Bidules

Upcycled eyewear, remarkable glasses, eye tests and good stories. We bring unique glasses back to li

Underestimated and forgotten eyewear hunters, taking dead stocks to the next level.

22/04/2026

Sneak peek of our new stock of fronts ready to be finished from our digging trip in Jura!

This stock looks a bit different than our other FRONTs, which have so far been a classic early-20th-century panto shape. This new stock is more pilot-shaped, with a strong brow bar.

These frames are great as both sunnies and optical; make sure to come by as they start making their way into the store.

If you’re unfamiliar with our beloved FRONTs project, you can read more about it on our website - bidules.be/latest/fronts

16/04/2026

ONE WEEK UNTIL OUR LAUNCH WITH .it.vintage

Join us next Saturday, April 25th at 7PM at Own It Vintage in Gent.

The launch will feature who will bring his own vast collection of eclectic and most often unshazamable records, spanning genres, regions and decades.

We’ll also have a series of short talks on collecting by:

Bram of who comes from a lineage of collectors, now building an eclectic collection of art and objects of his own, always on the lookout for storied things made with care.
peleman , an artist and musician who collects much like a walking figure made of double-sided tape, coming home to find incredibly varied things stuck to him which feed into his music, sculptures and performances.

Cato of , a photographer and journalist who started a collection of the absurdities and surrealist moments in the city of Brussels. A collection that is more than hers now, and continues to grow.

and , a publishing house that looks beyond literature, gathering people around unbounded storytelling, both on and off the page. Their collection is built on the care for the stories that they receive from all over the world, both in their publications and their events.

You can read more about the speakers and their collection via our newsletter - sign up via our website!

We can’t wait to see you there - drinks are on us!

15/04/2026

The mother of many frames (sort of)!

You may have spotted these in the shop and wondered what they are (the glasses shape might’ve given you a hint), but as many have assumed, they’re not moulds for your glasses.

These are called a punch, or a die, similar to the ones used for punching shapes into metal or leather. They work a bit like a cookie cutter, if you imagine cellulose acetate plates as a big slab of dough - only at much higher pressure and temperature.

This allowed for a more precise cut of the frame front, with the finishing touches then made by hand. Many of our FRONTs were cut this way before Mathias gave them their finishing touches in the workshop.

Come by and we’ll do our best to answer any other questions about the odd optical collection of objects we have in the store, Tuesday to Saturday, 10.30 to 18.30.

09/04/2026

LAUNCH EVENT! SAVE THE DATE!

We’re so excited to announce that our frames are going on a small vacation to Gent!

From April 25th until July 25th, a curated selection of Bidules sunglasses will have a pop-up corner at .it.vintage . We’ve specifically selected a collection of frames by Christian Roths, Robert Morels, Kintos, Fidelas and other unique models for the sunny season to come.

In the spirit of collecting, we’ve asked to curate a series of short talks by a wide range of people, celebrating the breadth of collecting that happens at Bidules, Own It Vintage, and all around us. To accompany the night, we’ll also have a great collection of live music by

The event runs from 7:00PM until 11:00PM, Saturday April 25th at Own in Vintage in Gent. We’d love to have you with us - drinks are on the house!

*image on the poster is from Christian Roth’s archive.

01/04/2026

Mod. 1091 frame from the 70s, square but not quite.

We received these alongside our Milappe stock; we speculate they might be part of the same family, though we’re not entirely sure. What we do know is that they’re stunning and sturdy, equipped with double-rivets hinges.

There are only a few of these left, pass by the store Tuesday to Saturday, 10.30 to 18.30 for a sunglasses selection.

26/03/2026

Scans from the ‘Guide-Répertoire de Morez-Optique’ from 1976-1977.

This ‘guide’ was a small publication, much like a phone book, but covering just about anything related to the optics industry in Morez and its surrounding area in Jura (FR). Filled with various ads, but above all addresses, organised into sections; brands, parts, sunglasses, optics etc.

We’re here Tuesday to Saturday, 10.30 to 18.30 to talk you through the hidden stories behind our frames.

25/03/2026

Digging through our camera roll this time!

Moments from our digging trip in Jura last October. There’s never a clear path to finding your frames, and each time we’re faced with new scenery, houses, bars, or winding roads to lead us there. Never gets old.

Even when some of us are away, there’s always someone to welcome you at the store Tuesday to Saturday, 10.30 to 18.30.

19/03/2026

Say hello to our impact press, a tool - also a friend who’s beautiful and incredibly strong (this is how we introduce all our friends).

Impact tools use a sudden, concentrated force force to make marking, punching, stamping and (in our case) riveting. We use it for our FRONTs, but also when a frame needs a little refresh before hitting the store.

Next time you’re in for an eye test, see if you can spot it on your way through.

Open for frame selections, eye-test and any frame that needs a rivet revival - Tuesday to Saturday, 10.30 to 18.30.

17/03/2026

A unique model from our 60s stock that’s just been turned into sunnies for the season!

The temple is inscribed with ‘Jouvencelle’ - we’re unsure of its exact origin, though it may reference Les Jouvencelles in Jura (FR).

There’s only one pair, better hurry.

We’ll have you for coffee, a frame selection or a ‘frame origin speculation’ session anytime from Tuesday to Saturday, 10.30 to 18.30.

12/03/2026

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More answers to questions you asked on bidules.be/you-asked

11/03/2026

For our next EYES portrait, meet Kiki (1997, Halle) who wears a burgundy Selecta from the 1970s (Jura, FR). Coincidentally, she recently met a girl in Chile wearing the exact same pair. “She kind of looked like my teenager self. It was a crazy experience.” Encounters like this definitely don’t happen often, let alone outside of Belgium.

Kiki collects banana peels that she finds on the ground - but don’t jump to any conclusions! She designs scarves based on the patterns of banana peels, photographing them and experimenting with them digitally until she finds a composition that speaks to her. We highly recommend looking them up on her account . No matter what season, it’s always scarf season in Brussels.

She also makes instruments! She’s currently building a guitar, and she’ll hopefully build a violin soon, which will be a full-circle moment for her, as she’s played the violin since childhood. Music was even her gateway to wearing glasses: at fifteen, she realised that she could no longer read music whilst playing the cello.

We love meeting the people that wear our frames and finding out all the fun lives our frames get to live once they leave our store.

To see more of the glasses we love and the people we’ve crossed paths with, check out our EYES portrait project at Eyes — Bidules

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At Bidules, we bring back to life unique glasses from the past, glasses from yesterday or from decades ago. Actually, age does not matter. We offer solid, nicely designed spectacles that really stand out.

We track down old stocks and pairs of iconic makes and models. We travel the world following the traces of legendary frame designers and manufacturers. We obsessively search through cellars and attics, and we secretly enter closed-down factories to find quality glasses worth preserving for future generations.

We check, repair, adapt, transform and refresh the pairs we find in order to bring you perfect new olds.