January 2012
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Go Go Gogosha
Julia Gogosha-Clark started wearing glasses at age 5. And by 15, her increasing affinity for glasses lead her parents to make the decision that if she wanted them, she would have to buy them. And buy them she did. Julia began working as an optician at age 18. She loved it right away. It perfectly suited her skillset and interests. âIt mixed fashion, design, medicine,...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: WEST 3RD STREET: ON THE WEB:...
Our GOGOSHA OPTIQUE West 3rd Street location gets a nice shout-out by Melanie @ TRAVEL CURATOR.
January 2012
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Some people would argue that Los Angeles isnât a great city for shopping, but I beg to differ. I simply adore shopping in this relaxed city, which has fabulous department stores, shops from virtually all the worldâs...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: WEST 3RD STREET: Face of the Day:...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: WEST 3RD STREET: Face of the Day: Cathy Yamasaki wears Mykita x Alexandre Herchcovitch
From our very first encounter we knew we were kindred spirits.
Fiercely independent, with a style all her own, Cathy’s first frame from Gogosha was the VUE DC CAT. A few fabulous round frames have followed, and now we reveal Cathy unto our blogosphere in all her optical glory.
This time,...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: EYES ON TV: WE HEART PORTLANDIA!
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: WE HEART PORTLANDIA!
Fred Armisen wearing his Cutler and Gross 836 dark tortoise, and watch for cameos by Sam Adams, Mayor of Portland(ia) wearing his Theo Vingt-Trois color 190… Both from Gogosha Optique!
Take a trip to… PORTLANDIA every Friday 10/9c on IFC
(photo’s courtesy of IFC .com and Oregonian File Photo)
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: Frames of the Day: A Rose By Any...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: Frames of the Day: A Rose By Any Other Name…
Be it blush, rose, rouge petal or just pink, this palette is soft, feminine, delicate, unexpected. versatile and flattering.
It eases color-phobes into taking that first soft step away from the typical tortoise, and lends another dimension to your eyewear wardrobe.
Wear with bold contrasting saturated hues of neon or jewel...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: Frames of the Day: RVS x IZNIK...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: Frames of the Day: RVS x IZNIK FOUNDATION: Limited Editions for a limited time only.
Vidal Erkohen is the V in RVS by V. He’s teamed up with an unlikely but brilliant bedfellow, the Iznik Foundation, which is dedicated to reviving Ottoman quartz tile-making, a millennia-old art form that was lost for hundreds of years.
Erkohen’s handmade glasses are known for their...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: FACE OF THE DAY: MALCOLM EDWARDS
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: FACE OF THE DAY: MALCOLM EDWARDS
Discerning, distinguished and effortlessly stylish; we love a man who understands what looks great on him, and carries it off with an air of nonchalant confidence…
Malcolm wears, Anne et Valentin: Freestyle: Color A26
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: Face of the day: Katie Maeve...
We love what we do here at Gogosha Optique — it’s one of our staff prerequisites — just going to work for us is hugely satisfying; And then there are those ‘special’ days, the days when we just can’t believe our lucky optical stars. These are more than often the days when we get word from our amazing customers on how much they love their glasses… today...
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Gogosha Optique: New Collection Alert: Thom Browne...
Gogosha Optique: New Collection Alert: Thom Browne for DITA
Equal measure gentleman’s atelier and steam punk, the new Thom Browne for DITA is exquisite in design, detail and quality.
Each frame exhibits craftsmanship and silhouettes from a bygone era yet seamlessly suited for today’s man.
Gogosha Optique is proud to be one of only a handful of stores to showcase the collection in the USA.
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: First Face of 2012: Tara 'Tiger'...
Our first Face of the Day in 2012 is also one of our favorite faces, which is luckily attached to one of our favorite people… the irrepressible Tara. The mere fact that you are here, on our web site is all down to Tara, she is the Gogosha web guru who created it. She — along with her equally fantastic hubby Sean — also created an amazing little boy Ripley Ossm, who in all...
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December 2011
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: HAPPY HOLIDAY HOURS 2011
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM JULIA, KJELD, MARY, RUDY, TEDDY & YANI
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, AND GOGOSHA OPTIQUE WILL BE OPEN EXTENDED HOURS FOR THOSE LAST MINUTE HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR YOU AND YOURS! …AND DON’T FORGET TO USE YOUR FLEX SPENDING BY NYE!!
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: HOLIDAY HOURS: SILVER LAKE 90026 & WEST THIRD ST. 90048
SATURDAY 17TH 11-8 SUNDAY 18TH 12-5 MONDAY-FRIDAY 11-7...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: Silver Lake's HOLIDAY NIGHT OUT:...
Join Gogosha Optique for Silver Lake’s HOLIDAY NIGHT OUT!
Saturday, December 17th 3-8pm.
Spreading Good Cheer, Great Glasses & Serving Gogosha Seasonal Margaritas!
Be Independent… Shop Local
Gogosha Optique: Look no Further
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: ON THE WEB: Gillean wears Claire...
