Germany, well-known for its beer and bratwurst but maybe even more notable, for its preciseness and a keen eye on design. For years and years, some of the finest eyewear in the world has been manufactured and designed in Germany and some of the most iconic brands as Metzler and Mykita have their roots there.
There is a ton of creativity to be found in major cities as Berlin, where hip designers create trend-breaking styles, as well as the rural countryside, where craftsmen use proven techniques of the past to create eyewear of the future. Here are a few amazing brands that make even more amazing frames!
Düsseldorf Eyewear
The Eyecatcher among the newcomers
The trend label from Düsseldorf, founded in 2016, has developed into one of the hottest start-ups in the eyewear scene. Düsseldorf stands for a young and modern city and is full of happiness and style. Exactly these attributes are reflected playful in the frames of the trendy label DÜSSELDORF EYEWEAR.
The life in Düsseldorf is full of diversity. Inspired by the daily life, by the people here and the state capital itself, these values are processed in the glasses of the trend label and make them not only an accessory. More than that, glasses are a way of life and an expression of the character.
According to the trend, the focus of the label lies on high-quality materials such as titanium or stainless steel.
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Whether in the trendy oversize retro look or rather simple and elegant. The label combines frames with retro flair together with a modern industrial look and creates a unique style with recognition factor.
With different shapes from round to octagonal, with numerous colour and size variations, DÜSSELDORF EYEWEAR offers a wide selection of models with a strong character. So everyone will find their perfect glasses and every wearer will be given another individual touch.
Flair
The lightness – Made in Germany – Since 1946.
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Knowing that simplicity is the highest form of sophistication, it is not surprising that every FLAIR passes several hundreds of well-matched work steps (sometimes even up to 700) to become a real FLAIR that meets the requirements of ultimate lightness and quality according to sharp German values and standards.
FLAIR is the symbol of lightness, timeless beauty and quality. Minimalistic sophistication in perfection. Since 1946 FLAIR has been pioneering in creating premium design eyewear for people who look for that certain something and value aesthetic harmony and highest function and quality.
The goal is simple: Creating unique contemporary masterpieces with timeless beauty. And the maximum lightness and wearing comfort.
Key to achieving this is combining the huge experience in design and production, modern high-tech processes and traditional craftsmanship.
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Frost
Proportion meets Emotion
Frost Eyewear features distinctive eyewear full of facets and nuances in a variety of unique designs to accentuate one’s individual personality. Sophisticated and individual handcrafted with love, passion and pleasure at Germany’s famous Black Forest.
Identity and authenticity is their design approach. Their frames are telling stories and creating uniquely emotional artworks for the individual faces of today and tomorrow.
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Their handmade eyewear creations showing the range between extraordinary shapes and artfully constructions up to innovations with sophisticated patent pending technologies. That is the modern sensuality from the Black Forest – made by „frost“.
The four distinctive design lines of „frost eyewear“ brand are characterized by a wide range of very different models in extraordinary colors, for delicate individual wearers, far away from the classical eyewear mainstream.
Funk
One frame-making workshop. Two designers.
Three brands. Four optical stores.
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At FUNKeyewear the entire crew is very proud of what they are creating – and they also want to raise the opticians’ and end customers’ awareness of who actually made their glasses. Therefore, it is not a surprise, that the FUNKmanufactory workshop is open for visitors who will then discover, how many steps are actually necessary to make just one pair of specs. And of course, how passionate the frame-makers around Dieter Funk and Sashee Schuster are about their work.
It all began almost 30 years ago. Colourful glasses and wicked frames formed the founding stone of FUNKsunglasses in 1992. With their specs, Sashee Schuster and Dieter Funk hit smack dab in the heart of the zeitgeist and of the Techno scene in early 90s Berlin. Today, FUNK is one of the last real spectacle-frame-making manufactories in Germany. There, spectacles are made according to traditional craftsmanship as well as with highest quality standards and sustainable conditions. Dieter Funk and his wife Sashee Schuster use e.g. recycled acetate or vintage acetate and even natural materials for their collections.
Specs by DIETER FUNK are a clear statement due to their bold shapes. They are individual objects of style, designed and hand-made in Kinsau, Germany. Designer SASHEE SCHUSTER uses real natural material in her feminine and playful models. She creates truly unique specs, designed and hand-made in Kinsau, Germany.
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Hoffmann Natural Eyewear
Enjoy a little luxury every day!
In the atelier of Hoffmann Natural Eyewear uniquely bridges the past and the present, combining traditional handcrafting techniques with modern know-how in a complex process.
280 different steps are needed to create a pair of Hoffmann glasses from the horn of the water buffalo. More than 500 stunning colour options are available, both classic and contemporary.
Individuality has become a rare luxury in the industrialized world of the 21st century. At Hoffmann, however, every handmade frame is a “one-off“ piece. Every horn plate is different, and each pair of glasses develops its own character.
They create custom-made, perfectly fitting eyewear, made to your personal specifications.
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Hoffmann have been creating spectacles from natural materials in the Volcanic Eifel area of western Germany since 1978. Their focus lies on genuine horn eyewear. A wealth of experience, gained over forty years, as well as skilled hands and a passion for perfection, helps to create exclusive eyeglasses which are painstakingly crafted by hand. Each frame is a unique masterpiece of unrivaled quality.
Kerl – High end carbon frames for Men
Kerl Eyewear develops, designs and produces high-end premium carbon eyewear. Founded in 2015, Kerl pursues the vision of developing eyewear that impresses with unprecedented wearing comfort. Despite their striking design, Kerl’s carbon frames are one of the lightest frames in the world, weighing less than 4.5 grams. They have achieved this by developing their own carbon composite material called Flexarbon, which distinguishes itself through extraordinary and unique physical material properties that are specifically optimized for application in and design of premium eyewear.
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As a result of the handcrafted Flexarbon material manufacturing process, the visual structure has an individual touch, providing a unique surface in every frame. The distinctive colors and structures Raw-Night, Raw-Coffee, Raw-Star, Raw-Gold and Median-Night are achieved by means of a specially developed coloring process.
Kerl eyewear is worn by men who demand the highest standards of design and material, such as the Aston Martin Team R-Motorsport or Australian Red Bull Air Race World Champion Matt Hall.
Kreuzberg Kinder – Different by definition
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KREUZBERGKINDER Is the only destination for the society of now, the “ME” cutlure, and the generation of the “SELFIE” to find hip, indie-style, distinctive eyewear that eflects their quirky life-style and edgy fashion.
Kreuzbergkinder is not just eyewear,
it’s a statement.
KREUZBERGKINDER Was founded out of the need of founders Ioana & Gili, for eyewear that could reflect her own personality and style, which most people may consider as unique, yet with a price tag people can afford. The brand is named after the neighberhood of Kreuzberg, Berlin, which has an ebullient arts scene. That scene and the receptivity of the other is her main source of inspiration.
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Leinz Eyewear – Be Yourself, no other Hero
Leinz eyewear is an independent eyewear brand created by the infamous eyewear designer Beate Leinz from Berlin with fashionable style and personal touch. After designing for various eyewear brands in the past, she was keen to create a completely new aesthetic and produce her own distinctive style under an independent label.
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When she came across the subject of “contrasts and hybrids”, which combines the old with the new, she applied this concept across all aspects of material, form, and manufacturing. After two years working on the collection’s concept and various technical hurdles and modifications, Beate is extremely thrilled to present the results.
Lunor – Trends Come and Go, Quality Lasts
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Straightforward, sophisticated, stylish. These are the attributes of Lunor collection wearers. The brand admires their keen eye and appreciation for exclusive classic designs, which we interpret in modern styles. Their signature is pure style, with a light touch, that fascinates enthusiasts.
Inspired by one of the largest antique spectacle collections in the world, with pieces dating from 1650 to 1950, their design team, led by Michael Fux, focuses on subdued, consistent forms, combined with modern materials and perfected technology, in the manufacture and crafting of their models.
Deliberately producing small quantities, working with exclusive materials, and thinking outside the box to master technical intricacies.
As a manufacturer of glasses, the vision of Lunor is to make an uncompromising impact with quality, masterful craftsmanship, and consistent workmanship. Lunette d‘Or was where it all started, and where we got our name: Lunor. And hand-crafted gold will remain part of all our pieces in future too.
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Markus T – Special in Every Detail
The very first rimless eyewear collection by MARKUS T combines zeitgeist and lifestyle. Here, less is more. A specific glazing technology was developed in order to connect the slender temples, using the same screwless technology as used for the DOT MONO, which sets standards with its minimalistic feasibility. Titanium add-ons which are placed right in front
of the lens are equally unique. The colourful TMi-flex contours which are applied around the
lens and give the rimless frame a subtle colour frame are another exceptional design option.
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MARKUS T represents ease, authenticity and perfection.
As a medium-sized company and international label, MARKUS T stands for high quality, design oriented spectacle frames. 100 % handmade in Germany, in Gütersloh-Isselhorst, to be precise. They love their lifestyle and love what they do. They unite puristic beauty, technical innovation beyond known standards with a whole lot of passion.
Milo & Me
For the dreamers, the explorers and the rebels
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Kids must also be protected against sun beams, as their eyes are clearer, more transparent and do not yet have sufficient UV protection themselves.
The new Milo & Me sun collection consists of three very robust models in three colors. Wide frame forms and broad temples optimally cover the kids‘ sensitive eyes with a UV-400 lens filter. All sun glasses are made of robust and flexible thermoplastic Elastomer.
Milo & Me, the colorful and comfortable polycarbonate frames for kids between 6 and 12 years, rapidly gained momentum. Kids love the lightweight and robust glasses because they perfectly adapt to all their daily activities without worries. Whether running, jumping or cycling, nothing can harm the unbreakable lenses and bendable frames made of flexible material nor the individually adjustable temple ends based on a special manufacturing technique.
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Neostyle – Personality Eyewear
For the past 60 years NEOSTYLE Eyewear has been associated with creative design delivered by world class craftsman using the finest quality material. The result is outstanding design and comfort.
NEOSTYLE has long been associated with innovation, a logical culture for a company based in the Baden Wurttenburg (Germany) region. Supporting this mission is NEOSTYLE’s 3D printing technology giving customers a multitude of design options using sustainably manufactured high-quality polyamide. The result is light, high quality frames emphasizing the wearers personality.
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Exceptionally light frames – only 9g – made from a robust material clearly define the PE-Collection from Neostyle.
This fashionable and lightweight collection produced in the NEOSTYLE factory is offered in a variety of color combinations and delivers innovation manufacturing with precise craftsmanship. Frames like no other!
Ulli Mahler
Design combined with High Quality for Individualists
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ULLI MAHLER is as well a sunglass brand that allows individualists and esthetes to wear designer sunglasses far beyond mainstream. Extremely light materials as well as acetates of highest quality make the difference here. The owner of an ULLI MAHLER sunglass will wear it with enthusiasm every single day. Not to be mainstrean, but to be individual and still suitable for daily use.
ULLI MAHLER creates glasses which are fun to look at as well as to look through. Spectacular and bright colors that don’t dominate the face, the love for different materials and high demands to quality make the difference the customer will appreciate.
Design, materials of high quality, fit and wearing comfort have been given top priority in the Ulli Mahler Eyewear Collection.
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I hope you have enjoyed reading this report and maybe even found something unique for your store. While not being able to visit shows this season, we felt this was a useful tool to promote and support these amazing independent brands. I hope you love them as much as we do and remember, TEF loves you too!
