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Wilburys

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Wilburys

Marcus & Richard Franck

Verbier

Price

$100.00

About this piece

Wilburys  have a unique rectangular shape borrowing inspiration from the 50s and are handmade from high-quality acetate. Like all our lifestyle sunglasses they come fitted with ultraclear and polarized V52® performance optics (Cat. 3). You will not find sunglasses like them anywhere else!

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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