A Conversation with Designer Frédéric Beausoleil

"For an eyewear designer known especially for his showstopping sunglasses, Frédéric Beausoleil has an improbably perfect surname.: That's the start of an interview the NationalPost conducted with Beausoleil, whose last name "means, literally, lovely sunshine. In addition to his own brand, priced $340-$550, he has consulted for Cartier and Louis Vuitton and also made many of Ray Charles’ later sunglass frames. Beausoleil made his first visit to Canada last month and during his personal appearance at Josephson’s Opticians in Toronto, the designer, 50, sat down with Nathalie Atkinson to talk about the great divide between designer and artisan eyewear." Read more.