Eco-friendly eyewear label Shwood has teamed up with BDGA and whiskey firm Bushmills for a quirky limited edition sunglasses line. The collection's frames are crafted from century old white oak Irish whiskey barrels! While it seems like an unusual material to make into sunglasses, when you look at the antique barrels it's easy to see why they've inspired Shwood. The wood is beaut…

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French label Waiting for the Sun offers a green alternative to metal and acetate sunglasses with its sustainable and stylish shades. The fashion house handcrafts its sunglasses from sustainable bamboo and tea wood, paying particular attention to the natural grains of the materials. These substances have been carefully chosen by the label. Bamboo renews itself quickly and can…

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Portland's Shwood offers a more eco-friendly alternative to typical sunglasses with its hand-crafted wooden shades. It might seem counter-intuitive for green fashion lovers to wear shades made from harvested trees, but Shwood ensures us its practices are eco-friendly. It uses sustainable woods, including walnut, cherry, East Indian rosewood, and zebrawood, grown in auth…

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iWood Eco Design celebrates the green properties of wood with its handcrafted wooden sunglasses. iWood's sunglasses are certainly more luxurious than most, as they're crafted from the reclaimed, sustainable wood! That's a lot greener than cutting down trees to make the shades! The sunglasses are pieced together using formaldehyde free glues and protective coatings, so the p…

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These days eco-conscious beach goers can easily find green swimwear and eco-friendly beach totes, but sourcing environmentally friendly sunglasses is often much trickier. Proof looks to fill this gap in the marketplace with its collection of ethical eye wear. The label chooses sustainably sourced woods including bamboo, zebrawood, and ebony over the more traditional plast…

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