Feb

19

Eyewear in “RocknRolla”

Filed Under Brand Wave, Designer Sunglasses, Eyewear Knowledge 



The web is abuzz with quarries about the innovative and creative eyewear in the recently released film “RocknRolla”, directed by Guy Richie and starring Gerard Butler, Ludacris and others. Though similar in its twists and turns to Richie’s previous social commentary films like Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barells, this film is different in that its message is one of modernity’s mishaps.

Mickey (Jeremy Piven) is of particular fan-fare, and forums across the web are asking about his mysterious eyewear. Throughout the film Piven wears D&G DD6031 shades that were custom fit with clear (prescription) lenses. You can get the same look with custom lenses, or by taking out the lenses all together (a surprisingly popular up-and-coming fad in Hollywood and abroad). You can get a similar look with the Burberry BE3001 frames, though these are not customizable.


Johnny Quid, played by Tony Kebbell, also wears a pair of innovative, large sunglasses throughout the film. Though unable to identify the exact make and model (likely custom Cazal’s) the closest comparables are made by Ray-Ban Caravans, though the temple bars are thinner here. Later in the film he wears vintage Cazal sunglasses (with pink and gold bars along the top) but these sunglasses are over 1000pounds and hard to come by.


The film, which is a commentary on progress, drugs, modernity and the modern man’s appetite for antiquity, is full of fashion trends made popular in recent years. Check out the clothing worn by the apparently depraved rocker (also a philosopher, ironically) and also the suits worn by Ludacris and innovative eyewear displayed throughout the film.

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