Wearing Warby
We're lucky to have some pretty special customers who use our glasses as a tool to accomplish some pretty great things. Find a running list of our favorites below.
Wearing Warby since:
2012 (when our friend Chrissie Miller started working there)
Day job:
Lesley: Writer and mom
Paul: Writer and actor
Current location:
Los Angeles
Favorite frame:
Lesley: Chelsea
Paul: Jennings
What you’re reading:
Lesley: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Paul: State of the Art by Pauline Kael
What you’re listening to:
Lesley: Destiny’s Child
Paul: "All Nerve” by The Breeders
Favorite word:
Lesley: Ointment
Paul: Rowboat
Fun fact:
Lesley: I’m a huge Tom Cruise fan.
Paul: The spleen is known as “the graveyard for dead blood cells.”
Can you see yourself in these frames?
Pick five to try with a free Home Try-On.
Wearing Warby since:
2012 (when our friend Chrissie Miller started working there)
Day job:
Lesley: Writer and mom
Paul: Writer and actor
Current location:
Los Angeles
Favorite frame:
Lesley: Chelsea
Paul: Jennings
What you’re reading:
Lesley: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Paul: State of the Art by Pauline Kael
What you’re listening to:
Lesley: Destiny’s Child
Paul: "All Nerve” by The Breeders
Favorite word:
Lesley: Ointment
Paul: Rowboat
Fun fact:
Lesley: I’m a huge Tom Cruise fan.
Paul: The spleen is known as “the graveyard for dead blood cells.”
Can you see yourself in these frames?
Pick five to try with a free Home Try-On.
Franklin Leonard
Wearing Warby since:
2012
Day job:
Founder and CEO of The Black List
Current location:
Los Angeles, California
Favorite frame:
Haskell
What you’re reading:
The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes
What you’re listening to:
Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, and John Coltrane—with a little bit of Jon Favreau’s new podcast, “The Wilderness”
Favorite word
Sesquipedalian
Fun fact:
I was on Jeopardy, and I lost.
Wearing Warby since:
2012
Day job:
Founder and CEO of The Black List
Current location:
Los Angeles, California
Favorite frame:
Haskell
What you’re reading:
The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes
What you’re listening to:
Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, and John Coltrane—with a little bit of Jon Favreau’s new podcast, “The Wilderness”
Favorite word
Sesquipedalian
Fun fact:
I was on Jeopardy, and I lost.
Edith Young
Wearing Warby since
2016
Day job
Photographer and Photo Editor at Man Repeller
Current location
Manhattan
Favorite frame
Percey
What you’re reading
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica Hopper
What you’re listening to
Roxy Music
Favorite word
Curmudgeon
Fun fact
I used to have 20/20 vision. (I've also never seen an episode of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians"!)
Can you see yourself in these frames?
Pick five to try with a free Home Try-On.
Wearing Warby since
2016
Day job
Photographer and Photo Editor at Man Repeller
Current location
Manhattan
Favorite frame
Percey
What you’re reading
The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica Hopper
What you’re listening to
Roxy Music
Favorite word
Curmudgeon
Fun fact
I used to have 20/20 vision. (I've also never seen an episode of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians"!)
Can you see yourself in these frames?
Pick five to try with a free Home Try-On.
Marley Dias
Wearing Warby since:
2016
Day job:
Activist and author
Current location:
West Orange, New Jersey
Favorite frame:
Evvy
What you’re reading:
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
What you’re listening to:
Jenna & Julien Podcast
Favorite word:
Idiosyncrasy
Fun fact:
I can touch my tongue to my nose.
Can you see yourself in these frames?
Pick five to try with a free Home Try-On.
Wearing Warby since:
2016
Day job:
Activist and author
Current location:
West Orange, New Jersey
Favorite frame:
Evvy
What you’re reading:
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
What you’re listening to:
Jenna & Julien Podcast
Favorite word:
Idiosyncrasy
Fun fact:
I can touch my tongue to my nose.
Can you see yourself in these frames?
Pick five to try with a free Home Try-On.
Molly Yeh
Wearing Warby since:
2012
Day job:
Food blogger, cookbook author, Food Network host
Current location:
East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Favorite frame:
Henry
What you’re reading:
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
What you’re listening to:
Dirty Projectors
Favorite word:
Fun
Fun fact:
The best sprinkles for Funfetti cake are just your everyday, grocery store rainbow cylinders.
Wearing Warby since:
2012
Day job:
Food blogger, cookbook author, Food Network host
Current location:
East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Favorite frame:
Henry
What you’re reading:
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
What you’re listening to:
Dirty Projectors
Favorite word:
Fun
Fun fact:
The best sprinkles for Funfetti cake are just your everyday, grocery store rainbow cylinders.
Parker Kit Hill
Wearing Warby since:
2017
Day job:
Dancer—and honestly just being myself
Current location:
New York City! But I'm always on the go, never really knowing where my work will take me next.
Favorite frame:
Hudson
What you're reading:
The dictionary
What you're listening to:
Lots of Jill Scott, India Arie, Outkast, and Raphael Saadiq. Oh! And tons of K-pop.
Favorite word:
Yessthhh. It’s just like saying “yes” but with a lisp.
Fun fact:
I have a deep love for technology and cars.
Can you see yourself in these frames?
Pick five to try with a free Home Try-On.
Wearing Warby since:
2017
Day job:
Dancer—and honestly just being myself
Current location:
New York City! But I'm always on the go, never really knowing where my work will take me next.
Favorite frame:
Hudson
What you're reading:
The dictionary
What you're listening to:
Lots of Jill Scott, India Arie, Outkast, and Raphael Saadiq. Oh! And tons of K-pop.
Favorite word:
Yessthhh. It’s just like saying “yes” but with a lisp.
Fun fact:
I have a deep love for technology and cars.
Can you see yourself in these frames?
Pick five to try with a free Home Try-On.
Sophia Chang
Wearing Warby since:
2011
Day job:
Illustrator and designer
Current location:
New York and Los Angeles
Favorite frame:
Coley
What you’re reading:
Moody Bitches by Julie Holland
What you’re listening to:
Revisiting A Tribe Called Quest
Favorite word:
No
Fun fact:
I can write backwards like I write forwards
Wearing Warby since:
2011
Day job:
Illustrator and designer
Current location:
New York and Los Angeles
Favorite frame:
Coley
What you’re reading:
Moody Bitches by Julie Holland
What you’re listening to:
Revisiting A Tribe Called Quest
Favorite word:
No
Fun fact:
I can write backwards like I write forwards
Samantha Irby
Wearing Warby since:
2015-ish
Day job:
Writer and internet joke person
Current location:
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Favorite frame:
Durand
What you’re reading:
A Guide for Murdered Children by Sarah Sparrow
What you’re listening to:
Beach House and the new Breeders album
Favorite word:
Is LOL a word?
Fun fact:
Beets are the worst!!
Wearing Warby since:
2015-ish
Day job:
Writer and internet joke person
Current location:
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Favorite frame:
Durand
What you’re reading:
A Guide for Murdered Children by Sarah Sparrow
What you’re listening to:
Beach House and the new Breeders album
Favorite word:
Is LOL a word?
Fun fact:
Beets are the worst!!
