Nicole 140

Glasses: Metzler, early / mid 1960's
[L: +2.00 / R: +1.50]

There is a nostalgic but nice story attached to the glasses shown here by lovely Nicole. Five years ago I was in the middle of an extended photo shoot with a spontaneous blonde model called Esther. The location was in my garden and in the alley next to the house. Two longsighted neighbours in glasses spotted us and the ladies requested if they could sit in with us for a few minutes. Of course, be my guests. One of the ladies asked me to portray her in a couple of glasses used for the photo shoot with Esther, which I did. The other neighbour excused herself for a moment and soon came back with two pairs of glasses in her hand. Her name was Janny and she asked if I had any interest in her old glasses. Of course. Always. When Esther saw the glasses, she immediately requested if she could pose in both pairs. Of course, Esther. Always. One pair was pink, probably from the 1970's. Janny told us that the black Metzler pair were her first glasses ever. Five years later, Nicole is the second model who posed in Janny's first pair. It was her own initiative to tie her hair up as this really suited the style of the era. Tragically, generous Janny died a year later, a victim of an industrial asbestos scandal. This short series is dedicated to her memory.