Our story
Made in small batches. Worn in big light.
We started because the pairs we could afford fell apart and the pairs that lasted cost a month of rent.
How it started
One shape, forty prototypes, a very patient optician.
The first frame took a year. We cut acetate on a borrowed machine, tumbled it in a cement mixer and asked an optician down the street to tell us everything that was wrong with it. She did, at length.
Forty prototypes later the bridge sat right, the temples stopped pinching and the lens did what a lens is for. That pair is still in the collection. Everything since has been built the same way: slowly, and with someone honest in the room.
UV400
on every lens
2 yrs
of warranty
30 days
to change your mind
100%
hand-finished
Milestones
A short history of squinting less.
The borrowed machine
First acetate cut in a friend’s workshop after hours.
Prototype forty
The bridge finally sits. The optician approves.
Polarized on everything
We drop the non-polarized tier. One lens standard, no upsell.
Spares for life
Every part becomes orderable on its own. Repair beats replace.
The borrowed machine
First acetate cut in a friend’s workshop after hours.
Prototype forty
The bridge finally sits. The optician approves.
Polarized on everything
We drop the non-polarized tier. One lens standard, no upsell.
Spares for life
Every part becomes orderable on its own. Repair beats replace.