In a stunning follow up to her recent LA LOOP post, Photographer, Michelle James’ Framed&Focused photoblog captures two of our favorite ladies in an über sophisticated symbiosis; Stylist extraordinaire, Gillean is the epitome of effortless glamor and edgy-chic in her Claire Goldsmith: Reid in Black. It’s a jaw dropping combination.
Photographs courtesy of Michelle...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: ON THE WEB: LA LOOP:...
It’s always a pleasure to find that special juncture between art and passion. Photographer, Michelle has created such a place with her web based photoblog Framed & Focused, and Gogosha Optique is honored to be included.
About Framed & Focused: After moving to New York City last year, I became enamored with how great the expression of personal style is here. As a photographer and...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: WEST 3RD STREET: ANNUAL HOLIDAY...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: WEST 3RD STREET: ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY: DEC 8TH 6-9PM
Gogosha Optique: West 3rd. 8238 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048 tel:+1 323 655 1122
Come by, and join in the celebration… Gogosha Optique will be serving ‘Special Seasonal Cranberry Margaritas!
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: ON THE WEB: RACKED LA GIFT GUIDE...
Great piece by Lizz Wasserman for Racked LA … Thanks Lizz!
Racked LA Gift Guide
Gogosha in Silver Lake Has Frames for Every Face
Tuesday, December 6, 2011, by Lizz Wasserman
We all have a friend with only two eyes but at least ten pairs of glasses. This person should be shopping at Gogosha, Silver Lake’s little eyeglass boutique that could.
Owner Julia Gogosha has a fantastic...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: Kjeld Gogosha-Clark: Shades of...
Kjeld Gogosha-Clark: Shades of the Day: MYKITA: ROLF: Black on Black.
“I’m a huge Mykita fan. I have three different versions of the Rolf in my ‘Optical SPF’ armory. I often describe these as ‘Caveman Proof’ sunglasses, due to the amazing flexibility of the Surgical Stainless Steel construction; but there is nothing Neanderthal in the design, in my mind...
November 2011
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: WEST 3RD STREET: WINDOW SHOPPING:...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: WEST 3RD STREET: WINDOW SHOPPING: FRAMESICLES
We have stunning anomaly occurring at GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: WEST 3RD STREET, as November temperatures soar to 90 degrees Fahrenheit, Beautiful and unique ‘Framesicles’ have appeared in the window, drop by and check them out before they melt the hearts of fellow eyewear lovers and disappear forever…
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: HIDE and SEEK: Where is B.J....
Gogosha Optique: Hide and Seek
So… where is B.J. wearing her fabulous Thierry Lasry: SS2012 Glazy V001? Want to play Gogosha Optique: Hide and Seek, just send us a picture of you with a visual clue.
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: MATTE BLACK FRIDAY
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: MATTE BLACK FRIDAY
Our continued love affair with RVS by V: Handmade eyewear from Istanbul
This time the PARIS in Matte Black
Only appropriate on Matte Black Friday.
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY HOURS 2011
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: ON THE WEB: RVS by V - BOUTIQUE...
We are honored to be the RVS by V Boutique of the month.
RVS by V are amazingly independent Optical and Sunglass frames designed and hand made in Istanbul, Turkey. Thanks Vidal!
Feast your eyes below on Vidal’s latest offering to the eyewear gods, the ‘New-Retro’ Palladium 002: Simply Spectacular!
VISIT THE RVS by V Blog…
RVS by V - BOUTIQUE...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: FACES OF THE DAY: SILVER LAKE:...
Carolyn wears: Kirk Originals: Narvi in Magenta w/ Silver Glitter.
Gary wears: Cutler and Gross: 974 in Sea Foam Green.
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: FRAMES OF THE DAY: Gogosha West...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: FRAMES OF THE DAY: Gogosha West 3rd St: SHADES OF GREEN
Evoking everything from fresh cut grass to a stacks of cash, the color green is being incorporated in every shade for sunglasses this autumn, but don’t be envious… they’re all here for you at Gogosha Optique West 3rd St!
Anne et Valentin, SMITH: Military Green w/ honey mustard temples Ideal for:Â ...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: SILVER LAKE: FRAME OF THE DAY:...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: SILVER LAKE: FRAME OF THE DAY: THEO: HUITANTE + QUARTE / LALOOP RHINESTONE CHAIN
Collection:THEO
Origin: ANTWERP, BELGIUM
DESIGNERS: PATRICK HOET, SERGE BRACKE
Frame: HUITANTE + QUARTE Chain: LALOOP (RHINESTONE)
Color:319 MATTE GOLD/ MATTE SILVER SPLIT
Material: PURE TITANIUM
Why we’re loving this frame: In mathematics, a square root of a number x is a number r such that...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: W3rd St: FRAME OF THE DAY
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: W3rd St: FRAME OF THE DAY Collection: BARTON PERREIRA Origin: VENICE, CA Frame: BOUVIER Color: PINOT and HEROINE CHIC Material: ACETATE
Why we’re loving this frame: The Bouvier is a retro-inspired acetate frame; part of Spring 2012 collection by Barton Perreira. The lines are simple and feminine, worthy of a true style icon. Just like Jackie and Lee.
