I noted that if you wear designer glasses, there’s a very good chance you’re wearing Luxottica frames. This may be true for the big name brands, but there are

I noted that if you wear designer glasses, there’s a very good chance you’re wearing Luxottica frames. This may be true for the big name brands, but there are also a number of smaller independent companies that innovate with new designs and/or materials. For instance, the German designers "Meyer Eyewear" (www.meyer-eyewear.com) started about 10 years ago with a collection made of buffalo and reindeer horn. Now they moved on to ultra-light titanium frames. And that's just one example. Like in many fields, there is a mass market and then there are niche areas where more exotic (and perhaps more exciting) developments are dwelling.