TD Tom Davies

logo of TD Tom Davies

TD Tom Davies is a British handmade eyewear brand, founded by Tom Davies in 2002. TD Tom Davies offers a bespoke service on all frames of their collections. Its headquarters are in Mortlake, London.^[1]

History

In 1996, Tom Davies moved to China after leaving university. There he began working as a designer for a start-up eyewear factory in Hong Kong, designing frames and the machinery that made them. Back in London in 2002, he created TD^[2] Tom Davies and started to offer its bespoke eyewear service to opticians worldwide allowing an optician to design unique, made-to-measure frames themselves much like an eyewear-specific visit to Savile Row for a suit.^[3] Further, in 2008 Tom opened his own factory in China and started to provide a full bespoke opticians service.^[4]

Tom Davies Bespoke Opticians Stores

Tom Davies currently has four of its own stores, all based in central London. They can be found at Sloane Square, Kensington, Canary Wharf and The Royal Exchange with further stores to be opened in the near future.

The Tom Davies Bespoke Opticians eye testing clinic is stocked solely with ZEISS optical testing machinery and is the only private practice in the UK to have all the latest diagnostic equipment available from ZEISS.^[5] With the equipment of ZEISS, Tom Davies is able to conduct an eye test which is as accurate and precise as the ones from the ophthalmology clinics. Further, it is 84% more accurate than a manual eye test.^[6]

The Royal Exchange, TOM DAVIES BESPOKE OPTICIAN STORE

Celebrity following

Ed Sheeran and Heston Blumenthal's iconic spectacles are both bespoke pairs made by Tom Davies ^[7] Other celebrities who have worn TD Tom Davies glasses include: Brad Pitt, Carrie Fisher, Kristen Stewart, Angelina Jolie, Matthew Bellamy, Rowan Atkinson and Kevin Spacey ^[8]

Products

TD Tom Davies spectacles can be made of cotton acetate, titanium, natural horn and precious metals.^[1] They retail for an average of £378^[9] In 2016, Tom Davies released his new service called Made To Order which enables the opticians to order the frames in several different sizes and colours.

Film Work

The glasses Henry Cavill wears as Clark Kent in Batman v Superman:Dawn of Justice are made by British spectacle designer Tom Davies. Apparently the costume designer found most glasses sat too high on Henry Cavill's face because he has a high bridge. They sought out Tom Davies, who makes bespoke glasses, to design a one-off pair of spectacles for the job.^[10]

Tom Davies also made the glasses for Brad Pitt's character in Allied.^[11]

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