Makras Optical

11/04/2026

Cutler and Gross frames exist beyond the boundaries of gender. Designed with a rare sense of balance, they move effortlessly between masculine and feminine expression. It's a design language so assured it needs no qualifiers. In this equilibrium lies their distinction — frames that adapt to the wearer, not the other way around.

09/04/2026

Lily wears Lancier by Dita.

"Paying a little homage to the stylish eyewear of the 70s, this little titanium aviator feels minimal, yet distinctly directional. I love the layered brow bar and the subtle coin-pressed detail along the lens rim. But the best thing is they're so impossibly light you almost forget you're wearing them."

07/04/2026

Just landed at Makras Optical: Thom Browne.

Nostalgic futurism sits at the core of Thom Browne’s design language — where the past is not simply revisited, but reconfigured. Drawing from the uniforms of mid-century architects, politicians, and professors, the codes of the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s are distilled and recast. What emerges exists between eras: grounded in traditional American tailoring, yet sharpened by an avant-garde sensibility.

Discover this rare collection in store at 19 James St, Brisbane.

05/04/2026

05/04/2026

Designed in Barcelona and forged from titanium in Japan, VOA’s frames carry a mechanical, almost robotic precision — yet resolve into something unexpectedly refined: a striking expression of their radical ideal. A rare balance of engineering and art.

03/04/2026

Lapima is one of the latest brands to arrive at Makras Optical - embodying a "more is more" manifesto where massive proportions meet fluid, weightless movement.

01/04/2026

Our collection is tightly curated, featuring brands that honour tradition while pushing boundaries, that balance artistry with function, and that never settle for the ordinary.

Discover more in store at 19 James St, Brisbane.

30/03/2026

At its core, the brand reflects a quintessentially Japanese ethos of 'Shokunin'. This is a devotion to craft — not as a means to an end, but as an intrinsically held obligation: to submit to the discipline of process, and to pursue refinement with quiet resolve. This ethos is expressed in frames defined by stillness, restraint, and material honesty.

28/03/2026

Alessandra wears the 'Padma' from VOA.

"I’m loving the new VOA range we’ve just received from Spain. Who says high-tech can’t still feel effortlessly chic? I’ll be making the Padma frames my new sunglasses ASAP!"

26/03/2026

Introducing Lapima.

Founded in Brazil by husband-and-wife duo Gustavo and Gisela Assis, Lapima draws deeply from the country’s visual language — the sweeping curves of its landscapes and the fluid lines of its modernist architecture, most notably the work of Oscar Niemeyer.

In that same spirit, each frame is sculpted with a sense of volume and movement, defined by softly contoured forms and distinctive bevelled edges.

Discover more in store at 19 James St, Brisbane.

24/03/2026

VOA is radical in both form and intent — eschewing the conventions that define eyewear. As our friends at observed, the brand is guided by “a distinct ideological core that feels as much philosophical as it is aesthetic.”

Their collection has just landed at Makras Optical and is exclusive to us in Australia. Come and see us to explore it in more detail.

22/03/2026

Yoshinori Aoyama is one of those rare discoveries encountered only occasionally. There is a pared-back honesty to the work—an almost meditative quality that extends beyond material and design, suggesting something more deeply ingrained.

It reflects a continuum of long-held Japanese cultural values, where craft is not simply practised, but lived.

Discover our new collection from Yoshinori Aoyama in store.