Eyebobs Benefiting Glide Memorial

I’m proud to announce my first small foray into the world of fashion design, in collaboration with the folks at Eyebobs. We’ve created a reading glass frame that’s a variation of their “Thick Eye” design featuring blue and brown tortoise shell front with deep blue stems. I call them “All Blues”. They’ll be shipping in July, but are available for pre-order now at Eyebobs.

The June 14 issue of Jet magazine has a brief “designer spotlight” that features my thoughts on the Eyebobs design, which are a response to the difficulty in finding fashionable reading glasses for men. Our press page has a link to the article.

Truly the best thing about these glasses is that the proceeds go to Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. Those of you who’ve seen The Pursuit of Happyness may know Glide as the homeless shelter and soup kitchen that assisted my son and me during our period of homelessness in the early 1980s. Glide today continues the work helping the community that the church and its pastor Rev. Cecil Williams have been committed to for nearly 50 years. If you’re not interested in the eyeglasses but would like to help Glide, you can contribute at the Glide website.

Chris Gardner Eyebob reading glasses

Posted on June 16, 2010

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I think the Eyebobs sound like a great idea.  I bet it was fun to venture into design and fashion.  Best of luck.

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