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Custom designer sunglasses manufacturer for your brand

Designer sunglasses are premium eyewear crafted with distinctive frame shapes, quality lens options, and standout details that elevate a brand's accessory lineup - from polarized aviators and cat eye silhouettes to rhinestone-accented statement pieces. As a designer sunglasses manufacturer platform with a production team built in, THE/STUDIO connects your brand to vetted custom factories worldwide and supports every step from brief to sample to finished drop, making private label and white label eyewear development seamless.

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WHAT WE BUILD

Custom designer sunglasses we build

From aviator to cat eye, our custom designer sunglasses manufacturer network produces every style your brand needs - with your production team built in from brief to delivery.

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Prescription

Custom prescription designer sunglasses with corrective lenses fitted to your proprietary frame designs.

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Polarized

Glare-reducing polarized lenses paired with private label frames for a premium finished product.

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Aviator

Classic teardrop-shaped aviator silhouettes manufactured with metal or mixed-material bridge and temple construction.

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Clip on

Clip-on sunglasses engineered to attach over existing eyeglasses, ideal for white label accessory lines.

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Cat eye

Retro-inspired cat eye frames with upswept corners, a custom factory favorite for women's eyewear collections.

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Your spec

Bring your own pattern or tech pack and we build to it.

From acrylic designer sunglasses to your most elaborate vision

A clean acrylic frame with no embellishment is straightforward manufacturing work. A fully developed pair of custom designer sunglasses featuring rhinestone / crystal detailing across temples and bridges is the construction brands actually brief our production team to build. At our vetted factories, the elaborate end is the norm.

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START YOUR BRIEF

Start with whatever you have

You don't need a finished design to begin. Bring a sketch, a reference designer sunglasses, a tech pack, or an AI-generated spec, and we develop it into a production-ready designer sunglasses.

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Your sketch or idea

A rough concept is enough to start a designer sunglasses brief.

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A tech pack or sample

Send a spec or a reference designer sunglasses and we build to it.

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An AI-generated brief

Bring a spec from ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot. We productionize it.

MATERIALS

Materials for custom designer sunglasses

Explore premium frame materials for your custom designer sunglasses - from lightweight acrylic and natural wood to zinc alloy metal hardware and rhinestone crystal accents, every manufacturing detail is covered.

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Acrylic

Knit yarn (beanies) and cast sheet (keychains, pins)

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Wood / bamboo

Wooden sunglasses, keychains, jewelry boxes, watch parts

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Zinc alloy / metal

Die-cast metal for buckles, keychains, cufflinks, hardware

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Rhinestone / crystal

Applied crystals for hats, hair, sunglasses, belts

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Anything you want

Source a fabric we don't list, we'll find the mill.

Designer Sunglasses customization options

Work with your dedicated production team to develop custom designer sunglasses tailored to your brand's exact specifications, from frame shape to lens type.

A global designer sunglasses sourcing network

THE/STUDIO connects your brand with 1,500+ vetted factories worldwide, giving you access to a dedicated production team that handles briefs, samples, tech packs, and production tracking for your custom designer sunglasses. Our sourcing network spans top eyewear manufacturing regions known for precision optics, premium frame construction, and refined finishing - so every pair meets the quality your brand demands.

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China

China

Leading eyewear manufacturing hub with deep expertise in acrylic, metal, and polarized lens production at scale

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Italy

Italy

Heritage craftsmanship in luxury designer sunglasses with premium acetate finishing and rhinestone detailing

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Taiwan

Taiwan

Advanced optical lens technology and precision tooling for prescription and polarized custom sunglasses

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Japan

Japan

Ultra-refined frame manufacturing specializing in wood, bamboo, and zinc alloy hardware with meticulous quality control

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South Korea

South Korea

Trend-forward factory capabilities for cat eye, aviator, and clip on styles with rapid sample turnarounds

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  • China: Leading eyewear manufacturing hub with deep expertise in acrylic, metal, and polarized lens production at scale
  • Italy: Heritage craftsmanship in luxury designer sunglasses with premium acetate finishing and rhinestone detailing
  • Taiwan: Advanced optical lens technology and precision tooling for prescription and polarized custom sunglasses
  • Japan: Ultra-refined frame manufacturing specializing in wood, bamboo, and zinc alloy hardware with meticulous quality control
  • South Korea: Trend-forward factory capabilities for cat eye, aviator, and clip on styles with rapid sample turnarounds

Building it yourself

Cost without THE/STUDIO

Adjust the timeline, project complexity, and team structure to see the fully loaded monthly cost before producing a single unit.

