Optician Goes High End with Vintage--Real Vintage

Van de la Plante in his vintage optical shop.

"Thirty-four-year-old Van de la Plante looks every bit the gentleman," notes the Los Angeles Times. "Sporting a beige linen resort suit, a green Cuban guayabera cigar shirt and Cole Haan huarache sandals, De la Plante fits in well as owner of Gentlemen's Breakfast, a new boutique in Laguna Beach that sells antique eyeglasses, sunglasses and accessories. The small shop, splattered in bitter chocolate and beige tones, is decorated with manly finds and furnishings. Antique crystal decanters sit on an old desk, filled with Scotch and ready for the pour. A vintage bourbon flask hides a 1909 candlestick phone. It's reserved for those who spend enough money, according to De la Plante, who declined to say just how much is enough. A feather pen with ink jar caps off that rich, old-world look." Read more.

Optician Brings Holywood Vintage

"Even in Hollywood, it's rare for anyone to be able to boast a connection to dozens of Oscar-contending films and blockbusters over the last 25 years," says the Miami Herald. "But Russ Campbell can hardly turn on the television or go to a movie theater without seeing something he's made a mark on - including the high-profile films J. Edgar, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Rum Diary, Cowboys & Aliens, A Single Man, Catch Me if You Can, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, as well as such TV shows as Mad Men.Campbell isn't a big-shot producer or a studio honcho. He's the owner of Old Focals, a vintage eyewear store in Pasadena that over the last 2 1/2 decades has supplied glasses for movies, television and commercial productions." Read more.

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