A rough frame on the workbench, next to a file and small acetate rings

Bespoke eyewear

Optician in Bari. Built on your face, in four weeks.

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From the acetate sheet to the face Watch the film

Six shapes to start from

A shape is a starting point. Your face decides the measurements.

PantoLens width from 44 to 50 Round on top, narrower below. It softens a square face.
SquareLens width from 48 to 54 Straight lines and full corners. It gives structure to a round face.
RoundLens width from 42 to 48 Small and light. It suits strong features.
Cat eyeLens width from 49 to 55 It rises towards the temples and opens up the eyes.
AviatorLens width from 52 to 58 A wide teardrop lens. Born for the sun, fine for prescription too.
OversizeLens width from 53 to 59 Thick acetate and a large lens. The bridge has to be right to the millimetre.

The photographs illustrate the shapes. They are not frames made by the studio.

A pair of black sunglasses with a gold hinge, floating against a sand backdrop

The film

How a frame is made

Six steps and four weeks.

01 The result

We start from the end

Before anything is cut we agree how it should sit on your face. The rest is worked out backwards.

The finished black sunglasses, three quarter view on a sand background

02 The measure

Three numbers taken from your face

Lens width, bridge and temple are measured in the studio, to the millimetre. A stock frame has already chosen them for you.

The outline of a frame drawn in chalk on a dark sheet, next to a brass caliper

03 The cut

One single sheet

The front comes out of one sheet of Italian acetate. No joins, no weak points.

The freshly milled front on the sheet, still covered in acetate dust

04 The finish

Polishing is done by hand

Three passes of compound and a felt wheel. This is where acetate gets its depth of colour.

The polished black frame, lifted above the sheet it was cut from

05 The lenses

Lenses centred on your pupils

We fit them after measuring pupil distance and height. Half a millimetre off axis is what you feel by evening.

The assembled frame with dark lenses and gold hinges, seen from the front

06 The handover

The last adjustment is on your face

Temples and pads are set while you wear them. Come back whenever you like: adjustments are included.

A woman's face wearing the black sunglasses, on a sand background

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A pair of metal glasses on a wooden workbench, among shavings, a mallet and hand tools

Every frame carries three measurements. Here they are yours.

A stock frame fits everyone, which means no one

Made on you

In the studio we measure your face, choose shape and acetate together, and build the frame around those numbers.

Two hands tighten a temple screw with an optician's screwdriver over a stone bench

A brown leather case with a pair of glasses tucked in, on a wooden table

A bespoke frame does not slide down your nose or pinch behind your ears. The lenses work where they should, and by evening you forget you are wearing it.

A man with a white beard adjusts his glasses with both hands against a dark background

Measured to the millimetre
Lens width, bridge, temple, pupil distance and height. Taken in the studio with your face in front of us, not from a photo.
Italian acetate
Sheets of seasoned cellulose acetate in more than forty colours. It polishes, it can be repaired and it lasts for years.
Adjustments included
A loose screw or a temple that needs setting is fixed at the bench, in ten minutes, with no appointment.

Three measurements

The numbers nobody ever asked you for

They are printed inside every temple. Move the sliders and watch the same frame change.

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The code inside the temple 50 □ 19 · 145 Indicative measurements, in millimetres. The real ones are taken in the studio.

A woman in black cat eye sunglasses and red lipstick against a black background

Come to the studio wearing the glasses you have now

We start from what bothers you. The first visit takes an hour and commits you to nothing.

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Measured in the studio
Italian acetate
Eye examination
Sun with your prescription
Polished by hand
Ready in four weeks
Two year warranty
Adjustments included

The people who wear them every day

Four people, four faces, four different problems.

I have worn glasses for twenty years and they always marked my nose. These do not. It is the bridge, and they showed me why with the caliper in hand.

Marta L.June 2026
I picked a tortoiseshell sheet I had never seen in a shop. Four weeks later it was on my face, and it stays put when I run after the children.

Giorgio P.July 2026
Progressives made me queasy. They measured my pupil height again and redid the centration. Now I read and drive with the same pair.

Elena R.August 2026
I came back after two months to tighten a temple. Ten minutes at the bench, a coffee, nothing to pay.

Davide S.September 2026