I’m glad to see that KAYU sunglasses designer Jamie Lim has expanded her line of pale yellow bamboo specs, and not just because you can now look echo Lennon or Risky Business at half the cost. As described in a post for Josh Spear:
Each pair sold pays for sight-restoring surgery in Ghana and India through Unite for Sight. Looks good, does good.
Cataracts surgeries will be performed for all sunglasses purchased (and, in keeping with the mission, the polycarbonate lenses are said to feature 100% UV protection).
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Introducing Shwood Eyewear | The San Franista added these pithy words on Jan 22 10 at 10:21 pm[...] wait to interview the creators before posting. I do love a good pair of wooden sunglasses–Kayu designs especially–and have had fun browsing Shwood’s East Indian rosewood, maple and zebrawood frames. [...]
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