EYES on the EYES on St Albans Collection

Jez is a man of many talents.

Not only does he have the ability to pick out the perfect pair of frames for pretty much every customer who comes into the shop and own the most spectacle related shirts available, he also designs and oversees the production of our own EYES on St Albans collection of frames.

Originally launched as the Cathedral Collection, the EYES collection has evolved and grown considerable over the last 5 years.  Jez works with a small Italian family business that only make small batch, bespoke frames for independent eyewear retailers.

From the basis of a standard spectacle shape (2 lenses, 2 arms, nose piece) Jez is able to make the shape adjustments that he wants, choose the colours the EYES collection will come in and then add his own style of detailing so that what we stock in the shop is only available here.  No where else in the world.

Reducing landfill waste

All of the EYES collection are made from a special lightweight acetate that is created from the waste produced by the production of other glasses frames.  Instead of going to landfill (or being burnt), the acetate is ground down into a fine powder, some optical alchemy performed, and new frames created.

This means that for the tortoiseshell frames and others with slight colour variations within them, every pair is unique. 

What’s on trend?

Whilst much of what we talk about in the shop is finding the frames that suit you and make you smile every time you put them on, we do follow the fashion trends as well.

This season it’s very much about thick and chunky frames that really make an impression – in all sorts of colours.  Our lightest, almost white frames are some of our favourites and suit so many people (including those of you that think you’d never wear a pair that colour!)

We’ve just had a delivery of more autumnal colours including different shaped frames in some lovely (if we say so ourselves) caramels, tortoiseshells and blues along with more stock of our black frames. 

Jez has designed them all to look good with any of the lenses that are available at the shop in them – the larger ones making excellent sunglasses (and also look amazing with the Varilux tints) and all of them being suitable for varifocal lenses if those are what you need.

Fitted to you

As with all our frames, we’ll adjust them to fit you exactly when you’ve decided which ones you like.  Because Jez considers the fit and feel of them within the design process, he’s able to suggest which ones will fit your face/head shape best and then perform those final tweaks that mean they sit perfectly, every time you wear them.

Pop in and have a browse – we’d love to show you what’s available.