Whilst Tommy Shelby’s exact glasses are not available to buy, following huge customer demand IOLLA designed a similar, retro style frame, meaning that fans of the show can replicate Tommy’s look for themselves in time for the final season with the classic ‘ MacDonald’ frames. The petite, statement making frames bring Peaky Blinders’ vintage style to life. Fans can also visit one of IOLLA’s showrooms to learn about the design process in more detail, and take a closer look at some early prototypes. Calm through all storms, Tommy never loses his cool. To any baffling situation, his answer is a puff of smoke. His swanky cigarette-smoking style has taken many hearts, as has his addiction to alcohol: "Whiskey is good proofing water. It tells you who's real and who isn't." Michael is no different. Tommy's swanky cigarette-smoking style has taken many hearts as has his addiction to alcohol: "Whiskey is good proofing water. It tells you who's real and who isn't." Michael is no different. Before the credits rolled, Ruby had a worrying relapse. Her drawings looked disturbed and she heard voices coming from the chimney – except it wasn’t Santa. “The grey man is coming for me and daddy,” she told a terrified Lizzie. Is a Gypsy curse at play? Is she possessed by the spirit of Aunt Polly (Helen McCrory)? Did last week’s “green-eyed man” represent Oswald Mosley (Sam Claflin), the ghost of Tommy’s Prussian foe or envious cousin Michael (Finn Cole)? More practically, was it tuberculosis? After all, Ruby was feverish and coughing up blood. The dramatic, abstract lighting in the Commons Chamber set at the Houses of Parliament was in part a nod to Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour film about Churchill in WWII, and partly a canny budget save to avoid building more of the set than would be seen. The club collar is extremely versatile with just a slight change in the collar of a shirt makes it exchangeable in any situation you would wear a shirt. From weddings to business meetings and shows an eye for detail and a fore fashion mentality.

After Grace’s death, Tommy took the sapphire to gypsy Madame Boswell, who told him that the sapphire was indeed cursed – exactly what he needed to hear to salve his own conscience (Boswell was rewarded for this knowledge with the expensive jewel, so may well have been prepared to tell Tommy it was made of cheese if that’s what he wanted to hear). When Grace appeared with the stone this series though, she said “It wasn’t the blue stone, Tommy, it was you,” as the sapphire turned to blood streaming from the gunshot wound in her chest. Happy or sad? The swan was the motif for Grace this year,” she explains. It represents Grace’s purity and elegance, and its repeated appearances across the series reflect the way the Grace is continually playing on Tommy’s mind. “Grace is calling him home, saying. ‘Come and be with me’. It’s pretty chilling with the swan being such a beautiful, iconic animal, that it’s a metaphor for Grace and Tommy’s suicidal thoughts.” ‘The stained glass is a connection to Tommy’s regiment’ IOLLA will be recognisable after being approached by BAFTA nominated Costume designer Alison McCosh to create a pair of frames for the one and only Tommy Shelby to wear in the fifth series of Peaky Blinders. Now fans of the show in Manchester, where several Peaky Blinders scenes were shot, can get their hands on a pair of IOLLAs inspired by Tommy’s glasses.Nelson might be a fictional character but writer Steven Knight had clearly taken inspiration from Joseph P Kennedy Sr. The father of JFK, Ted and Bobby also imported Scotch whisky to the US post-prohibition, was an influential FDR ally, an antisemite and travelled here so regularly that he later became US ambassador to the UK. Everyone’s a whore, Grace. We just sell different parts of ourselves," Tommy has an acumen for the business like no other. So does Michael. War veterans, both fought for their country like valiant comrade-in-arms. Their selfless service to the nation opened a new path of acceptance in the eyes of law. For Michael, it was when the cops twitch before hitting him and for Tommy, it came across in season three when Winston Churchill strikes a direct deal with the Shelbys.

The sign for W. Northridge and Son Builders seen in the exterior of the Shelby Co. office is a tribute to the production designer’s father, a builder by trade. Image credit: Nicole Northridge The budget designer eyewear brand behind Peaky Blinders' Tommy Shelby's iconic season six glasses has opened a gorgeous boutique in Manchester. IOLLA was founded in Scotland, but has now made its way to the UK's most fashionable city (not that we're biased or anything).Tommy's plan to assassinate Oswald Mosley (Sam Claflin) goes all kinds of bad, as Aberama Gold (Aiden Gillen) is stabbed – to death, we assume – and Barney is shot before he can snipe Oswald. Before that, he held roles as Editor, Deputy Editor, and Associate Editor focusing on news, social, and video.Laurence hosted the BBC Sounds podcast Obsessed with Peaky Blinders in 2019, as well as his own podcast production, Time of My Life, where he interviews fascinating elders about their life lessons, including Only Fools and Horses' Sir David Jason, Star Trek’s George Takei and Bridgerton’s Adjoa Andoh.