The Optical Carry Guide
A practical introduction to carrying eyewear during everyday life, from the moments glasses are removed to the different ways they can be kept close.
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Barroccu & Co · Eyewear Accessories
Optical Carry
Eyewear necklaces and practical guidance for keeping suitable glasses or sunglasses close during the moments when they are not being worn.
Explore The Signature, discover Carry & Care, or find the guide that answers your question.
The First Optical Carry Edition
The Signature Eyewear Necklace
The Signature gives suitable glasses or sunglasses a place close to you between wears. Its independent triangular holder offers a different approach from a traditional glasses chain attached to both temples.
Place one glasses temple through the triangular loop, then lift your eyewear out when you need it. The necklace stays on you. A rear sliding adjuster lets you change where the holder sits.
A continuous black braided cord, tonal black holder and matte black hardware create a restrained, understated design made to sit naturally alongside the eyewear you choose to wear.
- Loop-based design for carrying eyewear between uses
- Adjustable from the back for shorter or longer wear
- Continuous black braided cord with matte black hardware
- Black holder with tonal stitching and debossed B&Co mark
- Presented with a Barroccu & Co storage pouch
£44.99 Protective storage pouch included · Eyewear not included
Designed with thicker acetate frames in mind. Suitability depends on frame shape and thickness; check the product dimensions and fit guidance before choosing.
Between Wearing
Designed Around the Way Eyewear Moves Through Your Day
Glasses rarely stay in one place. Reading glasses in particular may be put on and removed repeatedly throughout the day, while working, reading, travelling or simply moving between tasks.
The Signature is designed around those ordinary pauses, keeping suitable eyewear close between wears. Use a case when your glasses need to be put away for storage or transport.
Optical Carry Meets Optical Care
The Carry & Care Collection
Two parts of the everyday eyewear routine, brought together in one considered collection.
The Carry & Care Collection pairs the Signature Eyewear Necklace with your choice of Barroccu & Co oversized optical-grade microfibre cloth — allowing you to keep eyewear close between uses and care for the lenses when needed.
- Signature Eyewear Necklace
- Your choice of Blossom of Colour, Maple, Ferns or Cacti cloth
- Oversized 43 × 30 cm optical-grade microfibre
- Two protective pouches — one for the necklace and one for the cloth
- Thoughtfully presented as one collection
£59.99 £9.99 less than the necklace and cloth purchased individually at £69.98.
The Category
What Is Optical Carry?
Optical Carry is our category for accessories that keep suitable glasses or sunglasses close between wears, beginning with The Signature Eyewear Necklace.
This page brings together the products and practical guides to help you explore the options, understand how an independent holder works and choose an approach that suits your eyewear.
An eyewear necklace — also described as an eyeglass necklace or glasses necklace — is one option. The guides below explain how it differs from glasses chains and cords.
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Find the Right Guide for Your Eyewear
What Is an Eyeglass Necklace?
Understand how an eyeglass necklace works and how this approach differs from traditional glasses chains and glasses cords.
Learn about eyeglass necklaces →Ready to choose a necklace-style holder? Read our guide to choosing the right glasses necklace for your eyewear
Not sure which approach suits you? Compare a glasses chain, glasses cord and glasses necklace
Why Carry Reading Glasses Around the Neck?
Explore why reading glasses are frequently carried between uses and the everyday situations behind this familiar behaviour.
Read the article →One Approach to Eyewear
Optical Care & Optical Carry
Optical Care and Optical Carry are the two complementary parts of the Barroccu & Co approach to eyewear accessories — caring for the optical surfaces you look through and considering what happens to your eyewear between periods of wear.
Explore Barroccu & Co Eyewear Accessories →01 · Optical Care
Care for the optical surface.
Products created for cleaning and caring for eyewear and optics, including oversized optical-grade microfibre cloths designed for considered everyday lens care.
Explore Optical Care →02 · Optical Carry
Consider what happens between wear.
Products designed around keeping glasses or sunglasses close during the moments when they are not being worn.
Discover Optical Carry →Explore the collection
Choose Your Next Step
Explore The Signature eyewear necklace at £44.99, or pair it with your choice of oversized cleaning cloth in Carry & Care at £59.99. Product pages provide full specifications, fit guidance and current availability.