A Partnership That Makes Complete Sense
Some collaborations feel forced, two names stitched together for the sake of a press release, and then some collaborations feel inevitable. Dôen and Garrett Leight fall firmly into the second category. The beloved California womenswear label and the Los Angeles eyewear house share more than a zip code. They share an entire aesthetic philosophy: soft, romantic, effortless, and rooted in a very specific kind of California light that makes everything look like a film still.
Garrett Leight, founder and CEO of GLCO, put it plainly: “Dôen has always felt like a kindred spirit to me; there’s a softness, a romance, and a real authenticity in everything they do that resonates deeply with the GLCO world. We both draw so much from California, its light, its history, its sense of ease, so this collaboration came together in a really organic way.”
The Frames Themselves
The capsule includes two cat-eye inspired silhouettes, each offered in three colourways. The first, the Doyenne, is a balanced lens shape, gently rounded at the bottom, with a clean, smooth brow line, compact and polished, offering a feminine silhouette that feels elevated yet easy to wear. It comes in black, tortoise, and mink, a warm, faded orange that is going to look extraordinary in afternoon light. The second frame, the Ingénue, takes the classic cat-eye and softens it with rounded edges, available in black, tortoise, and lipstick, a deep, moody red that is already being earmarked as the colour of the season.
Both names are telling. A Doyenne is a woman who leads her field with authority and grace. An Ingénue is someone fresh, wide-eyed, full of possibility. Together, they cover the full spectrum of the woman these two brands have always dressed, and now, finally, accessorised.
The Details
Each frame is available on both brands’ websites and in their stores. That price point sits exactly where it should for a collaboration of this calibre, considered, not casual, but not untouchable either.
For a region like the Middle East, where sunglasses are not a seasonal accessory but a near-daily necessity and a genuine style statement, these frames arrive at exactly the right moment. The cat-eye silhouette has been building momentum here for the past two seasons, and the Dôen by Garrett Leight interpretation, with its California softness and its quiet femininity, offers a version of the shape that feels warm rather than severe.
