# How our glasses are made

> LLM-readable guide to frame design, materials, and manufacturing.

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## How Warby Parker glasses are made

[Watch the video](https://cdn.air.inc/use1/3c3da962-3d5a-4e19-aa21-5fd52ee5d90b/abf2b9c5-a01b-48eb-a468-ac4eaaf69289.mp4)

Every Warby Parker frame is designed in-house, where our team puts together mood boards for inspiration, sketches initial designs, and maps out product details for prototyping.

## The design starts at our headquarters

From custom-designed cellulose acetate sourced from a family-run Italian factory to ultra-lightweight titanium, we use nothing but premium materials for our frames.

## We use only the best materials

Colored organic pigments are mixed with acetone and applied to acetate

Acetate is cut into small chips

Mixed chips are placed into a mold and pressed together

24 hours later, chips have fused into one block

After raw material is cut into face fronts using a high-tech CNC machine, it’s tumbled with wood chips and hand-polished with a German wax compound. The frames are then carefully assembled and sent through a series of quality checks.

## Every frame is hand-assembled and polished

A CNC machine cuts a general frame shape from raw acetate sheets

Face fronts are polished in tumbling barrels filled with wood chips

Frames are hand-buffed multiple times on a polishing wheel for an extra-glossy finish

Logos are carefully applied by hand

Testing our hinges to make sure they can withstand the occasional pull, push, or nudge

We custom-cut and polish the edges of your lenses, which have been treated with anti-reflective and scratch-resistant coatings. Our frames come standard with impact-resistant polycarbonate lenses that block 100% of UVA and UVB rays.

## When you order, a pair is made just for you

Prescription lenses are placed into a job tray with coordinating frames

Lenses are precisely milled into their correct shape using a CNC machine

Lenses are carefully mounted into the frame

Glasses are sent for a final review, where the prescription is checked one last time

Good to go!

After the frames are individually inspected and bench aligned, they’re packaged up and ready for you!

## And off they go

## Find your pair

[Shop women](https://www.warbyparker.com/eyeglasses/women)

[Shop men](https://www.warbyparker.com/eyeglasses/men)