Project timeline

6 months

Project complexity

Your required team

Turn roles on or off to explore different setups

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Designer

Tech packs, patterns, mockups

$5,500

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Sourcer

Finds and vets the factory

$4,500

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Production lead

Sampling, timelines, quality control

$6,500

Monthly INTERNAL team cost

$19,800

Typical range: $18,000 to $22,000

Estimated team utilization

68%

Base salaries

$16,500

Taxes and benefits

$3,300

Your total in house cost

$118,800

You are paying for idle capacity

At this setup, your team may spend about 32% of its time waiting on samples, factory replies, and approvals.

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From $500 / month

Skip hiring. Start building.

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TIMELINE

From brief to drop

From your initial brief to final delivery, our custom designer sunglasses manufacturing process keeps your production team, factory partners, and timeline aligned at every stage so you can launch your private label or white label eyewear drop with confidence.

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Brief

1-3 days

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Sample

10-15 days

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Validation

5-7 days

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Production

20-40 days

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Delivery

7-20 days

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Your line's system of record

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Brief, samples, tech packs, costing, and production tracking live in one place. Your designer sunglasses program runs on the platform, so every drop builds on the last instead of starting over.

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ORDER TIERS

From first sample to full drop

Start with one sample and scale to full production when you're ready, with low minimums and unlimited revisions built in.

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Sample

Validate fit, fabric, and finish before you commit.

30-100

Small drop

Test a collection or a launch run.

100-500

Core run

Your standing private label program.

500+

Scale

Full production with locked specs and tooling.

Your branding model

Private label, white label, OEM, or ODM

Run your designer sunglasses as private label, white label, OEM, or ODM. We support all four, and can move you between them as your line grows.

Private label

Your brand on a developed designer sunglasses platform.

White label

A ready design, your label applied.

OEM

We build to your full spec and pattern.

ODM

We bring a design, you brand and refine it.

Quality control

Quality control at every step

Seam strength

Tested for stress at high-wear seams.

Colourfastness

Checked against fade from wash, light, and wear.

Wash and shrinkage

Verified to spec after repeated wash cycles.

Measurement tolerance

Graded sizing checked against your spec.

Fabric weight

Confirmed to the agreed GSM.

Many designer sunglasses can be built with recycled or certified fabrics when your brief calls for a lower-impact line. Tell us your sustainability targets and we'll match them to mills and materials that can document the claim, from recycled content to certified organic and bluesign-approved options.

SUSTAINABILITY

Lower-impact options

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WHO WE SOURCE FOR

Built for every kind of designer sunglasses program

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Men

Custom aviator and polarized designer sunglasses built to your specs - from first sample to your first 1,000 units, then scaling into a full line, the manufacturing team you can't yet afford.

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Women

Private label cat eye, rhinestone-accented, and prescription designer sunglasses produced by vetted factory partners ready for your next drop.

Why source custom designer sunglasses with THE/STUDIO

THE/STUDIO gives you a production team built in - from brief to sample to finished drop - so you can develop custom designer sunglasses without hiring in-house. Our platform connects you with 1,500+ vetted factories, including every designer sunglasses manufacturer capable of working with materials like acrylic, wood and bamboo, zinc alloy, and rhinestone detailing. Request low-MOQ samples, review tech packs, and move into production all from one dashboard, whether you're launching a private label collection or scaling an existing line.

Every pair is made to your spec and your branding, so you keep full control over frame shape, lens type, materials, and packaging. THE/STUDIO's factory-matched quality checks and production tracking help ensure each custom run meets your standards and ships on time for every drop. Whether you're developing polarized, aviator, cat eye, clip-on, or prescription styles for men and women, the platform keeps your white label sunglasses program organized from first sample through final delivery.

1,500+

vetted factories

50+

countries

Built in

production team

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