JOURNAL

TomMarkHenry

The name TomMarkHenry may evoke images of a dapper businessman, but the Sydney-based interior design and architecture firm isn’t run by one, or eve...

Sam Fitzsimmons - Broad Bean Cafe

Rich browns and warm hues give the cafe a sense of homeliness on even the gloomiest Melbourne day. I was welcomed with wide eyes and even wider smi...

Luen Jacobs

If throwing parties, creating zines, playing Sydney’s DJ circuit and digging for new tunes at Triple J and FBi Radio sound like your idea of swee...

WalterG

Walter and George are real though. ‘The name [WalterG] comes from our grandfathers, Walter and George. They both passed away within a...

Meet the Team Vol. 6

Phuong is our superstar optometrist down in Adelaide, at the Rundle Mall boutique. Come for a whirl through 12 questions for volume 12 of our 'Mee...

Core Values

We’re huge fans of acetate. As a natural, flexible material it can be moulded to suit any face shape but when it gets hot, acetate feels the he...

Meet the Team vol. 5

Andrew didn’t have a burning desire to be an optometrist, when he started studying in the mid-1990s, but a talent for maths and a family backgroun...

Meet the Team Vol. 4

Shub (short for Shubhneet) is the exuberant optometrist at Bailey Nelson Ponsonby. She sat down on a quiet January afternoon to talk with the Jour...

How Not to Lose Your Glasses on NYE

You're on a cruise It’s hot. The ocean breeze is freshest when you lean just a little bit over the railing. The sunglasses were a bit loose and on...

Market Time: Ponsonby and The Factory Market

Yeah, there’s something special about markets. It’s where we let our hair down. You can’t have a bad time with so many craftsmen, artists and desi...

Style Guide: The Windsor Collection

Forgive the forthcoming history lesson, but we’re really passionate about round metal eyewear. Invented in 1880, round metal frames remained popu...

Meet The Team Vol. 3

What’s your name? Madeline (Maddy/ Mads) Mortiaux Tell us a bit about where you work. I manage the Bailey Nelson Ponsonby Boutique in Auckl...

Our Craft: Riveted Hinges

What do the two metal dots on our glasses mean? Are they Morse code, half an emoticon, or an unfinished sentence? When you see metal pins on most g...

BN People : Angie Pai

It’s both easier and harder to be an artist today than ever before. Instagram lets anyone display their craft before an audience of millions, but...

Spring Carnival Style : A Poor Mans Millions

We’ve spotted Jared Acquaro of cult menswear blog A Poor Man’s Millions (APMMillions to those in the know) pairing Bailey Nelsons with his immacul...

Spring Carnival Style : Shh Alex

With Spring Carnival on the horizon we couldn’t think of a better time to talk to some of Australia’s style gurus. Meet Alex, the incredibly tale...

Our Sun Lenses

Our sunglasses aren’t just designed to look the part – they're a functional tool to protect one of the most vital organs; your eyes. You probably...

Spring Summer 2016

“You look good you feel good, you feel good you play good, you play good they pay good, they pay good you live good”, or so says the straightfor...

Optical Lens Quality

If you haven’t taken the time to read an encyclopaedia about eyewear, chances are you might find the whole “choosing the right lenses” thing a bit...

Style Guide : Browline Glasses

Designed to mimic natural eyebrow shapes, the aptly named browline can be identified by a thick upper section (usually made of acetate), thin met...