The first is to help our patients see as well as they possibly can by using the latest techniques and equipment available, combined with “old school” hand fitting techniques.
The second is to provide the Charleston area with access to the finest workshop-made craft eyewear from around the world, at prices the same or less than the “corporate” mass-produced eyewear found virtually everywhere else.
We take great pleasure in providing a vision experience to our patient-customer that sends them through our door seeing better AND looking better than they ever have. We regularly hear “I didn’t know this existed” when working to find just the perfect frame.
Not only do we have amazing eyewear, we have quite a bit of it. Each of our eyewear brands stands alone, providing a unique look, feel and fit. Every one does something unique, whether through the sophistication of the materials, the design strategy of the brand’s designer or the precision of craftsmanship of the maker. Every piece we carry has both a story of its own, and we strive to find you the perfect piece that tells a story about you.
Understanding craft eyewear requires a bit of back story about the optical industry. If you have visited a few optometrists and maybe a couple big-box or mall optical stores, you may have noticed that the eyewear you’ve encountered all looks about the same and most has the same “designer” names affixed to it. This is because the industry is dominated by a couple of large, multi-national corporations. They manufacture tens of millions of frames in third-world factories and put the names of brands you might be familiar with on them under licensing agreements. These companies own the frame manufacturers, lens manufacturers, the two big optical insurance companies and most of the stores you’ve seen these glasses in. We avoid this type of product. We discovered we could find small companies making great products that aren’t burdened with having to send large royalty checks to celebrities for the use of their names. CRAFT EYEWEAR is made by small companies who do their own design work and manufacture their own products. Often times this process is accomplished by master craftsmen sitting at workbenches, using hand tools to craft these products in the same manner as the eyewear made by their fathers and grandfathers. In places like the Dolomite Mountains of Italy, Oyonnax France, Sabae Japan and even Brooklyn New York, these small companies work tirelessly to create an amazing product. Yet, the ultimate satisfaction occurs when the wearer finds just that perfect piece- that frame that fits like it was made for them. That thing that an hour before they didn’t even know existed. An item that they never realized could and would make them feel differently about themselves. Something made with skill and passion by someone that cares. That’s Craft Eyewear.
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