Unworn vintage glasses
We have hunted down a collection of more than 2000 famous and not so famous designer glasses. They are all unworn, originals, not a copy in sight. Our selection includes both timeless and fantasy frames and ranges from 1940s Bohemian Pantos round frames, to oversized shapes from the 70s, not forgetting the ultra-feminine butterfly models from the 50s and 60s.
Most were handcrafted in the Jura mountains, which has been the heart of French spectacle manufacturing since the 19th century.
For our lenses we work with Mont-Royal, a manufacturer at the forefront of optics technology that is based in eastern France. Their high-performance lenses are thin and very discrete.
Dedicated to sustainable development and creation
In our quest for a unique product that has passed the test of time we defend traditional values of authentic skilled craftsmanship. You won’t see our glasses on everyone’s nose. Optique Durable has reinterpreted the creative process by recycling materials and upholds ecologically responsible consumption and production.
Committed to contemporary creativity, we lend many frames to film-makers and performance artists. Our shop also has an on-going exhibition of art works by alternative designers from creative poetic worlds.
More about the shop’s style.
Finally, we work with musicians in their search for a stage image.
The studio-shop-workshop
Our shop is close to Place de la Bastille. You first enter a vintage-style space leading to our workshop – where our craftsmen are busy – before reaching the shop itself. If you haven’t already seen glasses being restored, this is your chance. At Optique Durable, the restorer’s skill is a living exhibition, alongside the glasses and the works of art.
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