Jacques Marie Mage Channels The Shining

Jacques Marie Mage has never been shy about its cultural fixations, but its latest limited-edition release narrows the focus with unnerving precision. Drawing from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, the Los Angeles eyewear house continues its ongoing dialogue with cinema, this time distilling one of film’s most psychologically charged works into two sharply considered menswear propositions.

Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation has long escaped the confines of genre. What was once divisive now sits firmly in the cultural bloodstream, its visual language and creeping unease endlessly referenced, endlessly decoded. That obsessive attention to structure, symmetry and control feels like natural territory for Jacques Marie Mage, a brand built on restraint, scarcity and an almost forensic approach to design.

The collection comprises two frames, each channelling a different register of the film’s tension. TORRANCE is the more classical of the pair: a rectangular, 1970s-leaning silhouette with a pronounced, beveled brow. It’s studious but not meek, composed yet quietly on edge. Think less costume, more character study – a frame that works as well with tailoring as it does with elevated casual wear, grounded in tradition but sharpened by intent.

TWINS moves in the opposite direction. Oversized, butterfly-shaped and unapologetically graphic, it leans into symmetry and spectacle. While inspired by one of cinema’s most chilling images, the execution is confident rather than theatrical, pushing proportion and presence in a way that feels deliberate and contemporary. It’s the sort of frame that demands conviction from the wearer – not subtle, but never sloppy.

Both styles are handcrafted in Japan using cured cellulose acetate, finished with Jacques Marie Mage’s signature precious metal detailing. As ever, the brand’s limited-edition ethos extends beyond the frames themselves. Each pair arrives as part of a collector’s set, complete with custom hardware, printed matter and a chapbook exploring The Shining’s legacy.