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: FACE OF THE DAY: RACHEL AXLER...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: FACE OF THE DAY: RACHEL AXLER wears ANNE ET VALENTIN: MININUDE col.1046
One of the things we love at Gogosha Optique is showing those who (self admittedly) have had exclusively bad eyewear in the past that glasses can be cool, attractive, and sexy. Rachel hadn’t worn her glasses out of the house in YEARS so we reveled in the challenge to show her that new glasses could...
October 2011
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: FACE & FRAME OF THE DAY: JAE...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: FACE & FRAME OF THE DAY: JAE CHANG wears SELIMA: ADRIA-O
Before we got a chance to post this amazing feline shaped sunglasses by Selima as our frame of the day, Jae had found herself in love and whisked it away as her own.
The Selima Adria-o is the perfect balance on Jae. Neutral in front with a surprise hot pink back laminate. Highlighting her stunning bone structure...
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Gogosha Optique: Face of the Day: Steven Rasmer
Gogosha Optique: Face of the Day: Steven Rasmer
The Mykita + Bernhard Willhelm: Xaver in anodized copper with a green flash mirror lense couldn’t have found a better home than with Steven. Modern and unexpected, frame and owner alike.
http://steveramser.com director/photographer
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Face the Day with Gusto and Pizzazz! Today at...
Gusto + Pizzzazz say… “We take eyewear VERY seriously.”
Visit the dynamic duo TODAY at Gogosha Optique: Silver Lake!
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: SILVER LAKE: Frame of the Day:...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: SILVER LAKE: Frame of the Day: Thierry Lasry: Sexxxy gives Happy Endings!
Go incognito with these Thierry Lasry: Sexxxy like our very own Eliza Coupe; captured here in her ABC show Happy Endings stalking her ‘fake egg baby’ (if you don’t know what that means, check out Eliza’s show) or maybe like us, she’s just stalking that ‘prime’...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: FRAME OF THE DAY: JUST IN: NEW...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: FRAME OF THE DAY: JUST IN: NEW RAPP Limited - Handmade in Toronto
NEW RAPP Limited …seeing is believing!
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September 2011
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: WEST 3RD STREET: FRAME OF THE...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: WEST 3RD STREET: FRAME OF THE DAY: DEROME BRENNER: HARLEM 10
Collection: Derome Brenner
Designers: Xavier Derome + Aurelia Brenner
Origin: FRANCE
Frame: Harlem 10
Color: C.33 Dark Tortoise w/ Yellow Laminate Piping
Material: ACETATE
Why we’re loving this frame: Carved out of multiple sheets of acetate, this frame is as much sculpture as it is an optical accoutrement.
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: W3rd St: FRAME OF THE DAY: VUE...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: W3rd St: FRAME OF THE DAY
Collection: VUE DC Origin: FRANCE Frame: JAZ Color: TRANSLUCENT GREY Material: ACETATE
Why we’re loving this frame: It is a common belief that your inhibitions are shed when you’re wearing a mask, the anonymity allows you the freedom to be your true self.
There’s no need to hide behind this frame to unleash the inner you; its bold...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: NEW YORK FASHION WEEK favorites:...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: NYFW favorites: I want it NOW!!! Selima on the runway for Chris Benz SS2012: Andy Sunglasses available NOW at Gogosha Optique W. 3rd St in Black and in Red with your choice of custom tinted lenses.
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: ON THE WEB: MONDETTE PORTRAITS:...
Portraits – Julia Gogosha of Gogosha Optique
by christina @Mondette.com
Occupation: Eyewear specialist and optique owner
Address: 3208 1/2 Sunset Blvd in Silver Lake; 8238 West 3rd Street. gogosha.com
Why we like her: Lucky for us, Julia has had a passion for glasses since her teenage years. Decades of enveloping herself in the world of optics have given her the kind of knowledge into...
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: THE SALT.ORIALIST: SALT OPTICS....
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: THE SALT.ORIALIST: SALT OPTICS. TRUNK SHOW. WHAT A SPECTACLE!
Just a few images from our amazing evening with the SALT OPTICS TEAM at GOGOSHA W.3RD STREET for FASHION NIGHT OUT: LOS ANGELES.
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: ON THE WEB: ELLE FALL 2011 TREND...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: ON THE WEB: ELLE: FALL 2011 TREND GUIDE: MOD SQUAD
Jackie Kennedy made the decade’s ladylike style legendary—especially her signature oversized sunglasses. Don this tortoiseshell pair from Oliver Goldsmith and be first-lady fabulous. (Click for full article 15/19)
Oliver Goldsmith ‘Koko’ in olive tortoiseshell sunglasses, $400; Gogosha Optique Los Angeles, (323) 655-1122...
August 2011
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GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: ICONIC FRAME OF THE DAY:...
GOGOSHA OPTIQUE: ICONIC FRAME OF THE DAY: MANHATTAN by OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Like many words these days ‘iconic’ is tossed around like the Salad du Jour, but fifty years on and the Oliver Goldsmith Manhattan Sunglass is as fresh, delicious, and appetizing as Audrey Hepburn’s portrayal of Truman Capote’s truly iconic character… The Manhattan by Oliver Goldsmith is now...