Tom Ford Eyewear

Join us as we get hot and bothered for the designer's 53rd birthday.

We love Tom Ford and his love of luxury and even though it makes us unable to afford anything he makes, we kind of love his penchant for making everything as expensive as possible. The most recent example of this: his new "Special Edition Optical Eyewear Collection." A single pair of the '50s-inspired frames will set you back $2,950--about three times the price of your average pair of designer glasses. Why the hefty price tag? In typical Ford fashion, every last detail and material is impossibly luxurious.more The frames are made of gold-plated metal and water buffalo horn and come in a specially designed box that's just as beautiful as the glasses. To prove we are not making this up, an excerpt from the press release: