Lucas de Staël is a Paris-based eyewear brand known for blending traditional craftsmanship with unconventional materials to create unique, handmade frames.
Lucas de Staël founded Undostrial in 2006 and launched his eponymous brand in 2012. His workshop, located in a former printing house in Paris’s 19th district, functions as both a creative studio and production hub.
His frames combine high-grade surgical steel structures coated with titanium and noble materials like leather, wood, stone, and rare organic elements. Each design is a result of manual craftsmanship and innovative pairing of textures.
The brand offers several collections, each centered on specific materials: leather (Minotaur), stone (Stratus, Petrus), wood (Nemus), and exotic skins (Vivarium, using crocodile or stingray). Each collection has its own distinctive, artisanal character.
The entire design and production process takes place in Paris. Craftspeople, designers, and jewelers develop their own tools and methods in-house. Each frame goes through about 30 handwork steps, with each artisan producing roughly three frames per day.
The brand’s eyewear is handcrafted in its Paris workshop and bears official distinctions such as “Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant” and “Fabriqué à Paris,” highlighting its local, high-quality manufacturing excellence.
Lucas de Staël is positioned in the high-end artisan segment, offering artistic, technical frames crafted in limited series with bold identity and unique materials.
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