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A woman holding up bold blue round Anne & Valentin Walala sunglasses against a colourful graphic backdrop

Anne & Valentin

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French eyewear from Toulouse, made in the Jura

About the brand

A French house from Toulouse. It grew out of a couple of opticians' wish to make unusual, graphic glasses for their friends. They have worked with the same factories in the Jura, in eastern France, for over twenty years, and make their titanium frames in Japan.

Origin
France
Material
Acetate · metal
Runs
Permanent collections

The same factories, over twenty years

The founders, a couple of opticians in Toulouse, wanted unusual, graphic glasses for their friends, so they began making them themselves.

The frames are made in the Jura, in eastern France, with the same factories for over twenty years. The titanium frames are made in Japan.

Colour as a signature

Strong colours and unusual shapes have been the house's signature from the start. The house says it was born of the “wild dream” of a couple of opticians in Toulouse looking for graphic, unusual glasses for their friends.

Spread from the Anne & Valentin lookbook: a man wearing Factory frames and a woman wearing Clash frames
Woman wearing black round Anne & Valentin frames against a mint green background