2014년 8월 20일 수요일

Sagawafujii's Wooden Sunglasses

Sagawafujii is an Eyewear brand. 

And it builds all it's products by human hands. Someday I might have a chance of introducing the procedure of building eyeglasses frames, but it's not today. (Sagawafujii has never revealed the building procedure of it's items, so if you saw some photos or pictures of such a procedure then it's not from Sagawafujii) I want to show more of the Sagawafujii's Eyeglasses and Sunglasses first. With a few exception they are all named by numbers like 'f1703 201'. The first letter 'f' means that the Eyewear is made of wood and acetate. When a name begins with 's' instead of 'f', then it means the Eyewear is made of acetate only. Below is the f1703 201(s). 

                        

This is the f1703 201(s). The last letter (s) means Sunglasses. 



<a model wearing f1703 201(s). Guessing by his clothing it was winter or late autumn, when this photo was taken. It's not so surprising these days, that some people wear sunglasses regardless of the season>

  F1703 201(s) is one of the most favored Sunglasses items of Sagawafujii this season. Many people loved it's unique styles. Wooden temples (As I said before 'temples' mean 'legs of eyeglasses', not buildings for religious purpose.) of the Sunglasses make them look something more than just an ordinary Eyewear. However comparing with other Sagawafujii's Sunglasses, we can say that f1703 201(s) is little bit understated in colors.









This is another Sagawafujii, f3201 104. Bold temples (eyeglasses legs), splendid color patterns in frame characterize this masterpiece-like eyewear. The color patterns of the frame seem like universe I think. And with close look you can find twinkling little dots on the surface of the frame. They are not dust, of course. They are something like little pieces of pearls contained in the frame. When I first saw these Sunglasses, I thought that these Sunglasses resembled the Universe with tiny stars in it. 



<a side view of f3201 104. Strong hinges are attached.>


  The designer's name 'Ichikawa Takahide' is carved on the temple(eyeglasses leg) and we can see the beautiful grain patterns of natural ebony wood. All temples (eyeglasses legs) are not same with others. Like finger prints. If you have never experienced wooden glasses and want to look different, then I recommend you these Sagawafujii's wooden Eyeglasses. I bet this could be one of your best choices in fashion items. 

  If you want to know more about Sagawafujii's Wooden Eyeglasses and Sunglasses, visit it's website www.sagawafujii.com





2014년 8월 7일 목요일

Eyeglasses, Sunglasses Shop of Sagawafujii

Sagawafujii is an Eyewear Brand. 

It has it's own shops in several places over the world. Today I introduce you some of Sagawafujii's eyeglasses, sunglasses shops.





Sagawafujii's Exclusive Shop in 'Hong Dae'. By the Wood Rings Logo at the signboard, you will know that this is a genuine shop of Sagawafujii.


  Above is a Sagawafujii's Exclusive Shop in  Mapogu Seoul, Republic of Korea. 'Exclusive' means that it only deals with Sagawafujii's Eyeglasses and Sunglasses. In Korea it is quite hard to find an eyeglasses shop that treats just one brand. Absolutely many of them have various and large inventories of eyewear products from various brands. Those shops choose items for their sales by their own judgement. How well will the items they chose be selling is the only consideration for their choices. So, brands are many, but items of a brand introduced are limited.

 As the Hong Ik University is locating near, the store  is usually called as 'Sagawafujii Hong Dae Store' among people in that region. (The word 'Hong Dae' is an abbreviation of 'Hong Ik University' in Korean language, sometimes it means just the university, but in many cases when people say 'Hong Dae', it means the region near Hong Ik university)  The street is full of young people all the time everywhere, even when it is very late night time. You might easily see young people enjoying the night as if they will never meet the day called 'tomorrow'. Most of them are university students I think. They get dressed well and seem to know how to express themselves more stylish or fashionable. Koreans do think 'Hong Dae' as a street of fashion.




  This is the inside of Sagawafujii Hong Dae Store. The walls are covered with log woods, as wood represents the identity of Sagawafujii. The photo of Sagawafujii's model wearing f2901 401t is hanging on the wall. (at the left side of this picture above) She is not a professional, but an ordinary woman, who once came to Hong Dae with her friends, and became the famous model of Sagawafujii.  As I said, there are many people who know the fashion and styles in Hong Dae region.




The inside view of the same store. 

  As this is an Exclusive Shop of Sagawafujii, it deals all kind of Sagawafujii. You can find any of items listed at the website (www.sagawafujii.com) in the store. They are various, but not many in quantity. Sagawafujii's all products are handmade only, so there could be some limitation in stock. One of the customers of Sagawafujii waited for almost one year to get the item she wanted, and finally she did today. It is not a rare case for Sagawafujii, but what important is that Sagawafujiis are worth for such a waiting. 







2014년 8월 5일 화요일

Wooden eyewear of Sagawafujii

  Many of Sagawafujii's eyeglasses are made of Wood. So they are different from the ordinary eyeglasses made of plastics or metals.  Many of them are manufactured in factories. They look exactly same with each others as they are produced by machine.

  Sagawafujii's eyewears are not like that. They are all handmade, and no Sagawafujii in the world have the same appearance with others. In a word to speak, they are all unique.





  This is Sagawfujii's sunglasses numbered, f2757 105, with brownish color of frame that varies along with the lines of the frame and wooden temples(eyeglasses' legs).  Wooden temples are made of ebony. They are strong, beautiful and change their colors when used for a long period of time, just like old wooden furniture does.









 Hinges of f2757 105 are firmly fixed and connect the frame and the temples. Quintuple joints of the hinge enable eyewears to preserve their structural stability so long time. Brand name 'Sagawafujii' is engraved at the temple, so is the designer's name too.

  A japanese designer, Ichikawa Takahide is the beginning of Sagawafujii. He was inspired from old, used leather works while he was worked as a lead designer in Japan. He found that scratches of used leather were favored by his customers, and the work pieces made of such used leather pieces  sold better than those of new ones. He applied the scratches to the frames of eyeglasses. So began Sagawafujii's history.


  Back to f2757 105 again, here you can see the front image of f2757 105.


  Sagawafujii's brand name is printed on the edge of a lens. As to the lenses of f2757 105, they are CR39, almost completely opaque in ultra violet range, and show good durability against  frictions.  


  For more detailed information on Sagawafujii, visit Sagawafujii's website below.






Harmony with Nature, Sagawafujii wishes always your best happiness and satisfaction in choices for fashion items.