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Hong Kong eyeglass frame makers believe custom-made products worth their sweet time

The founding designers cap orders at 30 per month and allot an hour to deeply understand clients’ needs

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Rif Lau (left) with fellow designers Twiggy Wong and Marco Ngai at their shop in Kwai Fong. Photo: Dickson Lee
Samuel Chan

The four-man band of designers known as madebyavision seeks to change people’s view and see that glasses, just like suits, need to be tailor-made.

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Set up in 2011 by 31-year-old former glasses designer Rif Lau Kin-tik along with three former colleagues who were in-house designers for major brands, the business joined the very few companies making spectacle frames locally. Most manufacturers moved their production units to the mainland in the 1980s.

Twiggy Wong, one of the frame makers, once designed for a major brand. Photo: Dickson Lee
Twiggy Wong, one of the frame makers, once designed for a major brand. Photo: Dickson Lee
To date, madebyavision said it would focus on customers willing to visit their shop in person. They noted the operation included a workshop and was housed in a factory building in Kwai Fong.

They explained that their unique approach stemmed from a desire to carve out time and space to fully understand their clients’ needs during an hour-long by-appointment session.

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Prices for the custom-made eyeglasses ranged between HK$1,800 and HK$3,000. Photo: Dickson Lee
Prices for the custom-made eyeglasses ranged between HK$1,800 and HK$3,000. Photo: Dickson Lee
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