Warby Parker was founded with a mission: To inspire and influence the world with vision, purpose and style. The eyewear industry is dominated by a company that is able to keep prices artificially high while reaping huge profits from consumers who have little choice. Warby Parker set out to create another option. By bypassing traditional channels, designing eyewear in-house and engaging directly with customers, we are able to offer higher quality, better looking prescription eyewear at a fraction of the going price. We believe shopping for eyewear should be easy and fun. It should make you happy and pretty, with money in your pocket.
We also believe that everyone has the right to see. Worldwide, 2.5 billion people need glasses but cannot use them; of these, 624 million are unable to study or work effectively due to severe vision impairment. To help solve this problem, we're working with a handful of partners around the world to ensure that for every pair of glasses sold, a pair goes to someone in need. To date, over 8 million pairs of glasses have been distributed through our Buy One Get One Free program.
