Jacques Marie Mage - Wolves, Obnoxious Acetate and The American Dream

[Facultyofzen]

@ Thin White Duke ... Are you across these or have I been snoozing?

 

[Thin White Duke]

@ Thin White Duke ... Are you across these or have I been snoozing?

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Not crazy about Taos but literally moments ago just took delivery of Dealans in lapis. Fit was never an issue as this is my eighth Dealan (so much for my rule of never repeating a frame or a colour!!) but I love this colour, exactly what I’ve been hoping for from JMM for ages.

In other news I now have a pair of RB wayfarers in a very similar lapis blue colour for sale!😁

It’s crazy when you think about it that I have/had a pair of shades that were perfectly decent which I’ve now upgraded to a similar pair that cost 9 times as much and 99 percent of the general public wouldn’t know the difference. Is that my gullibility? The power of advertising / neblen effect? Just pure insanity?
All I know is that I view RayBans as a gateway drug and they just feel so feeble to me after getting used to the chunky JMM 10mm acetate!

 

[Griphter]

Has anyone ordered/purchased an Epoxy Enzo and received them? On the website they seem to be live but the galleries don’t have them yet

 

[Thin White Duke]

… and for those into cool silver jewelry (@Easily Amused ?)
moments after the Dealans came there was a FedEx with a bracelet I got to match my lapis rings and shades. This was made by a family-owned jewelry shop we visit when we go to Cozumel. This was custom made to fit my awkwardly shaped wrist with loads of those lovely blue inserts!

 

[DorianGreen]

Not crazy about Taos but literally moments ago just took delivery of Dealans in lapis. Fit was never an issue as this is my eighth Dealan (so much for my rule of never repeating a frame or a colour!!) but I love this colour, exactly what I’ve been hoping for from JMM for ages.

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In other news I now have a pair of RB wayfarers in a very similar lapis blue colour for sale!😁

It’s crazy when you think about it that I have/had a pair of shades that were perfectly decent which I’ve now upgraded to a similar pair that cost 9 times as much and 99 percent of the general public wouldn’t know the difference. Is that my gullibility? The power of advertising / neblen effect? Just pure insanity?
All I know is that I view RayBans as a gateway drug and they just feel so feeble to me after getting used to the chunky JMM 10mm acetate!

As you know, I'm not a fan, but you have perfectly styled them.

Once you get used to thick acetate, you'll hardly go back.

 

[Thin White Duke]

As you know, I'm not a fan, but you have perfectly styled them.

Once you get used to thick acetate, you'll hardly go back.

Yeah and another thing comparing Dealans to classic Wayfarers … Wayfarers were obviously the inspiration but I’m so glad that JMM didn’t follow them with that ridiculously aggressive panto angle. I suppose we tolerated it from RB as they were just such a classic style but it’s not a good look and doesn’t feel very comfortable for those of us with high cheek bones having the frames push in on your cheeks.
At one point I had a pair of Wayfarer Ease which is the classic shape but without the aggressive panto angle. This was a good idea from RB - I don’t know if the style caught on - they were MUCH better to wear but I had them in brown tort and soon after I got Molinos in camel which made the RBs redundant so I sold them on.

 

[IronRinn]

Has anyone ordered/purchased an Epoxy Enzo and received them? On the website they seem to be live but the galleries don’t have them yet

Got my pair in Sacramento in today. Loved them in the photos and love them in person.

I know there was a picture a few pages back of the Dealans that made the colors look very bright and plain but the color is much closer to the typical JMM look that some bemoan in that they often appear much closer to black, but when the light hits them you get a very uniform but still deep green instead of the usual crystalline look. It's very nice and, at least with the Sacramento, the temples don't appear to be differently colored than the front of the frames though they may actually be. Tomorrow in the sunlight will tell the tale there.

 

[Griphter]

Got my pair in Sacramento in today. Loved them in the photos and love them in person.

I know there was a picture a few pages back of the Dealans that made the colors look very bright and plain but the color is much closer to the typical JMM look that some bemoan in that they often appear much closer to black, but when the light hits them you get a very uniform but still deep green instead of the usual crystalline look. It's very nice and, at least with the Sacramento, the temples don't appear to be differently colored than the front of the frames though they may actually be. Tomorrow in the sunlight will tell the tale there.

Agreed with the color observations. For various, presumably electromagnetic reasons, the temples photograph darker but are indeed the same color as the rest of the frame—got the Vendome in Sac. The only one with truly mismatched temples would seem to be the Gris.

Curious how you snagged the frames so quickly. I’m supposing you got them from an AD? Is it a known thing that AD’s get things faster than JMM directly? If it isn’t too much trouble, post a pic, I’d like to see how they look in a non studio setting.

 

[IronRinn]

Agreed with the color observations. For various, presumably electromagnetic reasons, the temples photograph darker but are indeed the same color as the rest of the frame—got the Vendome in Sac. The only one with truly mismatched temples would seem to be the Gris.

Curious how you snagged the frames so quickly. I’m supposing you got them from an AD? Is it a known thing that AD’s get things faster than JMM directly? If it isn’t too much trouble, post a pic, I’d like to see how they look in a non studio setting.

I purchased them off the website, no special circumstances. I was pretty surprised that they had already shipped as well. I think I've managed to get a decent set of photos of these. The first in indirect sunlight is how they appear most of the time:

But get hit by the sun and:

And, as you can hopefully see, the temples are the usual clear over base color. This may not be the case, however, for some of the crystal colorways. In even brighter sunlight they can even look a bit lighter than this, but not much. I like them, but I can see why others may not. To me you still get the depth of color that you get in many of their other usual frames, but a new look in direct light. That said, I know that this "epoxy" look as they are calling it where it's like all the pigment is right at the surface (a trend I've noticed in car finishes in the past couple of years as well) is not to everyone's taste.

 

[LuisedPicked]

Courtesy of HOLICS optical

 

[DorianGreen]

Courtesy of HOLICS optical

Hickory and Black Fade look great.

 

[MickeyPunch]

I purchased them off the website, no special circumstances. I was pretty surprised that they had already shipped as well. I think I've managed to get a decent set of photos of these. The first in indirect sunlight is how they appear most of the time:

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But get hit by the sun and:

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And, as you can hopefully see, the temples are the usual clear over base color. This may not be the case, however, for some of the crystal colorways. In even brighter sunlight they can even look a bit lighter than this, but not much. I like them, but I can see why others may not. To me you still get the depth of color that you get in many of their other usual frames, but a new look in direct light. That said, I know that this "epoxy" look as they are calling it where it's like all the pigment is right at the surface (a trend I've noticed in car finishes in the past couple of years as well) is not to everyone's taste.

Thanks for the pics!

I’d loooove to have these and @Facultyofzen ’s T Henri (shown here) in hand to compare.

 

[MickeyPunch]

sorry dupe

 

[Facultyofzen]

I purchased them off the website, no special circumstances. I was pretty surprised that they had already shipped as well. I think I've managed to get a decent set of photos of these. The first in indirect sunlight is how they appear most of the time:

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But get hit by the sun and:

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And, as you can hopefully see, the temples are the usual clear over base color. This may not be the case, however, for some of the crystal colorways. In even brighter sunlight they can even look a bit lighter than this, but not much. I like them, but I can see why others may not. To me you still get the depth of color that you get in many of their other usual frames, but a new look in direct light. That said, I know that this "epoxy" look as they are calling it where it's like all the pigment is right at the surface (a trend I've noticed in car finishes in the past couple of years as well) is not to everyone's taste.

They look very nice.

 

[thass_hot]

Good morning,
Any news about the Milano galllery opening?