31 houses, none of them mass-market.
Small and independent eyewear makers from Toronto to Sabae. Each page covers who they are, how they make frames, what to look for, and where to try them.
- 01Anne et ValentinToulouse opticians turned colourists, cutting frames to fit personalitiesToulouse, France156 frames · 18 stores
- 02Barton PerreiraFormer Oliver Peoples leaders making logo-free, Japanese-handmade LA eyewearLos Angeles, USA190 frames · 25 stores
- 03BevelColour-loving US indie with a flexible one-piece hinge and Japanese craftBlue Springs, Missouri, USACatalogue coming · 7 stores
- 04BLACRaw carbon-fibre frames, hand-built in Denmark, inspired by Formula 1Aarhus, DenmarkCatalogue coming · 8 stores
- 05Blake KuwaharaAn optometrist-designer's frames within frames, laminated by hand in JapanLos Angeles, USACatalogue coming · 10 stores
- 06Bruno ChaussignandA working optician's boldly carved acetate and refined metal framesMontpellier, FranceCatalogue coming · 8 stores
- 07CABRIOBieke Hoet's sporty, colourful frames built from unexpected materialsBruges, BelgiumCatalogue coming · 9 stores
- 08eyewitness by theotheo's metal line: deliberately off-kilter titanium and steel framesAntwerp, BelgiumCatalogue coming · 3 stores
- 09FACTORY900Sculptural sheet-acetate frames from a century-old Fukui eyewear familyFukui, JapanCatalogue coming · 9 stores
- 10FalvinDanish, jewellery-minded titanium frames, handmade in Japan with precious accentsHillerød, DenmarkCatalogue coming · 6 stores
- 11Gold & WoodRare wood veneers, horn and gold, crafted as Luxembourg luxury eyewearLuxembourg, LuxembourgCatalogue coming · 13 stores
- 12HoetBruges optician family's 3D-printed titanium frames, made to orderBruges, BelgiumCatalogue coming · 10 stores
- 13ic! berlinBerlin-made sheet-steel frames built around a famous screwless hingeBerlin, GermanyCatalogue coming · 8 stores
- 14Jacques Marie MageStoried limited-edition frames from Los Angeles, handmade in JapanLos Angeles, USACatalogue coming · 7 stores
- 15LINDBERGDanish screwless titanium frames, feather-light and built to orderAarhus, Denmark129 frames · 27 stores
- 16Lucas de StaëlParis workshop frames dressed in leather, stone and woodParis, FranceCatalogue coming · 4 stores
- 17LunorGerman slow eyewear rooted in antique spectacle craftBad Liebenzell, GermanyCatalogue coming · 7 stores
- 18MASAHIROMARUYAMATokyo designer's asymmetric 'unfinished art' frames, handmade in SabaeTokyo, JapanCatalogue coming · 8 stores
- 19MatsudaGothic-meets-Art-Deco metalwork, hand-engraved and handmade in SabaeTokyo, JapanCatalogue coming · 10 stores
- 20Morà BusoliItalian marble frames on carbon fibre, carved one pair at a timeMirandola, ItalyCatalogue coming · 7 stores
- 21Nina MûrMadrid microfactory pressing Finnish birch plywood into feather-light, colourful framesMadrid, SpainCatalogue coming · 7 stores
- 22Oliver PeoplesLogo-free Los Angeles classics reworked from a cache of vintage American framesLos Angeles, USA313 frames · 30 stores
- 23RAPPToronto family workshop making limited, logo-free frames start to finishToronto, CanadaCatalogue coming · 4 stores
- 24RES/REISculpted, colour-layered Italian acetate from a product designer near TrevisoTreviso, ItalyCatalogue coming · 10 stores
- 25RigardsHong Kong atelier hand-carving horn, wood and metals into offbeat framesHong Kong, ChinaCatalogue coming · 9 stores
- 26TAVATFamily-run Italian label building technical frames with watch-crown hardwareAsolo (Treviso), Italy179 frames · 25 stores
- 27theoAntwerp's playful rule-breakers of colour, asymmetry and optical witAntwerp, BelgiumCatalogue coming · 7 stores
- 28Thierry LasryParis-born designer stacking bold acetates into sharp, logo-free sculptural framesParis, FranceCatalogue coming · 8 stores
- 29Thom BrowneNew York tailor's mid-century frames, made in Japan, tipped in tricolourNew York, USACatalogue coming · 13 stores
- 30Tim Van Steenbergen for theoAntwerp couturier's art-, film- and nature-themed sunglasses, made by theoAntwerp, BelgiumCatalogue coming · 4 stores
- 31Yuichi ToyamaTokyo designer turning Sabae craft into two-line, neutral titanium framesTokyo, JapanCatalogue coming · 8 stores