Breaking News: OP Sunglasses in fact TOM FORD
Arlington Beach
Posts: 12MI6 Agent
Ok folks, just heard from Selfridges in London. They say there is a mis-conception about OP Airman featured in QoS. They say they have had numerous enquiries and would like to point out it's TOM FORD who are releasing a SE Version.
Here are the details they provided:
Tom Ford 108/s
Colour used by Daniel Craig - 19V
Retailing at £250, released early October with a special case etc.
Here are the details they provided:
Tom Ford 108/s
Colour used by Daniel Craig - 19V
Retailing at £250, released early October with a special case etc.
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I emailed Mantis and am awaiting the official Mantis stamp of approval. I may have to cancel my OP order. (Although I must say they are excellent sunglasses...I love my gold ones...best sunglasses I ever had).
I have one more question...If the Ford sunglasses are not subcontracted by OP and they are their own manufacturer, can anyone speak to their quality compared to the OP's? Looks like the Fords will be a tad more expensive.
Thanks!
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Are the Ford sunglasses going to be marked with any 007 or QOS logos or references? Because, if that is the case I will be more likely to stick with the OP's as they look close enough for me. For me it's the same thing with the Omega watches. I like the regular edition watches but I would not wear anything that had markings like they have in the special edition watches. Just my 2 cents.
Just think too, he's designing the wardrobe for Bond so it is natural the sunglasses are included and I find it unlikely Selfridges of all people would also have exact specifications if it were not true...
If you want a contact, call Veronique at David Clulow Sunglasses/co Selfridges 400 Oxford Street
London W1A 1AB on 0207 318 3108
But, of course, the new London Tom Ford concession is at Harrods, not Selfridges...
this is inaccurate. tom ford is predominantly a fashion designer. this would make it highly likely that he would team up with another company for manufacturing purposes. in fact, his own branded suits (not bespoke, of course) are manufactured and produced by zegna).
Of course, in the current context, this could mean that glasses were produced by OP to his own specifications or that the glasses are identical to OP but rebadged as TF. I guess we will have to wait to see which is the case, however, both would not be at all uncommon given that his is a design house.
So does that mean my earlier guess could be correct...that they are one and the same but one is branded as "Tom Ford"? It looks as if the only difference on these is going to be the rubber ear piece...that is assuming that Ford put the black after market pieces on.
Sigh!
No designer is producing his fragrances in own factories, the fahion watches are made by well-known watch companies (DKNY, Giorgio Armani by Fossil etc) and so it is with sunglasses and normal glasses.
But I still wonder, how this info would match with the fact, that Adam Simmonds clearly indicated, that the OP airman sunglasses are seen in the movie and that OP has been doing initially a LE because of this.
Doesn't make sense...
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
I agree with Bondtoys. Why would OP be doing a LE tied into the movie...but then wouldn't it stand to reason that the LE version be screen accurate. Otherwise there is absolutely nothing to differentiate them from the Airman glasses that they had made previously. This would make them an extra run but not a special limited edition in any way. Just my two cents.
Maybe these guys should take a page out of Master Replicas playbook and consult with The Mantis. We all here know that David put "THE MAN" in "THE MANtis."
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OP re-issuing the sunglasses, but with the incorrect earpieces:
Tom Ford being short-cut by their contracted manufacturer with exactly the same model.
And then , the limited run of "initially (whatever this may mean)" 150 units from OP each is pointless.
I have confirmed information from my optician, that he is able to order the Airman in silver from OP now and they will hit the market in September.
I have not been able to find the Tom Ford 108/s model on their webpage, the line runs up to 107, not further. But I am waiting for additional infos from my optician of choice regarding this.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
We probably shouldn't jump to any conclusions yet but I wonder who from this board order OP Airman's for $400 plus expecting glasses that were DEAD ON to the ones in the film...
I for one expected DEAD ON. I got a pair in gold with green lenses earlier this year thinking that I would probably not get the QOS ones when they came out. But I liked the gold ones so much that I decided to spring for the QOS glasses as well. However, I'll now not be buying the silver ones from OP due to the oversight they made.
I'd still like to get a pair but I guess I'll have to wait until fall to see what comes out from Tom Ford (not with Tom Ford as he's already "out" haha)...or if OP smells the coffee and corrects the mistake.
As far as my thoughts on OP are concerned, I think Jay Leno said it best when he posed the question "What the hell were you thinking?" to Hugh Grant on the Tonight Show following the Divine Brown incident.
X-(
Bill...it's up yo you. Basically, here's what happened: The Airman sunglasses that both Adam Simmonds and OP NYC got have the correct lense and frame but the incorrect ear rubber thingamajigs. They are gray and the screen accurate color is black. Tom Ford is supposedly releasing something in October or November and it is possible the Tom Ford sunglasses are the Airman made by OP but branded as Tom Ford.
I myself had these on order but I am going to withdraw my order and wait to see what Ford comes out with as I want to have the screen accurate sunglasses. I don't care if they are branded as OP's or TF's...hope that helps clarify the convoluted last two days for you.
Its bad enough that brands associated with bond films just seem to do a lousy job in publicizing their involvement (even after the releases) but this has got to take the cake. You have a manufacturer re-releasing a model because, apparently, it was used in a large scale production...and then a couple months later you have a branded (and seemingly more SA) version of the manufacturers wares being released.
I wonder who the genius was at OP/TF that had this brilliant sequencing of events planned out.
sorry - just had to rant...but it strikes me as borderline comical. the only thing that would add to my amusement now would be if OP and TF were completely unaware of what the other was doing and finally found about it from us!
Consider - we KNOW the original Craig glasses were OPs. Okay, they had black bits on them. OP have now reproduced these, albeit without the black.
Now IF - and I stress the IF - Ford produces a version, isn't it jut that - a COPY of the OP orginals, not the original brand worn by Craig!?
Indeed, a Ford version is no more authentic than the (admittedly authentic-looking) copies made by Magnoli of Bond items. We all like his CR jacket but it is essentially just a copy of the Armani orginal. Ford would be doing just that, black tips or not.
Feel free to agree or disagree.
In fact, we don't know this for sure...
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!