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In the midst of the rectangular repetitiveness seen in your average local opticians, Black Eyewear is an oasis of carefully curated, on-trend optical styles.

Long gone are the days glasses were simply bound by the restrictions of NHS fodder. With such a large selection of new and pre-owned vintage frames online, all you need is your prescription and a willingness to browse – with eyewear just another outlet of fashionable expression.

MW is very excited then to present the online one-stop-shop for retro inspired frames, available at Vintage by Robert Roope. Craving prescription frames that make a subtle statement, this brilliant selection are inspired by jazz musicians, actors and stars of bygone eras – think singer Buddy Holly, saxophonist John Coltrane, guitarist Django Reinhardt and vocalist Peggy Lee to name but a few.

With frames available with prescription, blank and tinted sunglasses lenses, no wonder London’s finest including Fearne Cotton and Sienna Miller have been spotted sporting pairs.

A tip on the hottest optical shapes for 2012? For women think cats-eye and pastel, rounded rims with a square tops just like the below:

Alice, £137
Django, £137
Emily PK, £137
Peggy CCB, £137
Zoot TQ, £157
Wes TAH, £137
Roy IVS, £137
Peggy TQ, £137
Dinah IV, £137

For men; think rounded and refined in a tortoiseshell or burgundy:

Chico, £137
Chett TT, £137
Bixx TTG, £137
Errol LT, £137
Milt LT, £137
Tatum H, £137
Coltrane II, £137