There are many reasons why our Bespoke frames are perfect quality and, as I walked around my workshop today, I stopped for a moment to pay homage to the glory that is our gigantic oven.
Control of acetate material is steeped in myth and nonsense. There is only one way to correctly dry acetate to stop it from losing its grip, and that is in a controlled heated environment. The temperature and the amount of time the material needs to spend in here depends on the material. There is only one way to know what that is.... and that is to test.
Controlling our material has become an obsession for some of our production masters and this boring, oversized lump of steel is often underrated. So, I just thought I’d put you all in the picture!
I thought I’d share a few more pictures as I roamed around the production floor. Here is Yang heat sinking hinges in to today’s acetate frames. The pile of red trays are all OT jobs (urgent requests). When he has finished these, they will go off for one last soft polishing before the lenses are added and the frames set.
This tray here amused me (and caused countless hours of confusion for the staff) - The first Tom Davies frame, not for Tom Davies but for another Tom Davies “But it's not your size” “But Tom Davies for Tom Davies?” “What about this Tom Davies frame?” The job kept getting stuck as our conscientious staff didn’t want to mess up the “boss's” frame (since it would be far too big for me) and, besides, I always label my frames “Tom Davies for himself”.
Here you can see the design team working away. We received 24 bespoke jobs so far today, I think a little overtime is going to be needed since I am also getting them to work on a new collection idea I'm toying with (note the fans on the right, it is already 25 degrees here... and getting hotter!