CATEYE in Print | GQ France with Hugh Laurie

Dr. House was kind enough to take some time off of saving lives to sport some of our vintage frames in this spread for the January issue of GQ France.

C'est par ou la bonne humeur?—What happened to the good mood?  Dr. House has kindly removed his vintage CHRISTIAN DIOR AVIATORS to say hello...or to pay us a compliment...or give us directions...?

This is our kind of afternoon!  Lounging in a fine tuxedo with vintage NYLON PRISON FRAMES, drinking rosé Champagne straight from the bottle, and contemplating whether that diagnosis is African Sleeping Sickness or Acute Intermittent Porphyria—hope it's the second one...?

Here they are people, the actual frames what were on Hugh Laurie / Dr. House's actual face! 

CHRISTIAN DIOR AVIATOR:  This beautiful men's aviator was made in Germany in the '70s.  It has an Optyl frame front and golden temples which proudly bear the vintage Dior "CD" monogram.

NYLON PRISON FRAME:  These were standard issue for prisoners during the 1960s.  They're made of soft (though resilient) nylon and have no metal in the temple, so as to prevent the glasses from being filed into a shank or a shiv—I'll bet Dr. House approves of the extra measure of safety that comes with these frames.

Note: Both frames featured in the GQ France article are available in our Los Angeles store.