Bridgetown, Barbados – Bajan luxury eyewear brand, Peoples from Barbados (PFB) announced its first custom collaboration with British luxury eyewear brand, Linda Farrow, the first chapter of a blossoming creative project between entrepreneurial business partners, Alicia Hartman, Founder, PFB (Barbados) and Simon Jablon, Founder & Creative Director, Linda Farrow (London)

The Special Edition, offered as sunglasses or blue light blocking glasses, represents a contemporary design where a fusion of the chic and soulful Bajan spirit and Caribbean colour palette of PFB with the quality and luxurious design of Linda Farrow has been fully expressed.

A unisex shape, based on an iconic Linda Farrow design, the frame has been released in three Bajan colorations with fronts in tortoiseshell, midnight blue, or sand-toned crystal. The sunset gradient tones adorn the thick statement acetate temples, inspired by three different moments during the colourful setting of the Caribbean sun.

Celebrated for the first time in December, the new collaboration frames were previewed at a special event at EYE Q Stylist Opticians, the award-winning independent boutique owned by Hartman, which celebrated its 10th Anniversary at the end of 2022. Attended by loyal customers, and friends of Hartman, as well as Linda Farrow’s Simon Jablon, the event also marked the 10th year of a close relationship between Hartman, EYE Q and Linda Farrow, which continues to flourish and inspire new ideas.

“It is a huge honour for us to collaborate with Linda Farrow,” said owner of EYE Q Stylist Opticians, and Founder of the independent eyewear brand, Peoples from Barbados, Alicia Hartman. “I met Simon for the first time at Silmo in 2012, and ever since then, we have shared a mutual passion for unique, individual eyewear style. This new project is the fruit of our latest work together, a story of glamour and Bajan soul, translated in a statement design inspired by the Caribbean, with custom colours informed by our gorgeous Bajan skies,” she said.

“Alicia’s drive and passion for optics is remarkable and she is very much a pioneer for the optics community in the Caribbean. We are delighted to embark on this first collaboration with her brand, PFB. The edition offers the ideal fusion of an iconic Linda Farrow design, which perfectly translates our luxury character, blended with the story and atmosphere of Barbados and its natural beauty and colours,” said Founder and Creative Director of Linda Farrow, Simon Jablon.

The Linda Farrow X Peoples from Barbados Edition features a total of just 150 custom-made sunglasses/blue light blocking glasses (50 models in each colour) – this first edition is available exclusively at EYE Q STYLIST OPTICIANS, Bridgetown, Barbados.