What materials do you use?Updated a year ago

Acetate 

Lightweight, hypoallergenic, exceptionally strong, semi-synthetic material of wood pulp and cotton. It's coloured by hand, meaning no two frames are completely alike. Infinitely adjustable with traditional pinned hinges, for durable and repairable spectacles that last a lifetime.

Our core collection is made from premium Mazzuchelli acetate, world leaders in spectacle materials since 1849. For more information please visit the Mazzucchelli site here.

Titanium 

Impossibly strong. Incredibly light. Hypoallergenic. And, we contend, rather beautiful. The four spectacles in our Titanium collection are a wedding of form and function - each component individually designed and weighing a total (excluding lenses) of 5g - ten times lighter than acetate. Corrosion resistant and exceedingly strong, these frames are made to last.

99.7% pure titanium front and Ion plated to over 0.3µ

Stainless Steel

Frames constructed with industrial strength stainless steel. A modern reinterpretation of 1930s spectacle construction. 

This is a strong material which means it can be very thin. Steel itself is not hypoallergenic, so we typically add acetate sleeves around the ears, and titanium nose pads. One benefit of steel frames is that the nose pads can be easily adjusted.

Our steel frames contain a very small amount of nickel but 316L so are not suitable for anyone with severe nickel allergy.

Components

Our hinges and pins are a steel alloy that is strong enough to withstand most daily activities of the everyday spectacle wearer. Our supplier is OBE, a German based company renowned for precision engineering.