Pair Eyewear is a company that makes glasses with little magnets in the top outer corners of the frames and plastic decorative magnetic frame toppers that you can magnetically attach to the glasses in order to switch up your look. Needless to say, they own my whole life and I am obsessed with them. (If you'd like to try them out, please use my link above; it'll give us each free money to spend at Pair.) The most recent collection as of this blog post is their "Take Me to the Sea" collection, which is of course very ocean-y and beach-y. This makes sense for summer, as everyone has the beach and The Little Mermaid on the mind. As soon as I got the email announcing this collection, as well as little thumbnail bubbles of the various topper styles and their names, it immediately reminded me of one of my current favorite shows, Our Flag Means Death (whose 2nd season cannot come soon enough). Without further ado, here is my blog post detailing which topper is which character or scene or setting from OFMD (kind of contains spoilers for the show).
The Nautilus Shell
This topper (which I bought) immediately reminded me of Ed's purple T-shirt, especially as it fades to very nearly black. However, in the interest of including all the OFMD characters, I'd assign this topper to Ivan, as the colors would look poppin' with his dark aesthetic.
The Ocean Stars
My first inclination was to assign this topper to Mary, as she is the girliest woman (of two) in the show. However, she's mostly shown wearing jewel tones and black, and this doesn't feel right for her. I think it'd work great for Alma, her and Stede's preteen daughter.
The Twilight Waves
This one is beautiful, and brings to mind the famous Japanese painting "The Wave". It kind of reminds me of that romantic scene where Stede and Ed are standing on the deck under the humongous moon.
The Shoreline
This one IMMEDIATELY brought to mind one of the last scenes in season 1, where we see Stede on a beach push a rowboat into the waves and set off to get his ship and man back.
The Seaside Tort
This topper is Jim, because of the orange :)
The Royal Blue to Seafoam Gradient
This topper is Oluwande, because it's teal :)
The Aqua Tiles
STEDE. This one is Stede in his blue suit all the way. I also bought this one.
The Marine Medallions
I've decided to assign this pretty stained glass-esque topper to Mary, as it's reminiscent of her Cubist-like paintings.
The Land & Sea Glass
Speaking of Mary's painting, this is clearly the lighthouse painting she made Stede for their anniversary in the left corner, with The Revenge in in the right. (link)
The Kraken
This one is so clearly Ed. After all, The Kraken is his alter ego.
The Shark Frenzy
This one would be perfect for Calico Jack, since he (probably) gets eaten by a shark, but I'd rather give it to Wee John as he doesn't have a topper yet.
Buttons. The man wears seagulls on his head. Enough said.
The rest of the toppers in the collection aren't included in the promo pics, so I'm going to include individual pictures of each one.
The Plaid Driftwood Split
I'm assigning this one to Lucius, since he wears a plaid neckerchief and has a stripe-y shirt. Plus, he spends a lot of time standing (not working) on deck.
The Sailor Jerry Tattoo
I'm giving this one to Black Pete, as he has tattoos and it's very nautical and pirate-y.
The Canine Captains
Fang, immediately, because he loves dogs and wasn't allowed to have one on board The Queen Anne. Although, the dogs are clearly co-captains... the corgi is Stede and the French bulldog is Ed
I've decided to give this one to The Swede, as he is full of childlike wonder and would love to play with a beach ball. It could also be Louis, Stede & Mary's young son.
This one brings to mind when someone (the Swede?) asked Jim if they were a mermaid. However, I'm giving it to Spanish Jackie as I think she'd dig the colors and design.
I'd give this one to Roach, as he loves to cook and eat sea creatures.
This topper is fairly staid, so I'll give it to Izzy Hands (he'd definitely find fault with it tho).
I'm giving this topper to Frenchie, as it's funky like him. I love how it's rainbow-y like the show
This one is all the pirate flags they make together <3
If you want to see the whole collection yourself, it's here on the PE website. If you want to try out the glasses for yourself, please use my link here so we can each get $25!
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