Jacques Marie Mage

Let's say it from the outset, Jacques Marie Mage is expensive. Very expensive. One question remains: is it “too expensive”? If you consider these glasses to be the luxury item that they are, not necessarily. First, the designs: always on the theme of a great historical or creative personality (actors, directors, fashion designers, but also mythical characters from the era of the Great American West...), they either take up the favorite forms of the personality in question, or a form inspired by the universe in which she was immersed. They are often on the border between the rather classic and the more daring, playing quite skillfully on this in-between which makes you feel a creative bias while offering you a rather easily wearable product. We also recognize a pair of JMM by its signature details: the grooves of the temples on the titanium frames, which we also find inside the acetate frames, visible through semi-transparency, or the purple tips of the metal frames, in epoxy finish, reminiscent of the tip of a match. As for the quality of the production, it will not leave anyone indifferent as long as you look at a pair closely: premium lenses, titanium, Japanese acetate... But it is above all the sense of detail that shows Japanese know-how in luxury optics: the finesse of an acetate rim itself nested in a titanium rim, the grooves and engravings (handmade on the metal, and laser on the acetate) of almost supernatural perfection, especially given the meticulousness of the work... The closer you look, the more surprised you will be. Please consider that this type of purchase goes well beyond a utilitarian pleasure: it is a collectible purchase, an aesthetic and artisanal pleasure, which could be compared to the purchase of a piece of jewelry or a beautiful watch. . To conclude, if the price may shock at first glance, we rationalize it quite quickly when we remember that the frames of big houses (Dior, Saint Laurent, Armani) are well known and purchased by the general public, and yet cost only half of the price of this type of pair (sometimes more), without however being worth even a quarter of the technical and creative achievement of a pair of JMM. In short, real luxury glasses that live up to this term.