Oliver Peoples

Oliver Peoples
Subsidiary of Luxottica Group S.p.a.
Founded 1987
Founders
Headquarters Los Angeles, CA, United States
Number of locations
 9 retail stores
Key people
  • Larry Leight (Co-Founder and Creative Director)
  • David Schulte (CEO)
Products Eyewear and Sunglasses
Website www.oliverpeoples.com

Oliver Peoples is an American luxury eyewear brand established in 1987,[1] and owned by Luxottica.[2] The brand is sold in Oliver Peoples boutiques, online, and at fashion boutiques and department stores throughout the world. Oliver Peoples eyewear is designed on LA’s Sunset Boulevard and handcrafted in Italy.[3]

History

The company opened its first boutique in West Hollywood, California and appeared on the cover of German Vogue in 1987.[4] The design house is also the official licensee of Paul Smith Spectacles.[5] The brand has been featured in numerous fashion magazines, including GQ, Vogue, Elle, L'Uomo Vogue, Esquire and Vanity Fair.[6] Characterized by subtle detailing, retro aesthetics and high-quality materials, their frames are popular with celebrities, including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Tom Cruise.[7] Recently celebrating twenty-five years in the industry, the brand remains highly influential, creating campaigns that deploy film, music and designer collaborations that communicate a lifestyle that is distinctly Los Angeles.[8]

In 2006, Oakley acquired Oliver Peoples for $46.7 million.[9] In 2007 Oakley and its assets were purchased by eyewear industry giant Luxottica.[10]

In the show Burn Notice, the main character, Michael Westen, is a frequent wearer of Oliver Peoples Victory sunglasses, size 55 with Cognac lenses.


Bruce Willis wears a variant of the Oliver Peoples O'Malley style of sunglasses in the 1997 film The Jackal.


Brad Pitt wore three variants of the Oliver Peoples 523 style of sunglasses in the 1999 film Fight Club as the character Tyler Durden. [11]

In the 2000 film American Psycho, the protagonist Patrick Bateman mentions that his yuppie colleague, Marcus Halberstram, has the same penchant for Oliver Peoples glasses as he does. Bateman and several of his colleagues are then depicted as each owning an identical pair of the same Peoples' frame. [12]

In the Season 6 finale of the show Entourage, Vincent Chase and Johnny Chase are seen buying sunglasses from the flagship Oliver Peoples store on Sunset Boulevard, before their trip to Italy, where they also run into actor Matt Damon.

In the show Damages, the main character Patty Hewes, as portrayed by Glenn Close, wears the Oliver Peoples O'Malley sunglasses. As of July 2013, Close has auctioned off her signature glasses on eBay, in efforts to raise funds for her charity.

Oliver Peoples collaborated with Zooey Deschanel on the 2009 campaign short film, Catch a Tuesday.[13]

Then-Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard wore Ashton in Red Tortoise Gradient, initially at the National Press Club, announcing the date for the 2013 Federal Election starting the longest election campaign (9 months) in Australia's history.[14]

Former US President Obama was said to wear Oliver Peoples sunglasses during his 2017 summer holidays in Indonesia.

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