Eyewear Stores
A list of the coolest eyewear shops around.
Bond 07 by Selima
NoHo - New York, NY United StatesThe clothes are the accessories at Bond 07 by Selima. An extension of the Selima Optique mini-empire of eyewear shops, Bond 07 starts with a selection of Selima's downtown-cool frames and finds clothes and other accessories to match. Look...
Contacts and Specs
Lakeview - Chicago, IL United StatesReader Suggested: In business sings 1982, we take the eyewear shopping experience to a different level. We offer hand picked eyewear collections in our beautifully designed store in the heart of the Chicago Lakeview area. And all of are product available online store.
Disrespectacles
Central Platte Valley - Denver, CO United StatesIn you're looking for simple, basic (read: boring, ugly) wire frame glasses, the type you'll find in scores at any average optometry store, then you probably want to avoid Disrespectacles. Glasses at this Manhattan outpost come in two varieties: hip and hipper. Sleek titanium frames...
Disrespectacles
West Village - New York, NY United StatesIn you're looking for simple, basic (read: boring, ugly) wire frame glasses, the type you'll find in scores at any average optometry store, then you probably want to avoid Disrespectacles. Glasses at this Manhattan outpost come in two...
Disrespectacles
TriBeCa - New York, NY United StatesIn you're looking for simple, basic (read: boring, ugly) wire frame glasses, the type you'll find in scores at any average optometry store, then you probably want to avoid Disrespectacles. Glasses at this Manhattan outpost come in two...
Eye Q Optical
Jamaica Plain - Jamaica Plain, MA United StatesOne million architects can't be wrong: fashionable glasses are the most important accessory you can own. Eye Q has nothing but fashionable frames along with the staff to help you find that perfect pair. Shopping at the store is a whirlwind experience: bet on having the first frame thrust...
Eye Q Optical
South End - Boston, MA United StatesOne million architects can't be wrong: fashionable glasses are the most important accessory you can own. Eye Q has nothing but fashionable frames along with the staff to help you find that perfect pair. Shopping at the store is a whirlwind...
Eye Q Optical
Harvard Square - Cambridge, MA United StatesOne million architects can't be wrong: fashionable glasses are the most important accessory you can own. Eye Q has nothing but fashionable frames along with the staff to help you find that perfect pair. Shopping at the store is a whirlwind...
Eye Spy Optical
Lakeview/Wrigleyville - Chicago, IL United StatesHuge luxury labels treat their eyeglass business as an easy way to pad their profit margin based on their "brand identity". There are no such brands at Eye Spy. Instead they carry handmade glasses from a bevy of small eyewear designers whose whole business depends on the look and...
Fabulous Fanny's
East Village - New York, NY United StatesWith sunglass and eyeglass frame prices reaching new heights every year, Fabulous Fanny's is an invaluable resource of unique, hip glasses at reasonable prices. Packed in endless drawers, cases and displays are thousands upon thousands of...
Gogosha Optique
Silverlake - Los Angeles, CA United StatesReader Suggested: The bright, modern, new eyewear boutique on the east side features high-end international designers like Theo, Orgreen, and Anne et Valentin. Visionary Julia Gogosha Clark fits your frames based on your physical characteristics, lifestyle, and personality. She’ll offer up several pairs with...
I.D.
Lakeview/Wrigleyville - Chicago, IL United StatesIn a intriguing symbiotic retail relationship, ID carries beautiful, artful home accessories and one side of the store and a wall of eyeglasses to help, we suppose, see the objects clearly. Look for everything from sleek cufflinks to spare,...
Kirk Originals
Covent Garden - London, United KingdomReader Suggested: Kirk Originals' Covent Garden store is mostly a showroom for their own brand of eyewear which is limited edition and handmade in France. I have three pairs now but there are so many colour variations I could have that I doubt I will stop at three! They also stock some very cool ranges from...
L.A. Eyeworks
Mid City/Beverly - Los Angeles, CA United StatesIn a city obsessed with fixing The Good Lord's little defects, it's refreshing to see at least one storefront encouraging people to yelp "I'm half blind, and damn proud of it". LA Eyeworks does this by turning a sight...
L.A. Eyeworks
Melrose - Los Angeles, CA United StatesIn a city obsessed with fixing The Good Lord's little defects, it's refreshing to see at least one storefront encouraging people to yelp "I'm half blind, and damn proud of it". LA Eyeworks does this by turning a sight...
L.A. Eyeworks
South Coast Plaza - Costa Mesa, CA United StatesIn a city obsessed with fixing The Good Lord's little defects, it's refreshing to see at least one storefront encouraging people to yelp "I'm half blind, and damn proud of it". LA Eyeworks does this by turning a sight defect into a fashion opportunity. The store designs...
Lunettes du Monde
Fourth Street - Berkeley, CA United StatesYou will pay dearly but gladly for glasses from Lunettes du Monde. Then you will put on your glasses, find yourself staring at any shiny surface and smile. The store understands that glasses are a fashion item as much as a medical necessity. It...
Lunettes et Chocolat
Nolita - New York, NY United StatesLunettes et Chocolat is the kind of store that results when you throw retailing rules out the door and go with your gut. The store combines the chic, glamorous sunglasses and frames by Selima Optique with decadent hot chocolate, truffles and...
MyOptics
TriBeCa - New York, NY United StatesThe selection at eyewear at Myoptics is not the most cutting-edge we've seen, but the quality of the overall experience is second to none. The staff is friendly and helpful. The frames are plentiful and focus on sharp, minimal frames rather than odd shapes or crazy colors. And the space (we...
MyOptics
Hoboken - Hoboken, NJ United StatesThe selection at eyewear at Myoptics is not the most cutting-edge we've seen, but the quality of the overall experience is second to none. The staff is friendly and helpful. The frames are plentiful and focus on sharp, minimal frames rather than odd shapes or crazy colors. And the space (we...
Elsewhere
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- Hint Mag
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- JC Report
- LA.com Shopping
- Men.Style.com
- NY Mag Fashion
- NY Times Fashion & Style
- Refinery 29
- Style.com
- Superfuture