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Freebirds™

Sunglasses

Freebirds™

Marcus & Richard Franck

Verbier

Price

$112.00

About this piece

Developed with Carl Zeiss optics, the Freebirds™ deliver razor-sharp vision in every run. The spherical lens design widens your field of view, while advanced tints reduce glare, preserve true colors, and sharpen contrast for split-second decision making. With interchangeable lenses, you can adapt instantly to shifting light and keep your performance dialed in from first lift to last descent.

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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