The greatest assembly of independent eyewear lines — fitted by hand in Ada Village.
A small gallery for designer frames. We curate the houses, fit them by hand, and keep the old opticianry alive. No exams. No insurance counter. Just frames worth looking at.
01 — The idea
We thrive on expert craft and creativity — not marketing exercises and slavish trendiness.
That line is forty-nine years old and we still mean it. Cascade is a boutique, not a chain and not a clinic. We do not run eye exams or chase the season's trend wall. We assemble the best independent eyewear houses in the world, fit each frame by hand, and keep the old opticians' abilities — fitting, lens work, repair, personalization — that almost no other shop has kept.
Our clientele is the contrarian sort, which is the best sort. Individuals and strong characters. If that sounds like you, you already know where Ada Village is.
A frame is an object.
Pearl-white acetate cut into a soft round, the tortoise grain pooling at the rim, square rivets at the hinge. Held to the light, it casts its own portrait. This is how we think about every frame on the wall — not a SKU, a small piece of design you wear on your face all day.
Hand-shaped acetate · independent house
The houses we carry
Old-school opticianry, kept alive.
Fitting, lens work, repair, personalization, customizing — the abilities almost no other shop has kept. It started in 1977 with custom lens tints on a hundred-dollar bench, and the studio still does the careful work by hand.
- 01 Hand fitting & frame adjustment
- 02 Custom lens work & treatments
- 03 Repairs — often at no charge
Forty-nine years of frames.
1977Fashion Tints
Rob and Sue Conens open with one hundred dollars and a lens-tinting bench — the styles that ruled the post-disco landscape through the eighties.
1983Cascade Optical
The shop incorporates and takes the name it still carries today.
1993High-end independent
The focus narrows to exclusive, independent eyewear and old-school opticianry — and never widens back.
"Christopher has an incredible eye for what looks good and what doesn't — and I love that he isn't shy about sharing his opinion."
Jacki Solon · Birdeye
"Cascade Optical truly goes above and beyond. A great selection of high-quality eyeglasses."
Vicki K · Birdeye
"A very unique, high-quality selection of frames, and the service is excellent."
Marcia Peterson · Birdeye
See them in person.
Frames are fitted, not shipped. Walk in during shop hours — or send a note and we'll reply. There's nothing to book; there's plenty to see.
Mon–Fri 10–5 · Sat 9–1 · Sun closed
Find us in Ada Village