Brand Profile
Built on a 100-year history in optics, Kirk & Kirk was founded to be different. We’ve never chased trends, nor sought industry approval. We’ve simply been making distinctive eyewear to help our customers authentically express themselves.
Crafted in Italy, we are the only company in the world to hand-make frames from acrylic. We use this beautiful material because it is incredibly light and extremely comfortable to wear.
We create our own materials to offer a colour palette that you won’t find in any other collection.
There are eight shapes, each of which comes in six colours, plus a selection of curated limited edition ‘specials’.
The colour palette is a nod to designer, Karen Kirk’s, fascination with colour analysis; a process where shades correspond to seasons, based upon variations of warm and cool tones. Enter Iris Lavender, Crimson Red, Cool Lilac, Cheeky Raspberry, Matt Tortoise-shell and warmer tones including Corn Yellow, Tiger Orange, Earthly Walnut and Zen Sage.
Each frame is sand-blasted to create our signature matt finish and offset with durable and light-weight Alpaca Silver temples.
Kirk & Kirk remains a family run business, based in Brighton, England, with Jason and Karen Kirk at the helm. Their optical frames are sold in the finest independent optical boutiques in the world and worn by many A-listers, such as Robert Downey Jr, Samuel L. Jackson and Morcheeba; the list goes on.