The designers we select, seen up close: where they come from, how they work, the pieces that define them.
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Twenty-three independent sunglasses and eyeglasses brands, from Sabae to Paris, Berlin to Stockholm: founders, workshops and materials, and where to start. Shipped worldwide from Italy.
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Tuatara, Pantera, Diablo: T HENRI turns the world’s most coveted cars into eyewear handmade in Sabae, in runs of 199 pieces or fewer per colour. The story, the construction and the models...
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The faces and stories of Sabae’s master craftspeople. Inside the TVR workshop and the special editions Series 2 Vintage 1993, 505 Woody Carved and 504X, as selected by OCCHIO!
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Sulcova on the face, gold on titanium, the details of Aubrey and Avalon II. Find your Leisure Society online or try the selection at OCCHIO in Crema, Italy.
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Thirty hours of work, and natural markings that change with every frame. Crafted Cosmo is the AKONI to choose when the material matters as much as the shape.
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The outline catches your eye from a distance. Up close, you discover two interlocking rims, contrasting finishes and watchmaking precision. Find your AHLEM Paris.
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A Parisian in Los Angeles, artisans in France and three frames to picture yourself wearing: Alexandre III, Harpe and Prairie. Step into AHLEM.
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A meeting in Berlin, five first frames and an idea: wearing a Mask. From K5 to Ocean Cage, we enter Kuboraum through its eyewear.
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Picasso inspires the angles; Joël Lesca brings them to acetate. Pica’s story starts with a French shape and ends at your mirror.
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Six hand-enamelled Masks, art and sound: discover Ocean Cage, the ASIANDOPEBOYS × Kuboraum capsule, and explore the frames at OCCHIO.
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Design
An AHLEM gold rim, Kuboraum Rainforest, the red of VAVA × Ciani. Three encounters to help you find glasses you will want to wear again tomorrow.
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Collaborations
From the Buchla’s coloured cables to red glasses you can wear every day. Inside VAVA × Suzanne Ciani, where electronic music meets your choice of colour.
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From the King’s Cross rivet to Panton on the face. The story of Cubitts, the care behind its frames and the choice of shape, colour and size.
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From Double Black to pistachio green and the numbered Crystal Secrets editions: eight Paloceras frames, with OCCHIO’s advice on choosing yours.
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A black lattice, a blue wave, orange lenses. Emmanuel Andrivet brings thirty years of 3D experience to four frames that could change your next outfit.
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