“The Oliver Sun was a natural starting point—sharp and timeless, it’s the frame I wear every day. I’ve always loved the Oliver Peoples logo; reductive yet still playful, it reminds me of the geometric shapes and post-modern patterns I grew up with in LA in the ‘80s and ‘90s.

For this collaboration, I wanted to bring that logo forward and celebrate it, to reimagine it alongside another ubiquitous LA shape: the surf fin. The fin is a nod to LA's beach identity, our connection to sea-life, and to the incredible feeling of riding a wave. In French, “Fin” means ‘The End,’ but here it comes to symbolize a force to propel things forward. To me, that’s what this city is all about—reinvention, imagination, and the freedom to keep going.” – Alex Israel

Together, these details express a thoughtful harmony of design, cultural symbolism, and deep-rooted LA heritage.

Alex Israel is a contemporary artist known for his iconic multimedia works inspired by his hometown. In Israel’s work, the disciplines of entertainment, fashion, music and technology—pillars that also inform the world of Oliver Peoples—come together uniquely and seamlessly to both embody and define the ever-changing artistic and cultural landscape of our time. His work is featured in many of the world’s leading art institutions, among them The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, LACMA, MOCA, The Broad, Los Angeles, and Centre Pompidou, Paris.