Three moods.
One archive.
Not categories. Atmospheres. Each collection is a feeling worn on the face.
The Lecturer
Browlines that held court in lecture halls and editorial meetings. Authority, quietly worn.
The Getaway
Oversized aviators. The kind packed in a weekend bag and never unpacked.
The Late Shift
Cat-eyes that stayed on after midnight. Still sharp. Still knowing.
Find Your Era
Two questions. The right frames waiting on the other side.
Which decade calls to you?
Every frame assembled by hand in a single Venetian workshop.
The object
demands attention.
We source silhouettes from mid-century opticians' pattern books. Then rebuild them with materials their makers couldn't have dreamed of. The result wears like an heirloom and performs like new glass.
Cut from Italian-milled sheets. Each pair carries its own grain pattern — no two identical.
Temple arms machined to 0.1mm tolerance. Flex-hinged, featherweight, built to outlast the decade.
Optical-grade monomer lenses. Ground by hand, not machine. Clarity without the weight.
Seven-barrel hinges on every frame. The click when they close is part of the experience.
Every frame.
8 objects
The Harwick
$385Black Acetate / Gold Titanium
The Aldgate
$420Tortoiseshell Acetate
The Meridian
$465Gold Titanium / CR-39
The Pellham
$350Amber Acetate / Titanium
The Vesper
$395Smoke Acetate
The Caravan
$490Gunmetal Titanium / Gradient CR-39
The Seville
$340Cognac Acetate
The Nocturne
$445Jet Black Acetate / Matte Titanium
Some frames
were made to be found.
Eighty-three frames. Each one a recovered silhouette. The archive replenishes slowly — pieces sell and aren't remade.