Brooklyn based label CONTEGO Eyewear drops their newest collection of handcrafted frames for Spring/Summer 2012.

They introduce five new styles into the lineup, each named after a renowned Nobel Prize winning author: Sinclair Lewis(“The Lewis”), Eugenio Montale(“The Montale”), Patrick White(“The White”), Pearl Buck(“The Pearl”), and Salvatore Quasimodo(“The Quasi”).   Each frame comes in some fresh new colors for the season such as blue, purple, or light woodgrain — and as always each is outfitted with stainless steel optical spring hinges for added durability and topped off with their signature umbrella logo and “drop”.

Checkout the new additions below:

The Lewis is named after Nobel Prize winner Sinclair Lewis, who won for literature in 1930 “for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters.”

Shop Contego The Lewis | Colors Available:
Light Woodgrain >>
Matte Black >>

The Montale is named after Eugenio Montale who was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975.

Shop Contego The Montale | Colors Available:
Purple Woodgrain >>
Black >>
Translucent Red >>

The White is named after Nobel Prize winner Patrick White, who won for literature in 1973 “for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature.”

Shop Contego The White | Colors Available:
Dark Turquoise Swirl >>
Black >>

The Pearl is named after Nobel Prize winner Pearl Buck, who won for literature in 1938 “for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces.”

Shop Contego The Pearl | Colors Available:
Blue Woodgrain >>
Black >>

The Quasi is named after Nobel Prize winner Salvatore Quasimodo, who won for literature in 1959 “for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times.”

Shop Contego The Quasi | Colors Available:
Clear >>

“Named after the American Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow and designed to represent his individualist outlook on life and the uniqueness of the big, larger-than-life heroes found in his writing.”

Shop Contego The Bellow | Colors Available:
Light Woodgrain >>
Black >>
Tortoise >>

Video Lookbook:

The very cool video lookbook takes us for a stroll on a beautiful day in Greenpoint Brooklyn, with a series of missed connections and one thing in common, their Contego shades.

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Contego Eyewear X PAPER Magazine Limited Edition sunglasses are now in stock.

Brooklyn, NY based Contego Eyewear end their debut year with a pop of color. Joining forces with PAPER magazine they create two special limited edition shades.

For those of you unfamiliar with PAPER magazine:
“For the past 27 years, PAPERMAG has been an indispensable style, cultural, and entertainment magazine. As a style leader PAPER aims to explore pop culture just beyond the scope of the mainstream in order to expose readers to the groundbreaking ideas that will influence the trends of tomorrow.”

Two of Contego’s best selling models, The Morrison and The Kipling, are given PAPER’s signature neon orange and pink hues. Both temples are embellished with the Contego stainless steel umbrella as well as the PAPAR logo coolly etched.

Limited to just 160 total pairs of each world-wide, aside from the manufacturer’s site, these will be available online exclusively at Eyegodies.com. Get them while supplies last.

Check them out below:

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A little Brooklyn love…

After their successful debut season, Brooklyn based eyewear label, Contego is back with their new Autumn/Winter  2011/2012 collection simply entitled “Season 2″.

The collection introduces three quite distinctive cool new shapes as well as great new colorways, ranging from classic black to “Woodgrain” to  a unique monotone tortoise (“Black Tortoise”). As in the previous season each shape is named after a Nobel Prize winner in Literature: The Bellow (Saul Bellow), The Llosa (Mario Vargas Llosa) and The Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway).

Each frame is handcrafted and features stainless steel optical spring optical hinges for increased durability and comes beautifully packaged. Checkout the new additions below.

The Collection:

“Named after the American Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow and designed to represent his individualist outlook on life and the uniqueness of the big, larger-than-life heroes found in his writing.”

Shop Contego The Bellow Sunglasses | Colors Available:
Navy >>
Black Tortoise >>

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 was awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa “for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat”.

Shop Contego The Llosa Sunglasses | Colors Available:
Grey Swirl >>
Matte Black >>

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954 was awarded to Ernest Hemingway “for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style”.

Shop Contego The Hemingway Sunglasses | Colors Available:
Black >>
Dark Tortoise >>
Pearl >>

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1907 was awarded to Rudyard Kipling “in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author”.

Shop Contego The Kipling Sunglasses | Colors Available:
Woodgrain >>
Green Tortoise >>

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Eyegoodies is proud to welcome to the site Contego sunglasses.

Straight out of  Brooklyn New York, CONTEGO Eyewear’s debut Spring/Summer 2011 Collection has both style and heart.

CONTEGO, founded by Aaron Hansen and Mikol Stambaugh, features hand crafted acetate frames, with stainless steel hardware for increased durability, and Polarized lens options.

We love the brands laid back sophistication, from the well fitting shapes, to the colors (such as matte black, matte navy, and grey swirl).  Each frame is named after a Nobel Prize winning author and is adorned with the Contego stainless steel umbrella logo and “drop”.

Also worth noting for the socially aware, CONTEGO has partnered with RestoringVision.Org, so that after each purchase of CONTEGO frames a pair of prescription glasses will be delivered to someone less fortunate; something we can definitely get behind.

With an excellent price point at just over $100, there is a little something for everyone, so checkout the collection below.

The Collection:

SHOP Contego The Kipling sunglasses | Colors Available:
Black >>
Tortoise >>
Navy Matte >>

SHOP Contego The Morrison sunglasses | Colors Available:
Matte Black >>
Black >>
Grey Swirl >>

SHOP Contego The Hesse sunglasses | Colors Available:
Clear >>
Matte Black >>
Chocolate Swirl >>

SHOP Contego The Eliot sunglasses | Colors Available:
Black >>

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