steve mcqueen eyewear
the story
Steve McQueen Eyewear is first and foremost the meeting of two men in the 20’s, sharing a passion for vintage cars, especially the Porsche Speedster 356, the iconic car that Steve McQueen bought with his early earnings as an actor.
But it's also a mutual interest in the Californian aesthetics of the sixties and seventies, the rebellious spirit of American counterculture, and for the man who embodied it with charm and conviction: Steve McQueen.
collection
1967
Massachusetts, 1967. Steve McQueen is photographed in a car, wearing a bucket hat and sunglasses. This snapshot inspired the 1967, a timeless, elegant, and contemporary model.
1968
1968, the year of the release of the film "Bullitt" in the USA. The success is immediate, the film becomes a cult classic, and McQueen, the film's producer, becomes a superstar. Our 1968 sunglasses replicate the shape worn by the actor during the filming.
1969
Steve McQueen is scheduled to pose for French photographer Jean-Marie Perrier. The meeting is disastrous, as McQueen is not in the mood. Perier manages to capture three superb shots, and our 1969 sunglasses model replicates the glasses that McQueen refused to take off that day.