Lizzy is wearing “Amos”, a refined design from the Be Light collection of Lara D’ eyewear, a collection dedicated to lightness, colour and elegance. The refined design and the precious material used in this frame are enhanced by the use of two colours, which create a light look and plays on contrasts.
Lare loves to emphasise the details, so she completed the temple with a diamond-shaped end and provided galvanised brass fins, which are totally hypoallergenic. Every element of this shape was inspired by a thin, soft line, which makes the eyewear imperceptible to the touch and surrounds the face with a unique style.
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To do this, Lara used surgical steel, a functional, resistant and nickel free material that can ensure her creations have the shapes and lightness she desires. She also wanted to introduce new, more playful and fun shapes, some with a strong appeal to the POP style of the 1990s and other more classic but with clear and distinctive features.
[perfectpullquote align=”left” bordertop=”false” cite=”Lara D’Alpaos” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=”17″]Italian craftsmanship is the international definition that best expresses the philosophy behind my collection.
All our designs are made exclusively in Italy in the Valle del Cadore, an enchanting place with a natural setting at the heart of the magical Belluno Dolomites.[/perfectpullquote]
Trained as an architect in the historic city of Venice, Lara D’Alpaos launched her first eyewear collection under the name Lara D’ in 2010. Raised in a family with over 40 years’ expertise in Italian eyewear production, and passionate about fashion and design, her launch collection exceeded all expectations, successfully combining Italian craftsmanship, quality and a whimsical design language – a style that is creative and original, but never out of place.
Lara’s fascination for architecture and her studies in art conservation, restoration and interior design led her to create her own unique design style in eyewear, linked closely to her passion for innovative industrial design concepts, artistic disciplines and the creative possibilities of playing with nuances of colour. She experiments with form, shape and colour combinations in her artisan frames, while cherishing a deep understanding of the history of eyewear and its evolution through the last decades.
Growing up in the fabulous mountain landscape of Belluno, at the very heart of the Italian eyewear district, Lara’s family has had an important role in sparking her passion for designing frames. As a young student, she would spend summer days in her father’s ‘manufactory’ learning the art of spectacle-making and the precise artisan techniques for producing and finishing the frames by hand, skills which have guided her with the LARA D’ project, working with local artisans to develop the frames and perfect each design.
Shooting: TEFdoesCRETE
Eyewear: Amos by Lara D’
Model: Elizabeth Yeowart – What Lizzy Loves
