Cutler & gross
A brand built on friendship.
Cutler and Gross was established by opticians Mr Cutler and Mr Gross in 1969. Thanks to word of mouth, what began in London’s Knightsbridge as a small but innovative bespoke service soon became a fully-fledged mecca for artists, rock stars, writers and royalty.
Together, the pair created the perfect balance between taste and technicality, quickly cementing their reputation as industry leaders in eyewear.
Traditionalists at heart
Every Cutler and Gross frame is the result of an unrivalled ability to unify past and present. Ours is a design legacy that spans half a century – and it shows. A marriage of small-scale production and worldwide popularity, our magic stems from the skill to draw inspiration from the vast Cutler and Gross archives, before evolving the frame to suit the faces and lifestyles of a modern audience. Authentic, specific details and sculptural contours are reinterpreted – but never lost. It’s a methodology that guarantees the brand DNA will always remain, regardless of transient trends.
honest, understandable design.
Perfect, functional simplicity means mistakes have nowhere to hide. The pins holding the hinges are screwed into hand-drilled holes – as opposed to the heat-sinking method of securing the temple which is the speedier option favoured by other brands. Frames are hand-mopped to reveal the colour gradually, not dunked into an acetone bath to ‘varnish’ them. This is no surface treatment. Cutler and Gross build the boldness of shade with layer upon layer of pigment to build up the intensity.