Journal

Notes for eyewear brands

Practical guides on materials, budgets and developing a collection, from the people who make the frames.

• Choosing acetate for your first collection

  Sheet quality, colour, laminations and what each choice does to price and lead time.

• Planning the budget for a first eyewear collection

  Development, samples, minimums and packaging: where the money goes, model by model.

• From sketch to sample: what to send a frame designer

  The references, measurements and constraints that make the first proposals right.