Luxotica is a monopoly [0] that uses its market power to control the market price and force suppliers and other manufactuerers to joining their empire. For example Oakley was forced to sell-out to Luxotica when they were shutout out of retail outlets in a time before internet allowed them to go direct to consumer [1].<p>Question is what multi-sport sunglasses do you use that aren't Luxotica or made in Asia?<p>[0] https://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-glasses-lenscrafters-luxottica-monopoly-20190305-story.html<p>[1] https://www.oakleyforum.com/guides/oakley-luxottica-sunglasses-history/
Ombraz are non-luxotica, multi-sport, and check off some sustainability boxes, which may counter your "made in Asia" issue.
<a href="https://ombraz.com/" rel="nofollow">https://ombraz.com/</a><p>I've been a big fan of Randolf Engineering glasses but they are costly. I wouldn't call them multi-sport, but it depends on what you're doing.
<a href="https://www.randolphusa.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.randolphusa.com/</a>
I really like knockaround for its affordability.<p><a href="https://knockaround.com/" rel="nofollow">https://knockaround.com/</a>
Lunor A5 [1], handmade glasses from Germany. They also have clip-on attachments [2] for a bunch of their other glasses. The classic version was worn by Steve Jobs; having worn the same frame with different lens shape, I can only recommend the brand, it was the most comfortable pair of glasses I used in my life so far (not wearing glasses daily anymore due to reduced myopia & fogging from masks)
Lunor is, as far as I can tell, not part of Luxotica or LVMH.
[1] <a href="https://lunor.com/en/product-category/a5-sun-en/" rel="nofollow">https://lunor.com/en/product-category/a5-sun-en/</a>
[2] <a href="https://lunor.com/en/product-category/clip-on-en/" rel="nofollow">https://lunor.com/en/product-category/clip-on-en/</a>
<a href="https://www.pitviper.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.pitviper.com</a><p><a href="https://heatwavevisual.com/collections/sunglasses" rel="nofollow">https://heatwavevisual.com/collections/sunglasses</a><p>Pit Viper also is the only company whose marketing emails I read.
Former Sunglass Hut employee. Maui Jims and Oakleys were, at the time, non-Luxottica brands. I told customers that Maui Jims were very high quality but I have no clue if this is true. They were exempt from my 50% employee discount though.
Check out Bureo, [1] which is partnered with Costa to make sunglasses out of up-cycled fishing nets. I don't know where they're manufactured, but I believe the fishing nets come from Chile.<p>I personally like my Maui Jims, which have some bits from Italy and some from elsewhere. They have a great repair policy that lets you get spare parts and fixes many years later, which is pretty unique.<p>1: <a href="https://www.costadelmar.com/en-us/inside-costa/protect/untangle-our-oceans" rel="nofollow">https://www.costadelmar.com/en-us/inside-costa/protect/untan...</a>
Don't know if Luxotica is among the makers of these two online shops, but the glasses are really cheap:<p>- <a href="https://www.polette.com/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.polette.com/en</a><p>- <a href="https://www.zennioptical.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.zennioptical.com/</a>
Silhouette (both sunglasses and frames for prescription lenses, made in Austria)
<a href="https://www.silhouette.com/us/us/sunglasses" rel="nofollow">https://www.silhouette.com/us/us/sunglasses</a>
Shuron frames are made in the USA, have an iconic style, and in my experience have been more durable than any other frame I've had. <a href="https://shop.shuron.com/" rel="nofollow">https://shop.shuron.com/</a>
I've had a pair of Electric Sunglasses for nearly 6 years and would recommend them. Made in Italy.<p><a href="https://www.electriccalifornia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.electriccalifornia.com/</a>