HalfWorld
Sunglasses
1985 (made)
1985 (made)
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Stephen Rothholz is an established designer of accessories. Although he is probably now better known for designing jewellery for big names like Paul Smith, Hardy Amies and Nicole Farhi, his sunglasses were sold in many of London’s most fashionable boutiques throughout the 1980s. Each pair was handmade by Flairspecs, an East Finchley-based manufacturer of spectacle frames.
This particular example formed part of BodyMap’s ‘HalfWorld’ autumn/winter 1985 collection.
This particular example formed part of BodyMap’s ‘HalfWorld’ autumn/winter 1985 collection.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | HalfWorld (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Moulded plastic with applied decorative motifs |
| Brief description | Sunglasses, blue plastic with octagonal lenses, Stephen Rothholz for BodyMap, 1985 |
| Physical description | Octagonal-framed sunglasses of blue plastic. The right-hand lens is pink-tinted and has an applied gold star motif; the left-hand lens has a blue-tinted circle with copper-coloured applied surround. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Credit line | Given by Stephen Rothholz |
| Object history | Part of BodyMap's 'HalfWorld' collection, autumn/winter 1985. Registered file number 2013/673 |
| Production | Handmade. The materials were imported from Italy and purchased by Flairspecs from a wholesaler in Kentish Town. |
| Summary | Stephen Rothholz is an established designer of accessories. Although he is probably now better known for designing jewellery for big names like Paul Smith, Hardy Amies and Nicole Farhi, his sunglasses were sold in many of London’s most fashionable boutiques throughout the 1980s. Each pair was handmade by Flairspecs, an East Finchley-based manufacturer of spectacle frames. This particular example formed part of BodyMap’s ‘HalfWorld’ autumn/winter 1985 collection. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.64-2013 |
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| Record created | August 30, 2013 |
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