Mate, I think we should do something…I don’t know what yet” Hailing from Hackney and Camden respectively, we were two Londoners living in Manchester with a desire to make something. What? We didn’t know yet and that was exciting.
A little chat in the haze of a day party planted the seed, a chance meeting with an eyewear collector connected the dots. OD started when we realised that we never went anywhere without our sunglasses.
And it was the going anywhere, that really sealed the deal. Obsessed with the summer, just like the city we hail from. We now travel the markets, alleys and antique shops of Europe, finding the vintage gems that inspire our collection, and meeting the people who inspire our ethic.