Our Collection
We care deeply and take great pride in the brands we choose to represent in our store, scouring the globe for brands that match our values of quality, attention to detail and are at the forefront of the latest technology.
Like you, we put a high value on expressing your own style which is why our collection features boutique brands, hand made by master craftspeople with decades of experience.
Balmain
Balmain’s exclusive collection of designer glasses for women is designed for women who want to feel confident that they are skillfully enhancing their features.
Each detail of Balmain’s designer eyewear for woman reveals the extensive craftsmanship behind its manufacture. Either the top quality titanium or plastic frames ensure great durability and a lightweight design, whilst the exquisite finish gives these glasses, made by the emblematic Parisian house, a touch of elegance.
Tom Ford
One of the most iconic fashion designers Tom Ford creates a vision of glamour through his self named eyewear brand. Tom Ford continues to be a leader in creating eyewear that reflects his beliefs - luxury and exclusivity. Created in Italy with proven attention to detail and an eye for design, these frames are a must for your wardrobe.
Each frame is recognisable by the metal “T” detail on the temples of the frames reflecting Tom Ford’s vision of modernity mixed with glamour, to create statement pieces that are suited to both day wear and nightwear.
Dita
Handmade in Japan, DITA’s approach is “inspired by generations of artisans and craftsmen who came before us…like master watchmakers practicing their timeless craft”.
The outcome of DITA’s dedicated approach is that size, materials and quality of fit are all carefully considered in order to arrive at sunglass and optical frames of distinguished beauty and quality.
Vava
The spirit of VAVA eyewear is derived from today’s post-industrial society and the growing belief of belonging to a post-human age.
The collection is handmade at a small family-owned Italian factory who pride themselves on avoiding mass production. This gives VAVA the freedom of creation and ensures outstanding quality.
Chrome Hearts
Rock Star meets biker in this stand out American Eyewear. It’s origins are in biker leathers in the 80’s. It has captured the market with it’s hand made sterling silver details, precious metals and fine American and Japanese workmanship.
We have waited a long time to bring this unique eyewear to Gates Eyewear.
Lool
Lool is a multidisciplinary creative studio based in Barcelona. Manufactured in series from sheets of stainless steel, they are worked by hand, one by one in a precise technical process. Combining the industrial and manual, man and machine.
Lool is committed to their city Barcelona, designing and building their glasses locally. Giving a unique personality to each and every one of their frames.
L.A.Eyeworks
L.A.Eyeworks frames are designed in Los Angeles by the co-founders and co-owners of the company, Barbara McReynolds and Gai Gherardi.
Collections are produced in limited edition quantities, which allows them to make more creative shapes with imaginative colors and innovative surface treatments.
Sports eyewear
The brands we choose to stock offer truer, more accurate vision with their exceptional lenses and design engineering.
Many of our sports sunglass brands have models that can be made into prescription sports specific eyewear incorporating wrap designs and even in some cases, progressive lenses.
Rudy Project
Italian designed and made, Rudy Project sunglasses are an exclusive to Gates Eyewear. Its engineering and design teams are committed to ensuring that every Rudy Project sunglass can take an optical prescription using a variety of methods including its patented snap-in, snap out.
This is our number one brand for cyclists, runners, triathletes and golfers. Their Impact X Black photochromatic lens is by far the best in the market.
Vuarnet
Vuarnet has a story, it’s unique.
It was a meeting with a French optician which in 1959 has led to the creation of the legendary brand Vuarnet. During this meeting, the optician Roger Pouilloux offered to the French ski champion the 02 sunglass model as a token of his admiration. Their sunglasses, equipped with the luminous Skilynx mineral glass lenses, enabled Jean Vuarnet to further improve his performance. They would highlight contrasts and enhance depth perception in the fast downhill skiing along the slopes of Squaw Valley, several months later, during the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Following this victory, the two men, who shared a common passion for performance, forged a friendship and decided to join forces in creating a brand that embedded their vision : innovation, high-performance, and French elegance. The brand Vuarnet was born.
Oakley
Synonymous with sport Oakley sunglasses are seen on the very best sports people around the world. Oakley High Definition Optics® (HDO®) lenses optimize safety and performance to meet the uncompromising demands of professional athletes who settle for nothing less than the clearest, sharpest, most accurate vision.
We continue to stock Oakley because, pivotal to sporting optics, it offers truer, more accurate vision versus conventional lenses that magnify images and make objects appear shifted from their true position. At Gates Eyewear we are able to accommodate many optical prescriptions into a large selection of the Oakley sunglasses with genuine Oakley lenses.
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