Wren Optics
A vintage & bespoke eyewear atelier
Dispensed byAudrey Wren · AOA
Crows Nest · Est. 2018

Vintage eyewear, fitted properly.

An independent eyewear atelier on Willoughby Road. Vintage frames sourced direct from European archives, alongside custom-fit bespoke acetate. Optometrist-grade lenses on every fit. Refits and adjustments for life.

Archive~340 frames
BespokeBy appointment
OpenTue – Sat
— Browse by shape

Eight rooms of the archive.

No. 01

Round wire

The classic round wire. Gold-fill, sterling silver, gunmetal. Sized from 42 through 50.

From $385
No. 02

Browline fifties

Stuart Crystal & Shuron originals from the American post-war archives. Plastic-and-metal browline. Iconic.

From $485
No. 03

Cat-eye fifties

French acetate cat-eyes, hand-polished, in five colourways. Cult vintage for the right face.

From $585
No. 04

Aviator steel

Bausch & Lomb originals from 1956 to 1971. Real teardrop, real wire, real lens-glass.

From $645
No. 05

P3 panto

The classic P3 panto shape — Bond, Anglo-American, Kingsman. In acetate, in metal, in titanium.

From $445
No. 06

Oversized seventies

Pierre Cardin, Yves Saint Laurent, Ted Lapidus. Real seventies oversized. Heavier than the new versions.

From $545
No. 07

Rimless three-piece

Bausch & Lomb three-piece rimless. The kind that look like air. Drilled fresh; not the original lens-blanks.

From $585
No. 08

Bespoke acetate

Custom-cut acetate, made to your face. Three fittings. Twelve weeks. Made in Cadore, Italy.

From $1,485
— Featured this fortnight

Three pieces off the wall.

No. 01 · 1967 · France

Pierre Marly round wire

An original 1967 round wire gold-fill from Pierre Marly, Paris. The shop's owner-favourite frame. One pair only.

$895Vintage · single
No. 02 · 1956 · USA

Shuron Ronsir browline

Original Shuron Ronsir from 1956, in black acetate over silver-tone wire. The original Malcolm-X frame, faithfully sized.

$525Vintage · single
No. 03 · 2026 · Italy

Wren custom acetate

The shop's house bespoke — hand-cut Mazzucchelli acetate, made to your face measurement, in five colours. Twelve-week lead.

From $1,485Made-to-measure
— The fitting bar

By appointment, every Tuesday and Saturday.

The fitting-bar opens at the back of the shop, two days a week. An hour with Audrey to find the right shape, the right size, the right lens. Bring a friend if you would like — we keep the bar room small and quiet.

Vintage fitting60 min · Tuesday / Saturday$85
Bespoke brief90 min · Tuesday only$185
Lens fit30 min · post-purchaseincl.
Lifetime refitBy appointment · foreverincl.
Eye test45 min · in-room optometristBulk-billed
Repair serviceBy the bench · single visitfrom $45
— Visit Wren

The shop, two doors up from the post office.

Walk-ins welcome. Fitting-bar appointments by HotDoc — slots open on Sundays for the coming fortnight. Lifetime refits are always free for frames purchased here.

Address

122 Willoughby Road
Crows Nest NSW 2065

Hours

Tue – Fri · 10:00 – 18:00
Sat · 09:00 – 16:00 · Closed Sun & Mon

Reach

+61 2 9436 8830
shop@wrenoptics.com.au