Eyewear
DITA Legends
7625 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90046
323-658-7078
With a facade of horizontally suspended metal plates, DITA Legends is a cool contrast to the screaming storefronts dotting the Melrose strip…
Website: http://ditalegends.com
Eyetailor
4310 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90004
323-664-2020
Website: http://www.eyetailor.com
Neighborhood: East Hollywood
Fred Segal Eyes
500 Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90401
310-394-1875
At 100 square feet, Fred Segal Eyes is about half as large as a walk-in closet, so the selection is limited…
Gentleman’s Breakfast
1101 Mohawk St., Los Angeles, CA, 90026
323-306-6766
Looking for a turn-of-the-century monocle or a pair of 1960s prison glasses? Gentleman’s Breakfast is a manly place, in a Teddy Roosevelt sort of way.
Neighborhood: Echo Park
Hotel De Ville Vintage Eyewear
7422 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90036
323-634-9911
Each Hotel De Ville Vintage Eyewear location evokes a swank hotel lobby
Website: http://www.hoteldevilleeyewear.com/
Neighborhood: Beverly Grove
Jack’s Vintage Eyewear
120 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90036
323-933-1402
Jack’s Vintage Eyewear looks like a run-of-the-mill optician’s shop…
l.a. Eyeworks
7408 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90036
323-931-7795
Even if you’ve never been in the store, you’ve likely noticed the creations from l.a. Eyeworks…
Website: http://laeyeworks.com
l.a. Eyeworks
7407 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90046
323-653-8255
A Los Angeles institution for more than 25 years, l.a. Eyeworks has one outpost on Melrose Avenue (“the mothership”) and another on Beverly Boulevard (“the flagship”).
Website: http://www.laeyeworks.com/
Neighborhood: Beverly Grove
Old Focals
45 W. Green St., Los Angeles, CA, 91105
626-793-7073
The shoe box-size Old Focals is filled floor to ceiling with dead stock frames, mostly ’50s and ’60s plastic Buddy Holly numbers and cat’s-eye models studded with rhinestones
Website: http://oldfocals.com/
Neighborhood: Pasadena
Oliver Peoples
8642 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90069
310-657-2553
The hunt for the perfect aviators usually comes to an end at Oliver Peoples, which produces several versions of the World War II fighter pilot classic…
Website: http://oliverpeoples.com
Paul Gross Eyeglass Repair
805 E. Wilson Ave., Ste. B, Los Angeles, CA, 91206
818-243-3975
In the corner of a 1960s dry cleaner is Paul Gross Eyeglass Repair…
Neighborhood: Glendale, Los Angeles
Society of the Spectacle
4563 York Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90041
323-255-4300
You might be surprised to find quaintness behind the barred windows of Society of the Spectacle.
Website: http://www.societyspectacle.com/
Neighborhood: Highland Park
