He would give me an idea of what sort of colours he wanted for certain styles and left it to me to make the frames. The general designs were what Julian sent to me. I took a wee bit of artistic license as I had to assume how it would fit on the actor. Julian sent his thoughts to me and I had to interpret them as near as I could to what he was looking for. He got in touch and asked what I could do and what I couldn’t do. I was involved with the design process to a certain degree. ![]() It’s a little bit harder to do from a sketch or a drawing, but I managed it. Taron Egerton as Elton John performing at the Troubadour (image credit: David Appleby)ĭC: Julian sent me ideas, drawings and photos of Elton John and asked me if I could replicate as best possible. It was a very fruitful relationship with all three opticians. I bought a number of glasses from Specstacular and they made a couple of pairs for me as well. He also had to change a lot of the colours of the lenses so the audience could see Taron’s eyes. We had to change the lenses to be non-reflective because of the cameras. Will made a couple of pairs and did the lenses. The first time I asked him to make me a couple of pairs, then it was four more, six more and more as the film went on. With David, I sent him images and we chatted over the phone. We measured Taron Egerton’s face at Mallon and Taub in Bloomsbury. JD: There were some glasses that I wanted to reproduce so I sent the three of them images. There are a couple of outfits and glasses that we copied directly and about half a dozen glasses that we redesigned from the originals but a lot of the others were either made or designed specifically for the film. We decided to take what we wanted from it but also redesign some things, so not to copy everything. I went through Elton John’s archive, looking through all of the clothes and the glasses. Therefore, we could take liberty with the outfits. JD: We had discussed the idea of the film not being a linear biopic but more of a fantasy musical. How did you go about designing the eyewear? There’s a part in the film where he puts them on and says, “I’m Elton John” Bespoke frame-maker, David Cox There’s a red, white and blue frame, which is mine, as is the pair he wears at the Troubadour, which are big white frames with a turquoise blue line across the bridge. For every scene, the actor has got a different pair on. There’s a part in the film where he puts them on and says, “I’m Elton John.” It has a turquoise button on the middle of the bridge. Which of your frames appeared in the film?ĭC: I think seven or eight of my frames were used in Rocketman. ![]() I also worked with Specstacular Opticians & Eyewear Company in Shoreditch, and Will Luff from Glassesonspec in Watford. We reproduced some of my favourite glasses for the film. I found out who he was and contacted him. He’s made glasses for lots of people in the past. David Cox, who really knows what he’s doing. ![]() ![]() Matthew Illesley (Young Reggie), Taron Egerton wearing the devil outfit and heart shaped glasses, and Dexter Fletcher on the set of Rocketman (Image credit: Gavin Bond) What were you looking for in the opticians you collaborated with? JD: There were three opticians that I worked with.
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