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Ralph Vaessen (born in Heerlen, The Netherlands on August 28, 1966) is a Dutch designer. He studied Public Administration and worked for the Dutch government for over 15 years. Ralph Vaessen started to design eyewear early 2006. He was looking for new frames for eyeglasses for himself, but he couldn’t find what he was looking for. An optician told him that he knew a small atelier that could produce a single set of frames if Ralph Vaessen could make a drawing of the shape he wanted. Ralph Vaessen, who was already looking for a career change, saw an opportunity. “Why produce only one private set of frames? Why not produce a complete collection?” He decided to quit his job and to start a career as a designer of premium, exclusive and luxurious handcrafted natural horn eyewear.

That Ralph Vaessen started a creative career as a designer at a later age did not come as a complete surprise. Fashion, design, art, architecture and music had been his passion since he was a child. At the age of eight, he was already wearing designer clothes by Pierre Cardin. He started to create his own style of clothing in 1979 at the age of thirteen, influenced by the Ska Punk music scene and later by the “New Romantics” fashion/music sub movement and the New Wave music movement of the early ‘80s. His designs are still influenced by the British Indie music scene and old movies. Ralph Vaessen is also consultant/creative director of the Technobohemian by John Malkovich eyewear & the Van Gils eyewear by Ralph Vaessen.

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directed by & for Ralph Vaessen
music by Simple Minds – This Earth That You Walk Upon

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