group s.p.a. founded 1987 founders larry leight ken schwartz headquarters los angeles ca united states number of locations 9 retail stores key people larry leight co founder and creative director david schulte ceo products eyewear and sunglasses website www.oliverpeoples.com oliver peoples is an american luxury eyewear brand established in 1987 . 1 the company opened its first boutique in west hollywood california and appeared on the cover of german vogue in 1987 . 2 the design house is also the official licensee of paul smith spectacles . 3 in addition to being sold in oliver peoples boutiques and via oliverpeoples.com the eyewear can be found in a variety of notable fashion boutiques and department stores throughout the world . the brand has been featured in numerous fashion magazines including gq vogue elle l uomo vogue esquire and vanity fair . 4 characterized by subtle detailing retro aesthetics and high quality materials their frames are popular with celebrities including brad pitt angelina jolie and tom cruise . 5 recently celebrating twenty five years in the industry the brand remains highly influential creating campaigns that deploy film music and designer collaborations that communicate a lifestyle that is distinctly los angeles . 6 in 2006 oakley acquired oliver peoples for 46.7 million . 7 oakley and its assets were subsequently purchased by eye industry giant luxottica in 2007 . 8 cultural references edit in the show burn notice the main character michael westen is a frequent wearer of oliver peoples victory sunglasses size 55 with cognac lenses . bruce willis wears a variant of the oliver peoples o malley style of sunglasses in the 1997 film the jackal . brad pitt wore three variants of the oliver peoples 523 style of sunglasses in the 1999 film fight club as the character tyler durden . 9 in the 2000 film american psycho the protagonist patrick bateman mentions that his yuppie colleague marcus halberstram has the same penchant for oliver peoples glasses as he does . bateman and several of his colleagues are then depicted as each owning an identical pair of the same peoples frame . 10 in the season 6 finale of the show entourage vincent chase and johnny chase are seen buying sunglasses from the flagship oliver peoples store on sunset boulevard before their trip to italy where they also run into actor matt damon . in the show damages the main character patty hewes as portrayed by glenn close wears the oliver peoples o malley sunglasses . as of july 2013 close has auctioned off her signature glasses on ebay in efforts to raise funds for her charity . oliver peoples collaborated with zooey deschanel on the 2009 campaign short film catch a tuesday . 11 then australian prime minister julia gillard wore ashton in red tortoise gradient initially at the national press club announcing the date for the 2013 federal election starting the longest election campaign 9 months in australia s history . 12 president barack obama returned from vacation sporting oliver peoples sunglasses . references edit la magazine . february 13 2013 . oliver peoples . june 2014 . oliver peoples . june 2014 . oliver peoples press . oliverpeoples.com . june 23 2014 . oliver peoples celebrity sightings . pinterest . june 23 2014 . carpio audrey february 8 2013 . meet the man responsible for the retro eyewear trend . white ronald february 2006 . oakley buys luxury eyewear maker . oakley to merge into luxottica group for us 29.30 per share . luxottica . retrieved 2015 11 03 . http www.sunglassesid.com sightings oliver peoples 523 brad pitt fight club http www.imdb.com title tt0144084 quotes youtube . youtube . retrieved 2013 08 13 . farr malcolm 2013 01 30 . julia gillard announces federal election date . news.com.au . retrieved 2013 08 13 . this retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oliver peoples & oldid 743512871 categories companies based in los angelesmanufacturing companies established in 1986eyewear brandsluxottica1986 establishments in californiaretail company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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