Designer labels aside, more expensive frames are more complex, made from better materials, and handcrafted in countries that pay fair labor rates. This translates into a better quality, longer lasting products.

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Tom Hanks wears The GELT eyeglasses in Crystal. A bigger, bolder companion to MOSCOT's classic LEMTOSH frame, The GELT is handcrafted using Italian acetate and features diamond rivets, a comfortable key hole nose bridge and a 5-barrel hinge.

Luxottica is the largest optical retailer in the United States, with 7.3% of US retail sales in 2015. With its merger with Essilor in 2018 the company owns Coastal/Clearly, an online contacts and glasses retail giant bought in 2014 that ships to over 200 countries beside its original North American market.