Following on the success of the Clare V. x Garrett Leight cat-eye frame, the two Los Angeles-based designers have teamed together to fuse their brand aesthetics of California cool and the French New Wave together with this Nouvelle collection. Inspired by Clare's time in France, the new retro-styled frame, available in three modern but perennial colors, is the perfect partner to the original collaboration cat eye that channels the cool-girl Parisian look.
Garrett Leight is an L.A.-based eyewear designer, and the founder of his namesake brand. Taking after his father, Larry Leight, founder of Oliver Peoples, the younger Leight forged out on his own, opening his first optical shop in Venice, CA, in 2009, and then launching his own brand in 2011. Garrett Leight California Optical has grown under Leight ever since, expanding their reach, recognition, and female fans.