Larry Leight, patriarch and founder of Oliver Peoples, launched Venice Beach based Garrett Leight in collaboration with his son Garrett. What started as a small Abbot Kinney boutique quickly grew thanks to underground popularity with the young, creative set.
Social-media titans Kendall Jenner, Emily Ratajkowski, and Riccardo Tisci have helped in the rising popularity of GLCO but it's the easy shapes and warm acetates that set the brand a part.