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Ventures

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Ventures

Marcus & Richard Franck

Verbier

Price

$115.00

About this piece

Meet the Ventures - a classic shape, built for sports performance. Featuring a flexible and super lightweight Bio-TR90 (45% bio-based materials) frame, paired with polarized V52® lenses that offer the best clarity of any sports lenses on the market. Ventures are equipped with rubber nose pads for a secure fit, and sport hinges for extra durability. Put these sunglasses to the test!

About the artist

Brothers Marcus and Richard Franck founded Vallon in 2018 in Verbier, Switzerland, after years of skiing, touring, and hiking the Val de Bagnes. The name is French for 'small valley' — a reference to the Vallon d'Arbi above Verbier where the idea took shape. Before launching the brand, the two ran the Old Schoolers Instagram account dedicated to the history of skiing; that obsession with vintage alpine eyewear shows up in every Vallon model — classic shapes resurrected with modern V52 lens technology and contemporary frame materials.

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