I’ve worn black Francois Pinton “Jacky 2″ sunnies everyday for over four years. While in Paris, I decided it was time for change: after popping into a Francois Pinton boutique and trying on tons of sunnies, I snagged tortoiseshell Francois Pinton “Jacky 2″ sunglasses. The rust-colored lenses dust every scene into dusk, including a dawn bike ride alongside the Seine, and — the Chunnel and a day later — a noon walk through Hyde Park.

As much as I prefer blue-tinted sunglasses, there’s something about life looking like a perpetual sunset. I keep hearing the song, “Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think…”

Britney Spears is getting sued for $10 mil. over perfume. Allie is Wired has the details.

Bag Bliss took a tour and chatted it up with Monica Botkier!

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KRISTOPHER DUKES is wearing François Pinton “Jacky” sunglasses .

Second City Style runs down the ABC’s of European daytime dressing for Fall 2011.

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The Shoe Goddess can’t wait to see Pierre Hardy’s Capsule Collection for The Gap!

My blogging’s been slow, and it’s partly because I’m recovering from LASIK surgery.

Sure, I had painless, perfect vision within five hours after lasers seared my eyeballs, but now I’ve got to get through three months without any eye makeup, including eyelash extensions.

Bummer.

So I’ve taken to wearing my Francois Pinton “Jacky” sunglasses even more, which, paired with walking my German shepherd Major Dukes, means strangers startle when they realize I can totally see what they’re doing.

Dude, seriously…

It’s like these Marc by Marc Jacobs zipper earrings are inviting you to do their wearer a favor and pull them out…

Wanting.

Francois Pinton made sunnies for the classic glamours:Cary Grant, Aristotle O, and these frames are based on the originals Francois designed for Grace Kelly. I tried these on — you get a flattering frame that hides half your face…

Wearing.

I wear these Jacky2 frames — based on the sunnies Francois designed for Jackie O — daily. I’ve also got a pair of prescription Aristotles. I put both Francois Pinton frames on the shelf and let them argue…

Hating.

There’s design that feels retro because it’s an echo of a classic, and then there’s caricatures of fashion thankfully passed. Leave these rhinestoned sunnies to the deranged Dita doubles… ]]> http://www.kristopherdukes.com/2009/04/21/francois-pinton-sunnies-k-is/feed 1 http://www.kristopherdukes.com/2008/07/28/sunnies-k-is http://www.kristopherdukes.com/2008/07/28/sunnies-k-is#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:03:58 +0000 Kristopher http://www.kristopherdukes.com/?p=1099

Wanting.

I love Porsche. I had a tour of their store in Two Rodeo, and discovered Porsche actually designs everything with its name stamped on it. Like all their ish, there’s a real elegance in the economy of these sunnies’ design…

Hating.

You get what you pay for, but what’s costing you more than rent for these sunnies is less gold plate and ebony wood, and more marketing. Though Tom Ford is beautiful, and I do feel honored to contribute to his Botox fund…

Wearing.

Built by the man who created Jackie O’s original glammy glasses. I found these at Hotel de Ville, which also carries Aristotle Onassis’s frames. I’m buying those next, and the two glasses can sit on my dresser and fight over money…

Wanting.

These clear acrylic, glammy glasses remind me I want a flat full of lucite furniture. Very Scarface, right…

Wearing.

Hopefully the only time you’ll wish a tube of fruitiness was bigger, so you could rub it all over you…

Hating.

Giuseppe’s genius is wasted on these thongs. Wedges work just as well as flats when you’re summer tripping…

You know, writing the opposite-of-wet stories.