As a part of the ‘Elements of Fashion’ series, the Fashion Space Gallery presents “Framed! Contemporary Eyewear in Fashion” to explore the significance of contemporary eyewear for fashion as well as culture. The exhibition leads the viewer through years of transformation from a mere poor eyesight solution into the signature accessory it constitutes today. It presents the changes in the production of glasses such as the materials used and the ways of decoration, touching upon the topics of branding and advertising. “Framed!” features over 200 frames on loan from public and private collections, eyewear companies, fashion houses and bespoke makers, which are contextualisd by a newly commissioned timeline by Emily Alston.

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