Sunglasses are one of those things that are nearly impossible to find without a 2000% markup. I'm too lazy to do the research. Tell me your nerd secrets.

squidward-chill

  • LalSalaamComrade@lemmy.ml
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    23 days ago

    You should look into independent glass makers. Stop giving money to the Essilor-Luxottica and Safilo duopoly. And please, be it from Aliexpress or a luxury French brand, please check if they're polarized, or else you're better off throwing them in the dustbin.

    • 12022081631 [he/him]
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      23 days ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Eyewear_retailers

      When Wikipedia footer templates are structured around monopoly relationships you know its bad

      • LalSalaamComrade@lemmy.ml
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        23 days ago

        That list is good enough but misleading in the sense that there's a whole bunch of EssilorLuxottica like brands, like Safilo, Ermenegildo Zegna and Marchon.

        Slightly better brands include (this is not a comprehensive list, sadly):

        • Etnia Barcelona (Italian)
        • Salvatore Ferragamo (Italian)
        • Rodenstock (British VC owned, German brand)
        • Redele (Italian)
        • Rag-bone (USian)
        • Prodesign (Finnish)
        • Sunday Somewhere (Australian)
        • Yohji Yamamoto (Japanese)
        • Jhane Barnes
        • Kaleos
        • Kate Spade
        • Matsuda (Japanese)
        • Jins (Japanese)
        • 999.9 (Japanese)
        • Dita (Japanese)
        • Kaneko (Japanese)
        • Masunaga (Japanese)
        • Miyama (Japanese)
        • Gotti (Swiss)