How we make our glasses
Every pair of glasses starts with a concept in our headquarters in Rome and then goes through several steps from sourcing the materials, to production, to lens fitting and quality control until they land in your hands.
Starting with the DESIGN in Rome...
From one of the leading fashion capitals of the world is where it all starts.
Our team puts together mood boards for inspiration, sketches initial designs, and maps out product details for prototyping.
From Rome, one of the leading fashion capitals of the world, our team puts together mood boards for inspiration, sketches initial designs, and maps out product details for prototyping.
How MATERIALS are made...
Colored pigments are mixed with acetone.
Colors are added to the neutral acetate compound.
Colored pigments are mixed with acetone and applied to the color neutral acetate compound.
The acetate is cut into chips and mixed together.
It is placed in a mold and pressed together into one block.
The acetate is then cut into chips and mixed together. Then it is placed in a mold and pressed together into one block
Once fully cured, the acetate blocks are sliced. The sheets are malleable and bendy.
The sheets are then hung for heat stabilisation.
Once fully cured, the acetate blocks are sliced. The sheets are still malleable and bendy. The sheets are then hung for heat stabilisation.
Image credit: Mazzucchelli 1849 Spa. | Incorporating the dyes.
How GLASSES are made...
The sheets are cut.
They go through several steps of CNC machining.
Acetate sheets are then cut and go through several steps of CNC machining
The fronts are polished in wooden-chips filled tumbling barrels.
Multiple times of hand-buffing on a polishing wheel give the glasses an extra-glossy finish
The fronts are polished in wooden chips filled tumbling barrels followed by multiple times of hand-buffing on a polishing wheel for an extra-glossy finish
Lenses & Quality Control...
Your custom lenses are checked for quality.
They are edged on a CNC machine according to your frame shape.
The lenses are drilled using a CNC machine.
Your prescription lenses are checked for any quality issues, before going through several steps of CNC milling and drilling.
The prescription is checked one last time after which the frame is bench aligned.
Your lenses are mounted and go through a last step of quality inspection.