Me and my glasses

Vik stands in an optical practice with walls of warm wooden displays. He wears bold rectangle spectacles in a deep royal-blue, matching his jumper. He looks seriously at the camera

Vik Malhi: “The right pair of glasses does not change who you are. It reveals who you have always been”

The optometrist and founder of J.Hyde Eyewear on transformation and how his personal experience as a glasses wearer shapes his work

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02 Oct 5 min read

George poses for the camera with a neutral-serious expression. He has bright blue eyes, dark facial hair, and his dark hair is slicked back from his face. He wears a black textured shirt which shows his tattoos on his neck.

George Clarke: “As a designer, I see frames almost like wearable art”

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07 Aug 6 min read

Jake wears tortoiseshell colour spectacles and is photographed in a peaceful garden setting

Jake Burton: “Since making my own frames, I’ve decided to embrace bold”

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05 Jun 5 min read

Kayla has brown hair cut in a layered style just past her shoulders. She wears a round pair of spectacles with metal temples and a very thin light pink rim. She wears a pink work shirt with a patch of a stylised skull

Kayla Heersink: “Eyewear is the perfect way to show who you are without saying a word”

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02 Apr

Sandra wears Havana eyewear with an upswept cat’s eye style. She wears a white blouse with striped orange-brown trousers

Sandra Battistel: “Eyewear is so unique, in that it defines our personality”

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04 Feb

Lars Malmsten wears a long green coat and pale yellow

“It is my job, my hobby, and essential for my life”

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05 Dec 2025

Standing in front of a colourful patterned background, Rebecca wears large squared glasses with a thick black frame. She has brown hair and large gold hoop earrings, a navy top and jeans.

“I wanted to create a character with glasses who wasn’t a stereotypical ‘nerd’ type”

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03 Oct 2025

Kirsty wears a pair of wired cat’s eye glasses in neon pink and beige with a colourful pink scarf in her hair

“We want people to feel amazing in their specs, and that starts if you love your own”

Practitioner stories

01 Aug 2025 5 min read

Dr Philippa Kaye wears rectangular purple spectacles

“I take my vision and eye health very seriously”

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06 Jun 2025 1

Chelsea wears a bright orange leather top and orange sunglasses in an exaggerated rectangle shape

“Eyewear is the best accessory”

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23 Apr 2025

Antony wears a fine metal pair of glasses and wears grey, holding the lapels of his jacket and looking pensively into the grey sky

“My eyewear, like my personality, is eclectic”

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04 Apr 2025

“I’ve always been immersed in the world of eyewear”

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07 Feb 2025

George wears square glasses with a dark tortoiseshell style frame

“I need to match the right colours and shapes that would fit my personality”

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28 Dec 2024 5 min read

Wearing a bright red jacket, Tim is scaling a rockface covered in sheets of glass-like ice. He uses two picks or ice axes to pull himself up and lines trail from a belt of carabiners and climbing equipment at his waist. He is at the top of the frame, but the mountain face stretches down below him making him look small and very high up

“I realised I had the first stages of snow blindness”

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20 Oct 2024

Mountainbiker, Gerald, is cycling near-horizontally along a wall

“The older I got and the faster I got, the more I realised that I needed professional sunglasses”

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12 Sep 2024 6 min read

Archie, wearing bright red overalls that have cuffs trimmed with lace, stands beside the window of Cult Vision, which has a colourful mural spelling the word ‘WOW’ across an X shape. Motifs of pink raindrops are used to symbolise spring.

“Once I put the glasses on for the first time, it was incredible”

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23 Aug 2024

Sima Sthanakiya poses on the beach, smiling down at the waves through sunglasses

“When I wear them it’s like seeing the world with a permanent ‘happy’ filter”

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03 Jun 2024

Nuria and Miguel pose in the sunshine wearing circular glasses in white and yellow with bold rounded sides

“I developed a great passion for independent designs”

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30 Mar 2024 6 min read

Clare Brent wears bright red frames in a rectangle shape. She is in a restaurant and holds up a plate of food

“I like to stick by what I know I love”

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15 Mar 2024

Carolina is outside in the sunshine wearing a black and white floral summer dress, she is peeking over the top of her square black sunglasses

“I express myself with glasses”

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20 Feb 2024

Pauline wears dark sunglasses and a denim dress and sits at an outdoor cafe with a mug before her. Her face rests on one hand and she smiles

“My eyewear shows my personality without me needing to say anything”

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17 Jan 2024

Elaine is standing in a wooded area with chalky, sloping ground behind her. The selfie shows her wearing a blue walking jacket, mauve purple backpack, and light blue fabric headband. Her hair is tied back in a plait and she wears a pair of Bollé sunglasses. The wrap around frame has lenses that appear to be a purple tint.

“We have opened new windows of opportunity”

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23 Dec 2023 6 min read

Alistair Brownlee, MBE, wears cycling gear, including a helmet and Oakley Radar EV sunglasses.

“I live to be outside and enjoy the view”

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11 Nov 2023

Rachel Gadsden wears grey aviator-style glasses, a bright orange tiger-striped hoodie and stands behind a mustard yellow chair. On the chair is a painted portrait, and more portraits hang on the wall behind her

“Wearing glasses is really important to me from a fashion perspective”

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16 Oct 2023 6 min read

Chantelle wears bright colours and a pair of bold black frames

“I think glasses can really elevate an outfit”

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24 Aug 2023 5 min read

Grace smiles to the camera, wearing dark purple spectacles, a black top and purple cardigan

“I try and get glasses that are bright”

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28 Jul 2023

Michelle Feeney

“Glasses have become a key accessory in my life”

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28 May 2023

Mountain biking

“I always look for interesting shapes and designs, and colour really is my thing”

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20 Apr 2023 9 min read

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Me and my contact lenses

Matt Rees

A relaxed style

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20 Dec 2019

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

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28 Jul 2017