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Sport Retainer

Sunglasses

Sport Retainer

Marcus & Richard Franck

Verbier

Price

$10.00

About this piece

The Sport Retainer can be attached either to the temple ends or the front of the temples depending on your preference. It is also fully adjustable and can be used both to tighten your sunglasses to the back of your head, or to hang them leisurely around your neck. 

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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