round these parts*)

*This reference may be lost on non-Londoners. For your info during our mini heatwave the much celebrated London parks have been packed with girls and boys in bikinis and boxers baking themselves on their lunch breaks and weekends. We have no beaches or gardens so please don't judge us!

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