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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Optical Carry
A considered approach to keeping glasses or sunglasses close during the everyday moments when they are not being worn.
Introducing a new Barroccu & Co category, beginning with the Signature Eyewear Necklace.
The First Optical Carry Edition
The Signature Eyewear Necklace
Designed to keep glasses or sunglasses comfortably within reach throughout the day, the Signature Eyewear Necklace offers a considered alternative to putting eyewear down, into a pocket, away in a case or using a traditional glasses chain.
Unlike a traditional glasses chain or cord attached to the eyewear, the necklace is worn independently. When your glasses are removed, they are placed into the holder and taken out again when needed.
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
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.
Optical Carry begins with that ordinary behaviour. The Signature Eyewear Necklace keeps eyewear close between periods of wear, ready to return when you need it.
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
- Barroccu & Co storage pouch
- Thoughtfully presented as one collection
The Category
What Is Optical Carry?
Most eyewear care begins with lenses, coatings and cleaning. Optical Carry considers another part of ownership: what happens to glasses or sunglasses when they are taken off.
Throughout the day, eyewear is removed, put down, picked up, switched and carried between places. Optical Carry is the Barroccu & Co category created around those moments — products designed to keep the eyewear you use close between periods of wear.
An eyewear necklace — sometimes described as an eyeglass necklace or glasses necklace — is one approach to this everyday carrying problem, allowing eyewear to be kept close without being worn continuously.
Explore Optical Carry
Understanding the Everyday Ritual of Carrying Eyewear
Explore the routines, choices and practical considerations behind carrying glasses or sunglasses between periods of wear.
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 necklacesNot 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 articleOne Approach to Eyewear
Optical Care & Optical Carry
Two Barroccu & Co categories designed around different moments in the life of your eyewear.
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Optical Care
Products created for cleaning and caring for eyewear and optics, including oversized optical-grade microfibre cloths designed for considered everyday lens care.
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Optical Carry
Products designed around keeping glasses or sunglasses close during the moments when they are not being worn.
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The Signature Eyewear Necklace
The first Barroccu & Co Optical Carry edition is approaching launch. Join the waitlist below for product availability and launch updates.
