SESTINI

As a boy, Carlo Sestini bought vintage glasses in Florence and took them apart: the temples of one on the front of another. In 2020, back in Tuscany from London, he stopped reassembling other people's frames. Sestini is handmade in Italy, in small workshops, with more than two hundred steps per frame; each model is a numbered edition and the name appears nowhere, except for an S engraved inside the hinge.

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About SESTINI

Numbers instead of names

Quattro and Sei e Mezzo for optical; Quindici, rectangular as in the 1960s; Undici and Sedici, the aviator; Ventitré, as sunglasses and optical. Then the editions: Carlo II in Shiny Black and Havana, and Carlo III, 150 pieces — ours is number 9. Sunglasses · Optical.

Sestini: frequently asked questions

Where are Sestini glasses made?

In Italy, by hand, in small workshops.

Why do the models have a number?

Carlo Sestini chose to use no names or logos: only the model number and an S in the hinge.

Where can I try Sestini in Italy?

At OCCHIO!, in Crema: 40 minutes from Milan and Bergamo. OCCHIO! is listed in the official Sestini stockist directory.

Can prescription lenses be fitted?

Yes, single vision and progressive, in our in-house lab. Progressive lenses require measurements taken in person.

Numbers instead of names

Quattro and Sei e Mezzo for optical; Quindici, rectangular as in the 1960s; Undici and Sedici, the aviator; Ventitré, as sunglasses and optical. Then the editions: Carlo II in Shiny Black and Havana, and Carlo III, 150 pieces — ours is number 9. Sunglasses · Optical.

SESTINI in Crema, Italy

A SESTINI makes sense on the face.

OCCHIO! is in Crema, forty minutes from Milan and Bergamo. If you are travelling, write first: the frame will be waiting.

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Numbers instead of names

Quattro and Sei e Mezzo for optical; Quindici, rectangular as in the 1960s; Undici and Sedici, the aviator; Ventitré, as sunglasses and optical. Then the editions: Carlo II in Shiny Black and Havana, and Carlo III, 150 pieces — ours is number 9. Sunglasses · Optical.

Sestini: frequently asked questions

Where are Sestini glasses made?

In Italy, by hand, in small workshops.

Why do the models have a number?

Carlo Sestini chose to use no names or logos: only the model number and an S in the hinge.

Where can I try Sestini in Italy?

At OCCHIO!, in Crema: 40 minutes from Milan and Bergamo. OCCHIO! is listed in the official Sestini stockist directory.

Can prescription lenses be fitted?

Yes, single vision and progressive, in our in-house lab. Progressive lenses require measurements taken in person.