<p><a href="/images/old/6a00e5537d966288330120a745a270970b-800wi.jpg" rel="lightbox" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Murses & Monocles" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e5537d966288330120a745a270970b " src="/images/old/6a00e5537d966288330120a745a270970b-500wi.jpg" style="width: 480px; " /></a> <br />Despite grumbling from some and a distinctly unfortunate moniker, &quot;murses&quot; have officially entered the every man&#39;s lexicon. &quot;That they are, essentially, purses is not a fact on which we will dwell,&quot; writes Guy Trebay in the New York Times. In his recent piece Trebay glosses over the man-bag&#39;s long history and series of incarnations while embarking on a search for his perfect murse. In the end, he finds it in a creation from Lambertson Truex (a company nearly killed this year by financial troubles before Tiffany&#39;s purchased them and subsequently put steam back in their engines). But while murses are fast become an accepted part of the modern male wardrobe, there&#39;s one accessory showing up en masse in London that might have a significantly harder time breaking into the mainstream.&#0160;</p><p></p>  <!--more--> <p>According to the Telegraph, British men are bringing back the monocle—as in the singular eye-piece, not the eponymous culture rag. “Vision Express, a chain of opticians, is to start selling the lenses after an unexpected spate of requests for monocles.” While the company is still testing the waters to see if a full-on resurgence is possible, all signs point to it being “one of those inexplicable fashion things,” as Vision Express’ chief executive put it.</p><p><span style="color: #a2a2a2; "><span style="color: #a2a2a2; font-size: 11px; ">By Alisa Gould-Simon via </span><a href="http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/mens-fashion-murses-monocles/14091" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px; color: #a2a2a2; ">BB</span></a><span style="font-size: 12px; color: #a2a2a2; "> &#0160;</span></span></p> 